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Life, crocheted
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Craft
In recent years knitting, yes that thing your grandmother does, has become cool again. And it seems crocheting is not far behind.
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17 Nov 10
Suitable for sleep
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Product Design
Comfort is king when it comes to sleeping arrangements. This duvet cum futon cum chair has comfort as a number one objective.
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16 Nov 10
Pots composted
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Compots are a brilliant local innovation to reduce agricultural waste, create jobs and lessen the damage caused by replanting.
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16 Nov 10
Coded
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Product Design
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Information Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
Yuri Suzuki's Barcode Book uses a barcode reader connected to a speaker, together with illustrations, to tell stories.
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15 Nov 10
Interactive Engine
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Engine 26 is an interactive digital painting project that allows for the manipulation of live video and other cool features.
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14 Nov 10
Carbon cool
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Product Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
A bicycle made of wood? An interesting concept, and it's not bad looking.
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14 Nov 10
Flipped out
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Architecture & Interiors
A flip-flop Fat Monkey, made entirely with flip-flops. Yes, those you wear on your feet!
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13 Nov 10
VI
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Stiaan Louw's latest collection interrogates the artistic but atypical understanding of African design.
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13 Nov 10
Pop it in
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Product Design
Airing your dirty laundry in public is not recommended but displaying it on your wall adds a funky interior touch.
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12 Nov 10
Cracks appearing
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Product Design
In product design it’s often true that the real character of an object is expressed through its imperfections.
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12 Nov 10
Democratising design
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Interaction Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Various technologies and social platforms has allowed for, literally, anybody to be a designer. Here's a book that considers this.
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11 Nov 10
Hand creations
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Product Design
Bird in Hand is a lamp that pays tribute to the age-old pasime of casting hand shadows on walls.
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11 Nov 10
Case in point
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
Type Case is an installation that creates interesting displays with digital pixels of different shapes and sizes.
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11 Nov 10
Person vs object
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Product Design
A new exhibition featuring, among others, Maarten Baas questions the relationship between people and objects.
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9 Nov 10
Here tonight, gone tomorrow
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Craft
One Night Only is a single night exhibition featuring the work of local artists Lucinda Mudge.
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9 Nov 10
Curtain call
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Product Design
The “Decorated Shade” curtain not only has a city chic about it but it also uses materials otherwise destined for landfills.
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9 Nov 10
Just juice
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Never underestimate the potential and ability of the ballpoint pen. iJusi have dedicated an entire magazine to singing its praises.
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9 Nov 10
Not of the body
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Product Design
Antibodies is a rich visual exploration of the work of the Campana Brothers from the past 20 years.
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8 Nov 10
Sod it
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Is that a French loaf on your T-shirt or are you just happy to see me?
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8 Nov 10
Flow chart
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Graphic Design & Illustration
There's something very romantic about winemaking depicted as a linear process against a wall.
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8 Nov 10
Monsters inc
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Product Design
Monsters monsters everywhere... On your desk, in your bathroom. But don't worry, they're eco-friendly.
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7 Nov 10
Pennies for Pyggy
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Product Design
Piggy banks are not just for children... They're functional and decorative home items with a unique history.
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7 Nov 10
Super skinny
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Urban & Landscape Design
Bicycles are the ultimate eco-friendly mode of urban transport but always a hassle to "park" indoors. Here's a great solution...
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6 Nov 10
Ordinary fun
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Product Design
Adding a bit of playfulness to the everyday objects that we interact with... Check out Bitplay's first collection.
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6 Nov 10
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