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City treasures
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Fool's Gold is a new exhibition by Stephen Hobbs that comments on the spatial qualities of cities.
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10 Aug 10
Station transformation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Durban's recently completed Moses Mabhida Station a design-friendly example of the possibilities for local transport infrastructure.
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10 Aug 10
Below the city surface
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Urban & Landscape Design
The third installment in Gary Hustwit's design documentary film trilogy, Urbanized, takes a look at cities as dynamic urban spaces.
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9 Aug 10
Design vs Anti-Design
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Design Thinking
What is the opposite of design? Anti-Design. But what is that? The Anti-Design Festival explores some of the possibilities.
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9 Aug 10
Homes for Haiti
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process.
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5 Aug 10
Helping Haiti
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
“Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti.
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5 Aug 10
Music posters
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
SA's got an awesome music scene and lots of talented artists and designers so why not bring the two together?
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5 Aug 10
Clean water in the bag
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Design Thinking
An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water.
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4 Aug 10
Second time around
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office.
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3 Aug 10
From either side
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Architecture & Interiors
Troika's innovative kinetic sign for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London reads the same from all sides, thus the Palindrome!
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3 Aug 10
20Q: Peet Pienaar
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“Maak mooi” (make pretty) is what graphic designer Peet Pienaar does. Find out what else he does – out and in his studio.
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3 Aug 10
Lekker local
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Product Design
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Craft
Swedish design students have teamed up with local craftspeople and artisans... The results are rather desirable furniture pieces.
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2 Aug 10
Benefitting from bamboo
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A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village.
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2 Aug 10
Finishing touches
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Product Design
Unique finishing touches is what makes the Campana Brothers's workable furniture designs sought-after decorative items.
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1 Aug 10
At home on a Paper Plane
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Product Design
Doshi Levien’s new range of furniture for Moroso, Paper Planes, incorporates Swarovski crystal elements into functional design.
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1 Aug 10
Sweet sailboat
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Marian Bantjes's one-of-a-kind Laser sailboat is a must-have collectors' item for ocean and design lovers.
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31 Jul 10
Here's to beer
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Food Design
The chef that often goes where few others dare to go, has done it again. Introducing Ferran Adrià's new beer.
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30 Jul 10
Skype type
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Interaction Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Crowdsourcing is all the rage. And now a new variant of this method is using Skype to create a unique typeface.
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29 Jul 10
A pilchard a day
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Creative Economy
An apple a day might keep the doctor away but pilchards make you strong, fast and smart.
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29 Jul 10
Life, law, legacy
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Creative Economy
Albie Sachs has won the sought-after Alan Paton Literary Award for his book about his time as a Constitutional Court judge.
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29 Jul 10
Roofs over heads
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
The world's housing crisis is a pressing issue for designers and architects. "Emerging Ghana" is one possible sustainable solution.
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28 Jul 10
Coffee+table
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Product Design
With it's industrial feel and sleek look, Piers Mansfield-Scaddan's Espresso lamp is a must-have modern home accessory.
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28 Jul 10
Goodbye to a South African wine legend
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Creative Economy
Wine pioneer and businessman extraordinaire, Graham Beck has sadly passed away at the age of 80.
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27 Jul 10
Push and Phul
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Product Design
You know you’ve got a winner when a chair is not only comfortable to sit on but also exceptionally beautiful to look at.
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27 Jul 10
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