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Geraldine Fenn: The bare bones of business and creativity
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
We chat to one of South Africa's most imaginative jewellery designers on balancing creative innovation with the demands of running a business.
2 Oct 14
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"Get High" by Mr Moeh 24
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Music & Sound Design
This track by multitalented designer, photographer and DJ Mpumelelo Macu is a staple for anyone who values seamless production.
2 Oct 14
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Vitra Design Museum looks to Africa
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African Design
The institution plans a major exhibition on contemporary African design in spring 2015.
1 Oct 14
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What's in a brief?
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Product Design
Watch Tom Bassett's documentary "Briefly", featuring interviews with top designers such as Frank Gehry, Yves Béhar and David Rockwell.
1 Oct 14
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Designing better HIV treatment
Opinion
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Interaction Design
Digital designer Jepchumba tells us about the making of Aviro, a mobile app for HIV clinicians to accurately prescribe ARV medication.
1 Oct 14
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Max Kisman: Creating visual headlines
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Dutch typographer and illustrator's iconic posters "subtract the noise" but speak volumes.
1 Oct 14
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Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
30 Sep 14
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Light and shadow
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
The subtle play of light through the spaces of this children's facility in the Japanese town of Yamadi-machi is designed to encourage healing.
29 Sep 14
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Well-heeled
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"Killer Heels" at the Brooklyn Museum explores the cultural history of the high heel.
29 Sep 14
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Walls that talk
Lookbook
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Product Design
Robin Sprong Wallpaper wants to plaster your walls in pattern. Here are three recent collaborations with locally based designers.
29 Sep 14
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Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss
Product Spotlight
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic.
28 Sep 14
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Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
27 Sep 14
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Inspiring Creativity
FilmFestFriday
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Film & Animation
Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse.
26 Sep 14
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Take Five
Take Five
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Graphic Design & Illustration
It's no surprise that advertising stories were a big hit with readers the week after the Loerie Awards – in particular an essay by the much-loved Milton Glaser.
26 Sep 14
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Ulric Charteris: Conquering Kilimanjaro
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Graphic Design & Illustration
South African adman Ulric Charteris on setting up shop in Dar es Salaam and why Tanzanians hate billboard advertising.
26 Sep 14
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"This Time" by TheCITY
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Music & Sound Design
Romantic and uplifting, this track by a unique-sounding band puts a futuristic, jazzy twist on an old-timey melody.
25 Sep 14
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Lattice work
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Product Design
Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns.
25 Sep 14
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Emotional ceramics
Next Generation
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Product Design
Students explore the future of this ancient material in "Ceramic Futures" at the CERSAIE expo of ceramic tiles and sanitaryware in Bologna, Italy.
25 Sep 14
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Chris Gotz on building beautiful monsters
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The chief creative officer of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa shares three campaigns that turned the agency around.
24 Sep 14
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Stephen Doyle: Magic, nonsense and macramé
Video Interviews
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The New York-based graphic designer's love for words is so big, he's not content to leave them on the page.
23 Sep 14
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How useful are ad awards?
Hot Topic
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Creative Economy
What is the value of advertising awards to agencies? Do they have value outside of the industry? Four agency heavyweights share their thoughts.
23 Sep 14
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Cork & Felt rugs by Hella Jongerius
Product Spotlight
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Product Design
The Dutch designer's collection for Danskina breaks away from traditional materials and manufacturing techniques.
23 Sep 14
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Bag it
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Product Design
The cheap "China bag" has become a symbol of migration in Africa – and a popular material for artists and designers to reimagine.
23 Sep 14
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Grandest of them all
Design News
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Interaction Design
The four winners of Grand Prix awards at this weekend's Loeries celebrated real-life, digital, print and radio.
22 Sep 14
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