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The power of 10
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Urban & Landscape Design
Using the city as the context for design, ExpoTENtial employs creativity as the driving force for a higher quality urban experience.
15 Aug 11
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Of war reborn
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Urban & Landscape Design
While the remnants of 25 years of civil war clings to the urban fabric of Beirut, the city has managed to reinvent itself slowly.
15 Aug 11
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Dignified chaos
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Urban & Landscape Design
The most populous city in China, Shanghai is experiencing urban development and cultural renewal on a grand scale.
15 Aug 11
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Stranger
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Art & Photography
Photographer Damien Schumann spent six months documenting the fraught USA-Mexican border cities.
15 Aug 11
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Paradise?
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Art & Photography
Today life in Angola might seem bleak, but for the infrastructural development. Yet the people are convinced of the possibilities.
15 Aug 11
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Minus 90%
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design with the Other 90%: CITIES calls on design to address the most critical issues arising from the impact of mass urbanisation.
15 Aug 11
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One x one
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African Design
From Berlin to Burkina Faso, Francis Kéré is building a bridge using education, upliftment, local materials and energy efficiency.
15 Aug 11
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Luyanda Mpahlwa + Mokena Makeka
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Architecture & Interiors
Mokena Makeka and Luyanda Mpahlwa chat about using public space, culture, fun and romance to create an African architectural identity.
15 Aug 11
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Shadowless
Design News
No Shadow is a collection of sculptures by Makoto Tojiki that uses light as a form of expression.
15 Aug 11
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Soho Synagogue
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Architecture & Interiors
Soho Synagogue by Dror Benshetrit brings design direction and interventions to a Jewish place of worship.
15 Aug 11
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Never forgotten
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Product Design
Can't get rid of old clothes for sentimental reasons? Why not use it to craft a chair? Like the Rememberme chair.
12 Aug 11
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Public light
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
A light installation on the façade of the Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt hopes to make this building an architectural highlight in the city.
12 Aug 11
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Modern reinvention
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Architecture & Interiors
A design concept by Tsai Design Studio and Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers draws on historical relationships to modernise a building.
12 Aug 11
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Creations in cowhide
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Art & Photography
Using cowhide as her main canvas, Nandipha Mntambo challenges social and cultural norms with her creative work.
12 Aug 11
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Michael Edwards on incentivising kids by turning it into a game
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Interaction Design
Michael Edwards talks about incentivising kids by turning it into a game.
12 Aug 11
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Bicycle Library
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Urban & Landscape Design
Here's a different type of library, one where you can borrow bicyles rather than books.
12 Aug 11
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Leaving footprints
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Craft
Umcebo Design is planning an exhibition for Durban that looks to ways in which art and craft can address climate change.
12 Aug 11
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Solid
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Product Design
Concrete was the preferred material choice for Magnus Pettersen's desk accessories.
11 Aug 11
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Un-design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Could ugly, badly designed packaging discourage people from smoking?
11 Aug 11
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New Things
Design News
Senyol, Southey and Mackay Studio present New Things, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints.
11 Aug 11
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Tap stand
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Product Design
Nendo's new stand for smartphones and tablets resembles water dripping from a tap.
10 Aug 11
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Jak
Design News
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Product Design
Karim Rashid has designed the Jak watch for Alessi.
10 Aug 11
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Very nice
Design News
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Product Design
Baja is a multi-purpose DIY solution for the desk shortages experienced in lower-income schools.
9 Aug 11
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Name your Hood
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Urban & Landscape Design
Hey Capetonians, show your hood some love by suggesting a cool name for it with the Name Your Hood competition.
8 Aug 11
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