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The loaves and the women

Design News > Product Design

Abbott Miller has designed branding for Hot Bread Kitchen, emphasising the bakery's mission to empower women through the baking of bread.

21 Dec 12
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Spiralling tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Adding a significant structure to the Phoenix skyline, BIG Architects blend form and function for the "Phoenix Observation Tower".

20 Dec 12
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Coined Underground

Design News > Product Design

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the London Underground the Royal Mint has struck two new coins, one of them designed by BarberOsgerby.

20 Dec 12
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Tomorrow's sky

Design News > Interaction Design

Mathieu Lehanneur's project "Tomorrow is another day" gives hospital patients a sense of hope through seeing the sky of the future.

19 Dec 12
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John Bielenberg: We need to think of design as a process, rather than an artefact

Video Interviews > Design Thinking

John Bielenberg talks about Project M, Common and design as a process, rather than an artefact.

19 Dec 12
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Border free

Design News > Interaction Design

The first exhibition by Design without Borders looks into the effectiveness of using design and creativity to address issues in developing countries.

19 Dec 12
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A new identity

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Harry Pearce fuses history and modernity in creating a confident new identity for one of Britain's oldest institutions.

18 Dec 12
00:06:15

Triggerfish: Adventures in Zambezia behind the scenes

Video Interviews > Film & Animation

Take a look behind the scenes of Adventures in Zambezia, South Africa's first feature-length animation film.

14 Dec 12
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Lively forest

Design News > Interaction Design

Jason Bruges Studio has designed an installation that engages and interacts playfully with young patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

14 Dec 12
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Lover, lost

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

"lost lover" is the title of Faith47's most recent work at Design Miami 2012.

13 Dec 12
00:44:00

Eddie Opara on creating three-dimensional designs

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Eddie Opara believes that a sense of identity is the most important thing one can hold on to.

12 Dec 12
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Art for India

Design News > Creative Economy

India's first-ever biennale, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale starts today and will run for three months, aiming to put Kochi on the world map of culture.

12 Dec 12
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Swan in black and white

Design News > Product Design

Satyendra Pakhalé’s White Swan and Black Swan marks the first time the designer has worked in marble.

12 Dec 12
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Colour melts

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The melting pot of diversity that is South Africa inspires and informs the work of graphic designer Sharp-Lee Mthimkulu.

11 Dec 12
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Collection of things

Design News > Product Design

Mathieu Lehanneur's first retrospective, Choses, can be seen in Belgium until the end of March 2013.

11 Dec 12
00:45:17

Mathieu Lehanneur on designing for today

Talks > Product Design

Mathieu Lehanneur believes that each project needs to start with a question and not with a brief.

10 Dec 12
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Concrete style

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Representing the three different stages of cement, Suzaan Heyn's latest collection reveals the versatility in fashion design.

10 Dec 12
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Pet project

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Calling all pet lovers: Kenya Hara's "Architecture for Dogs" project looks at creative ways people can interact with their pets.

10 Dec 12
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Top class

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Priestmangoode’s design of the first class cabin for the Brazilian TAM Airlines prioritises comfort and makes it social.

8 Dec 12
00:05:02

Mathieu Lehanneur: Connecting with people from other fields

Video Interviews > Product Design

Mathieu Lehanneur is interested in cross-disciplinary collaborations to create various products with real-life applications.

7 Dec 12
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Eye for programming

Design News > Interaction Design

The Bright Eyes Kit seeks to take the bland and boring out of programming to make it easy, fun and accessible.

7 Dec 12
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Bell of the lion

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Faith47's second piece of work at Art Basel 2012 in Miami is titled “let he who tied the bell to the lion take it off”.

7 Dec 12
00:03:58

Eddie Opara: Who am I and what do I do as a designer?

Video Interviews > Interaction Design

Graphic designer Eddie Opara gives insight into what makes him who he is and what he does as a designer.

7 Dec 12
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Distinctly Different

Lookbook > Graphic Design & Illustration

Sir John Hegarty, creative and founder of BBH, will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2013. Here are some highlights from his creative portfolio.

6 Dec 12

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Design News • 31 Oct 22

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Design News • 31 Oct 22

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Building blocks

Q&A • 31 Oct 22

Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age. >

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