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Aaron Koblin: Open-sourcing as a toolkit

Video Interviews > Music & Sound Design

Aaron Koblin talks about creating music videos for the web and other experimental and playful projects with Google.

26 Oct 12
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Assaf Biderman on transport in Cape Town

Video Interviews > Urban & Landscape Design

Assaf Biderman talks about mobility and transport systems in the cyber-physical city of tomorrow.

26 Oct 12
00:37:48

Hellicar & Lewis on interaction design, systems and digital technology

Talks > Music & Sound Design

Hellicar & Lewis are dedicated to making experiences that create memories.

26 Oct 12
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Urban rainbow

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Copenhagen sees an urban installation bringing together the city's ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighbourhood.

26 Oct 12
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The Honor Code

FilmFestFriday > Design Thinking

If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can.

26 Oct 12
00:06:11

Paula Scher at AGI Open 2012

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Paula Scher talks about how she went about designing the new Windows 8 logo for Microsoft.

26 Oct 12/ Brand Collaboration
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Heart Stop Beating

FilmFestFriday > Information Design

In March 2011 two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a "continuous flow" device.

26 Oct 12
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Multiples of X

Design News > Product Design

The XTable by KiBiSi is sleek, efficient and height-adjustable.

25 Oct 12
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Light in weight

Design News > Product Design

Tord Boontje uses bamboo, paper shades and rocks to create lamps that resemble a traditional Japanese garden, while highlighting material issues.

25 Oct 12
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Exclusive craftsmanship

Design News > Product Design

From hand-illustrated fabric to furniture, Wolf & Maiden's co-owner Gilles Pretorius is dedicated to conscious, sustainable and responsible design.

24 Oct 12
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Symbols of wine

Design News > Product Design

Marti Guixé has put together a symbolic representation of the winemaking process.

24 Oct 12
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Melting ice

Design News > Product Design

Nendo redesigns glassware for Baccarat and creates beauty that mirrors the clarity and delicacy of an ice block.

23 Oct 12
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Science arcade

Design News > Interaction Design

Troika's "Arcades" installation explores the seemingly impossible phenomena of bending light.

23 Oct 12
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Dutch Design Award Winners 2012

Design News > Design Thinking

The winners of the 2012 Dutch Design Awards were announced in Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Sunday 21 October 2012.

22 Oct 12
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Rocket relaunch

Design News > Industrial Design

With his latest project Paul Sahre takes a shot at travelling through space and back in time to recreate a childhood memory, which involves a model rocket.

22 Oct 12
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Mobile movement

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Urban-Think Tank's Urban Parangolé project proposes seamless loops of connectivity for more dynamic movement and mobility within the urban space.

22 Oct 12
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Stories from the South side

Opinion > Design Thinking

What happens to cultural production when the West is the “exotic other”? No More Westerns, the theme of the 2012 Impakt Arts Festival, explores this question.

22 Oct 12
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10 Secrets to becoming a better design student

Inside View > Graphic Design & Illustration

Oded Ezer shares his thoughts (and experience) on how to be a better design student, in 10 easy steps.

22 Oct 12
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X marks the spot

Design News > Product Design

Xanita designs eco-friendly exhibition stands that add a taste of individual creativity and design.

22 Oct 12
00:05:15

Dominic Harris: Lighting can transform mood

Video Interviews > Product Design

“Lighting can transform the mood of a person,” says Dominic Harris. He believes in using lighting to achieve advanced effects.

19 Oct 12
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FoxP2: Designing without fear of failure

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

For FoxP2 it is essential to keep creative energy and inspiration alive and strong.

19 Oct 12
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Packing in the power

Design News > Design Thinking

PowerPac, a human-generated energy producing device by Ideso, has been awarded a Red Dot award.

19 Oct 12
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Hilary's Straws

FilmFestFriday > Design Thinking

A moving portrait of Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic champion sailor.

19 Oct 12
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Good Bread

FilmFestFriday > Creative Economy

Bread can be considered many things: warm; delicious; sustaining. It’s also slang for money.

19 Oct 12

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Design News • 14 Nov 22

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Design News • 14 Nov 22

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Colour as word-free language

Q&A • 14 Nov 22

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Design News • 14 Nov 22

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