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Beautiful boards
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Loyal Dean's longboards are inspired by shapes and forms found in nature and crafted using reclaimed lumber.
15 Nov 11
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Mapping the graphic route
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“What. How. Why?” was the theme of the 2011 AGI Open, which took place in Barcelona from 3 to 4 October. Design Indaba was there.
15 Nov 11
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Food = fashion
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Food Design
Can what we eat predict the future? Just like the catwalk, our plates are always chasing the next new, writes food trend forecaster Marjan Ippel.
15 Nov 11
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Fit for consumption
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Food Design
The origins of many of the most ingenious food designs have long been lost in the ubiquity of everyday consumables.
15 Nov 11
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Mass objective
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Food Design
Tradition, culture, cooking and gastronomy aside, Martí Guixé works with food simply as an object of mass production.
15 Nov 11
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Food fight: Richard Carstens
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Food Design
Multi-award winning Cape Town chef Richard Carstens says that ethical eating has rightly become a form of political expression.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Anelde Greeff
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Food Design
Eat In and Eat Out editor Anelde Greeff thinks that eating design is more about the act associated with it than the final product.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: David Cope
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Food Design
Unfortunately, says David Cope, the wealth divide is going to keep a healthy food culture out of the reach of many as long as it exists.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Neil Jewell
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Food Design
Chef and charcuterie expert Neil Jewell doubts whether those who get rich from mass production eat the food they make.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Richard Bosman
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Food Design
Cured meat artisan Richard Bosman insists that designers should not be feeding the world!
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Maranda Engelbrecht
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Food Design
Food stylist and chef Maranda Engelbrecht says that home-grown and home cooked is the ultimate luxury.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Andy Fenner
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Food Design
Although eating has become a form of political expression, Andy Fenner doesn’t think it needs to be forced on anyone.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Reuben Riffel
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Food Design
Reuben Riffel emphasises that food culture brings us closer to nature and teaches us that food is more than just a necessity for existence.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Neil Stemmet
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Design Thinking
Restaurant designer and consultant Neil Stemmet idealistically proclaims that there is a way for designers to feed the world.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Jason Drew
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Design Thinking
Author, entrepreneur and environmentalist Jason Drew says that the biggest problem with the food system is an over-taxed ecosystem.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Justine Drake
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Food Design
Justine Drake wonders at Westerners who eat fois gras, prawns and added vitamins, but not poodle, cockroaches or fresh produce.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Eric Bulpitt
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Food Design
Eric Bulpitt says that although we are all eating designers to some degree, there are certainly some that are better than others.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Kathryn White
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Food Design
Kathryn White thinks that, considering the world's obesity and poverty problem, the food system really needs to address bad bread.
14 Nov 11
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Indulgent
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Architecture & Interiors
Nendo have used a variety of doors as shielding elements to create a surprise experience for customers in a new clothing shop in Japan.
14 Nov 11
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Food fight: Matt Allison
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Design Thinking
Industrialised farming methods has stripped fresh produce of its vitamins and minerals says urban farmer Matt Allison.
14 Nov 11
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Urban intersections
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Architecture & Interiors
BIG Architects have won a competition to turn a large concrete warehouse in Basel, Switzerland, into a mixed-use arts district.
14 Nov 11
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Eat me data
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Information Design
How would you visually depict two years worth of meals? Take a look at how Lauren Manning did it.
14 Nov 11
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Fabric greens
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Craft
Not everything always needs to be functional, take Scholten & Baijings's whimsical veggies as an example...
13 Nov 11
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Sewn up sausages
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Craft
Meat lover's delight, the Aufschnitt boutique's range of cushions resemble different cuts of meat.
12 Nov 11
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