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3D Printed Heads - Design Indaba 2009

Design Indaba Campaigns > Creative Economy

What can your creativity do? Behind the scenes of the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, 3D printing is utilised to create a series of busts.

8 Jun 11
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Giddy up

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made with love in Cape Town, Dark Horse is a new designer furniture and apparel shop.

8 Jun 11
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Tea time

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Kou-An Glass Teahouse reflects the cultural value of Japanese tea ceremony practices.

8 Jun 11
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Future ready

Design News > Design Thinking

Seymourpowell and the V&A Museum in London are facilitating workshops to educate scholars about the possibilities of design.

7 Jun 11
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Encounters with demons and icons

Design News

The Encounters Documentary Festival is full of surprises, promising to entertain and make you think.

7 Jun 11
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The sound of bells

Design News > Product Design

Nendo’s Bell-Orgel music box encourages interaction, while also promoting the protection of forests.

6 Jun 11
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Blog from Festarch festival: The Stargate machine - revolt!

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

“Vomit the space out of your mind”, insightful parting words on the last day of the Festarch festival.

6 Jun 11
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Blog from Festarch festival: A real human comedy

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A one-man show, a “coalition of amateurs” and real human comedy at the Festarch festival.

5 Jun 11
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Blog from Festarch festival: Urban age meets Babel Tower

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The dark urban age meets the Babel Tower in a wrestling ring on top of a skyline building at the Festarch festival.

4 Jun 11
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Blog from Venice Biennale: From Venice, with love

Design News > Art & Photography

At the Venice Biennale, the presence of artists from Africa is very refreshing.

4 Jun 11
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Light for the nations

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

ILLUMInations is the title of the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, curated by Bice Curiger.

3 Jun 11
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Old and new

Design News > Product Design

At the Design Museum Holon, the New Olds exhibition explores the space in design between tradition and innovation.

3 Jun 11
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Mobile sauna

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Keen for a steamy session? Enjoy one on the move with the Bicycle Sauna by H3T Architects.

3 Jun 11
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Future visions

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Festarch festival explores visions of a future city that prioristises civil engagement, shared spaces and an open society.

3 Jun 11
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Creative dinner party

Design News > Design Thinking

Skaftien is a community-based project promoting experimental ideas by assisting with micro grants.

2 Jun 11
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With instructions

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The Information Blanket hopes to improve infant mortality rates by giving parents in underdeveloped areas vital health information.

2 Jun 11
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Blog: What Design Can Do conference round-up

Design News

Dutch courage pays off at the What Design Can Do conference.

1 Jun 11
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Tea party

Design News > Product Design

Add a touch of magic to every tea party with Yuya vs. Design’s lovely Paper Tea Set.

1 Jun 11
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Epic branding at DI2011

Video Interviews > Graphic Design & Illustration

Speakers at Design Indaba 2011 look at the creative opportunities in branding.

1 Jun 11
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The real Paul Ward

Q&A

Seemingly effortlessly, Paul Ward discreetly captures and expresses Cape Town’s nightlife through his photographic blog.

1 Jun 11
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Power for art’s sake

Design News

South African painter Carla Busuttil has caught Charles Saatchi’s eye among others.

31 May 11
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Making a pitch

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

An idea for a new board game, The Pitch, brings out the graphic designer in everyone.

31 May 11
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Blog: Day 2 of What Design Can Do Conference

Design News > Design Thinking

The last day of the What Design Can Do conference was a mix and match of a little bad with a whole lot of good.

31 May 11
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A place at the end of the world

Reviews

Photographer Jo Ractliffe explores the dynamic of the war-torn Angolan landscape in a body of work titled As Terras do Fim do Mundo.

31 May 11

From the Archives

Fresh face

Design News • 13 Feb 23

The National Portrait Gallery unveils a new brand identity ahead of its grand reopening. >
Big impressions

Design News • 13 Feb 23

The Bjarke Ingels Group’s IQON tower in Quito, Ecuador, celebrates greenery. >
Going solo

Design News • 13 Feb 23

In SOLO, Charity Vilakazi weaves African narratives with mythology to pay homage to her heritage and the matriarchy. >
Crabwalk

Design News • 13 Feb 23

The latest driving tech solves the problems of parallel parking. >

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