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Urban experiences
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Urban & Landscape Design
Dencity, a collaborative exhibition by André Clements and Daniel Hirschmann, explores the city ebb and flow of London and Jo’burg.
14 Jun 11
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Italian influence
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An exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum celebrates the work of Italian-South African artists.
14 Jun 11
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Blood ties
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Craft
Kim Lieberman’s Tribe is a handmade sculpture made in bronze and lace.
14 Jun 11
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Paper fantasy
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Craft
Early Morning Life is an animation film project and installation about poverty, childhood, ambition, dreams and class divisions.
13 Jun 11
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Three times
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Urban & Landscape Design
3Beirut is a new development by Foster + Partners in Lebanon, which hopes to promote urban renewal in the capital.
12 Jun 11
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City sketches
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Here’s a look at 72 hours at the Venice Art Biennale, as sketched by Christoph Niemann.
11 Jun 11
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Walk in the park
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Paula Scher has created a new visual identity for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
11 Jun 11
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Bicycle bench
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Product Design
The Mishmash Bench might not win votes for its comfort but it does have a fun aesthetic appeal.
10 Jun 11
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Outlined
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Product Design
Rinkak is a quirky new computer mouse designed by Nendo.
10 Jun 11
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Embrace
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Product Design
A concept worth embracing: Jaime Hayón’s new Favn sofa for Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen.
9 Jun 11
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Gifts of paper
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Architecture & Interiors
Shigeru Ban’s Paper Concert Hall in Italy serves as a symbol of solidarity and support between two countries.
9 Jun 11
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Without footprints
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Design Thinking
Have ideas of how to retrofit an existing building to be more energy efficient? Enter the Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards.
8 Jun 11
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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