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20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
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Product Design
James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs.
15 May 11
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20Q: John Edwards
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces.
15 May 11
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20Q: Katie Thompson
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Design Thinking
Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character.
15 May 11
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20Q: Aram Lello
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Product Design
Italian architect and designer Aram Lello won the Western Cape Furniture Design Competition at the 2011 Design Indaba Expo.
15 May 11
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20Q: Ian Kelynack
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Design Thinking
Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award.
15 May 11
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Shoot from the hip
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Art & Photography
Can one really out hip a photographer? What happens when one hipster calls three other hipsters "hipster"?
15 May 11
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Design as dance
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Industrial Design
Calling on the power of artistry to move a viewer, Dror Benshetrit proposes modern dance as a fitting analogy for luxury design.
15 May 11
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Painting Obscura
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Art & Photography
Critics and scholars read Zander Blom’s art as a contemporary South African revision of Modernism.
15 May 11
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Illustrious
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Graphic Design & Illustration
After years of experiencing a creative identity crisis, South African illustration is gradually coming into its own.
15 May 11
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Sunny Side Up
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Film & Animation
Shy The Sun has taken their brand of quirky fantasy and broken commercial boundaries both locally and abroad.
15 May 11
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West Coast Forager
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Food Design
Bokkoms, dune spinach and dried seaweed are just some of the unique ingredients Kobus van der Merwe uses in his locavore dishes.
15 May 11
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Digital realities
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Interaction Design
With Pixel Project, Rahle Dusheiko designs experiences where the physical and the digital interact, combining technology with storytelling.
15 May 11
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Conviction en masse
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Design Thinking
Susie Hunt writes about China's emerging class of creative entrepreneurs who are leapfrogging the traditional agency model.
15 May 11
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Design evolution at Milan2011
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Urban & Landscape Design
Superfarm proposes a new way of cultivating and consuming food, looking to the urban environments of 2050.
15 May 11
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Wanders forever
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Interaction Design
Marcel Wanders's designs are pretty desirable. So desirable, in fact, that you might want it tattooed onto your body. Now you can!
15 May 11
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Colourful cuckoos
Design News
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Product Design
Coulourful and whimsical but also very functional, this little cuckoo clock is a real lust-have.
14 May 11
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Cinematic experience
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Architecture & Interiors
Naço Architecture has worked to once again make the Heng Shan cinema in Shanghai the place to be.
14 May 11
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Internet hotel
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Architecture & Interiors
Devoid of concierge and staff, the Hi Matic in Paris is a 100% internet-based hotel
13 May 11
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Trucker style
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Design Thinking
Used tarpaulins from trucks have never been as stylish as in Freitag's Fake Snake Collection of limited edition handbags.
13 May 11
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Animal gestures
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Information Design
The Horse Marionette and Rocking Springbuck are two of Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest creations, both designed with CAD software.
13 May 11
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O my
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The new “O” watch by Issey Miyake reflects the environmental surroundings of the wearer.
12 May 11
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Stop hating, start creating
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Creative Economy
The early bird catches the worm. But luckily the Loeries have extended their deadline, giving the slow coaches a steady nudge.
12 May 11
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Silent and sustainable
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Urban & Landscape Design
Land Rover has quietly introduced their new electric Defender which minimises environmental and noise pollution.
11 May 11
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Droog at Milan2011
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Design Thinking
Renny Ramakers is committed to seeing how design can move in a different direction with more focus on models and concepts.
11 May 11
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Design Indaba alum Brian Eno’s colour-changing turntable won a Wallpaper* Design Award.
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