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Tobias Frere-Jones transforms typefaces

Talks > Graphic Design & Illustration

Typography needs to be investigated and played with, which certainly works for Tobias Frere-Jones.

3 Nov 10
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Simply AmaZink

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Vibrant, colourful, funky and with subtle Cuban influences in the heart of a South African township… Welcome to AmaZink Eatery.

3 Nov 10
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Pedal power

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The creative process is a familiar concept but what about a creative cycle, almost like riding a bicycle.

3 Nov 10
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Magpies and makeovers

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Creative alternatives to mass-produced furniture are always welcome. And of course it doesn’t hurt that it’s chic and ultra-modern.

3 Nov 10
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The beauty of concrete

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Concrete is not something that's readily associated with beauty and creativity, but when viewed from a different angle, it can inspire.

3 Nov 10
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Treasure chest

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Kist is an interesting new online design studio to showcase the work of South African creatives.

2 Nov 10
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Basket case

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Cycling is the ideal alternative in car-crowded cities. And with a new design, you can carry cargo on the bike too.

2 Nov 10
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Design by the other 90%

Design News > Design Thinking

The streets of Brazil are full of startling design solutions by ordinary people driven by pure human need.

1 Nov 10
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Stick in the mud

Opinion > Architecture & Interiors

Add water to soil. Mix. Build house. Architect Malcolm Worby crusades the benefits of mud brick building, writes Delia de Villiers.

1 Nov 10
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Penny wise

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

They're called classics for a reason, because they're elegant, timeless and oh-so desirable, like the Penny Farthing bicycle.

1 Nov 10
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The good half house

Profiling > Architecture & Interiors

Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha.

1 Nov 10
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I can

Design News > Design Thinking

What would happen if school children in India started designing solutions to social problems? Something very significant...

1 Nov 10
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Backyard design

Design News > Design Thinking

Emily Pilloton is enlisting a new generation of design activists through her work as a high school teacher in North Carolina.

1 Nov 10
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Kurukuru-maki

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

A Heath Nash chair design that you can make at home.

1 Nov 10
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Going bos

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Tea in a can has never been this cool... and refreshing, and tasty. And have you checked out the packaging?

1 Nov 10
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The bespoke comeback

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A splurge of second generation bicycles have recently flooded the design wires.

1 Nov 10
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Afronaut

Profiling > Information Design

If Apple won us over with the power of design, could design bring Ubuntu to the masses? Guy Bedford gets geeky with Mark Shuttleworth.

1 Nov 10
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Google this

Inside View > Creative Economy

“Get the genius out the building”, is Robert Wong’s brief as creative director of Google Creative Lab.

1 Nov 10
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Afterfacts

Design News

In the future gallery of now, photographer Guido Schwarz turns the gaze to nostalgic artefacts that inspirit a second life.

1 Nov 10
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Second nature

Opinion > Design Thinking

Whatever we need to do to sustain our lives, nature already does, writes Beth Peterson.

1 Nov 10
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Game on

Opinion

A fascinating and emerging design field, a game is one of the most collaborative projects a designer can take on, writes Michael Edwards.

1 Nov 10
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From the Zef Side to the Guggenheim

Design News > Music & Sound Design

It's not every day that a zef band from South Africa makes it big in the Guggenheim...

1 Nov 10
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Egg-static

Design News > Product Design

All we want is an egg chair... by Karim Rashid!

31 Oct 10
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Simply South Africa

Reviews

Sometimes we need to be reminded of the things that make South Africa special. Michael Poliza and friends have captured the magic in a book.

31 Oct 10

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Fresh face

Design News • 13 Feb 23

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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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