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Oh so hip Bone
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Product Design
Sex toys aren’t top pf the list when it comes to designers looking to start their career and make an impact. It is for this reason that...
2 May 10
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Sentient cool
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Art & Photography
Fine artist and commercial photographer Leah Hawker sourced everything in this photoshoot from the 2010 Design Indaba Expo.
1 May 10
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Sex is the new yellow
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Creative Economy
According to international trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, sex is gaining importance in society and the bordello is making a comeback.
1 May 10
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The other 90%
Profiling
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Maciek Dubla talks to Stefan G Bucher about being responsible to your ideas, and the need to control your greed.
1 May 10
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The zefff-sters
Profiling
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Music & Sound Design
Not just another article about Die Antwoord, Henry Cloete also asks Leon Botha and Jack Parow: “The answer to what?”
1 May 10
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To form and multiply
Inside View
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Interaction Design
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks what traditional design can bring to synthetic biology.
1 May 10
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Ordinary peeps
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker Oliver Hermanus likes to think that behind each face he passes daily, is a web of sexual deviation and anarchy.
1 May 10
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President love dress
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Music & Sound Design
Odidiva, star of House of Holy Afro and the new face of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, explains the power of wearing a dress.
1 May 10
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Black to the closet
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Art & Photography
Photographer Zanele Muholi’s exploration of black female bodies has raised more than a couple of eyebrows.
1 May 10
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Money shot
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Creative Economy
Kathryn White explores the supposedly sexually aware advertising industry, exposing more than a few ironies.
1 May 10
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Support The Bookery!
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Design Thinking
The Bookery sounds like a place that belongs to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. And it’s working the same kind of magic.
30 Apr 10
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Seeing is believing
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Product Design
Yves Béhar has designed a funky collection of eyeglasses to help Mexican school children See Better to Learn Better.
30 Apr 10
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Matali Crasset in the kitchen
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Product Design
Alessi recently launched their “Essentiel de pâtisserie” collection by Parisian designer Matali Crasset.
29 Apr 10
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Clive Rundle impresses at Paris Fashion Week
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Clive Rundle's "Marie Antoinette returns to Paris after attending a lesbian wedding in Africa" was well received at Paris Fashion Week.
29 Apr 10
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Design an eco-friendly building
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Design Thinking
Sustainability is important in the built environment so here's a chance to show off your eco-friendly building designs.
29 Apr 10
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Welcome to Hotel Yeoville
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Interaction Design
Hotel Yeoville utilises the internet to make people feel at home, wherever they are in the world.
29 Apr 10
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It's about the bike
Design News
Bicycling enthusiasts Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler have started a project that looks at South Africa’s bicycle culture.
29 Apr 10
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1... 2... 3... Cuckoo Clock
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Product Design
Cuckoo clocks are all but fully revived yet. Italian designer Raffaele Darra brings them back with stripes.
28 Apr 10
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Stools are cool
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Product Design
Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition.
28 Apr 10
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Franschhoek Literary Festival coming up
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Creative Economy
Engage your mind in a beautiful setting at the Franschhoek Literary Festival.
26 Apr 10
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Urban Africa exhibition by David Adjaye
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African Design
Architect David Adjaye’s Urban Africa photographic journey is on display at the Design Museum in London until 5 September 2010.
26 Apr 10
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Made in China
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Architecture & Interiors
Tom Price spent time in China, working with different materials, learning new manufacturing techniques and dealing with extreme heat.
24 Apr 10
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Waste not, want not
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Design Thinking
Niels Craens is using old cardboard drinking packages to create beautiful lampshades. One drink, double the fun.
23 Apr 10
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Design competition for the new big Mini
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show.
23 Apr 10
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