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Big bad Bitterkomix
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Over the last 10 years or so, Bitterkomix has been consistently challenging and outrageous, undeniably brilliant, and impossible to ignore.
1 Feb 07
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Afro Guchi
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Vlisco’s transformation into a leading fashion house is partly the result of competition from cheap Chinese imports.
1 Feb 07
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Creative nation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Parliament wants a fresh new image and has asked the nation to get its creative juices flowing by designing its new emblem.
1 Feb 07
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Put your best foot forward
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Hands up if you’ve ever cross-tied the laces of your takkies? Or coloured in your toecaps with a permanent marker?
1 Feb 07
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Mechanical magic
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A winner has been chosen for Big Blue’s 2006 Makhulu Polane design competition.
1 Feb 07
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Fresh talent
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Architecture & Interiors
Taswald Pillay, from the University of Johannesburg, has scooped the prestigious PG Bison Interior Design Student of the Year Award.
1 Feb 07
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Visions of nature
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The first comprehensive survey of the work of the 19th-century biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel has been published by Prestel Publishing.
1 Feb 07
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Make a big noise
Design News
Dream up a non-traditional campaign idea for Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign.
11 Dec 06
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Sovereign beauty
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Beverley Price’s unique jewellery is inspired by western as well as indigenous South African goldsmithing and ritual objects.
1 Nov 06
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Africa adorned
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Renowned jeweller Ida-elsje is in demand for her beautiful and highly personal engagement rings and other fine pieces.
1 Nov 06
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One small country
Opinion
Marc Shoul explores the small cycles of daily life against a larger backdrop of shadow, light, unspoken drama and uncertain peace in Israel.
1 Nov 06
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Jacket required
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The South African book cover has come a long way, ponders Michelle Matthews of Oshun Books.
1 Nov 06
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Oodles of doodles
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Urban & Landscape Design
A personal journal produced over two years by Durban-based graphic designer Trevor Paul has reignited his creativity.
1 Nov 06
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Floral finesse
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Architecture & Interiors
The interior design for SRK Legal Assistance in the Hague is a tribute to the Dutch flower.
1 Nov 06
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Blooming marvellous
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Urban & Landscape Design
Nine large-scale metal tree sculptures with colourful, rotating mid-sections have given new life to Juta Street in Johannesburg.
1 Nov 06
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Between Ownership & Belonging
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Architecture & Interiors
Michael MacGarry writes about the South African exhibition at the 10th Venice International Architecture Biennale.
1 Nov 06
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Home comforts
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Design Thinking
Providing the right solution between cool design and peace of mind, ZenKaya is a new local concept for prefab living and working space.
1 Nov 06
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Stairway to heaven
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Creative Economy
The first contemporary flagship store for Longchamp has been designed by Heatherwick Studio.
1 Nov 06
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Death star
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Product Design
Top graduates of Design Academy Eindhoven recently exhibited eco-friendly "death designs" that are, quite literally, to die for.
1 Aug 06
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Don't call me babe
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Design Thinking
It may look cute and cuddly, but it's one of the planet's worst poo-llutants.
1 Aug 06
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Prophet of the city
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Design Thinking
The poet of technology, Denis Santachiara, marries art and design.
1 Aug 06
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Oog on Droog
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Product Design
Focusing on Droog's eco explorations proves that the Dutch design collective's fountain of good ideas never runs dry.
1 Aug 06
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Botany bay
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Graphic Design & Illustration
If you thought botanical illustration was dying out as fast as the rare plants it depicts, you may need to adjust your magnifying glass.
1 Aug 06
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High five
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Design Thinking
Mike Edmonds, an associate director of Arup, identified five of the world's most significant sustainable architecture projects.
1 Aug 06
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The new frontiers in health
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16 Dec 20
This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues.
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The children and education design of the future
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23 Nov 20
Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson
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19 Nov 20
Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.
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Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions
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19 Nov 20
Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions with his A Trifle of Colour project.
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