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The special power of disgust
It's time for aesthetics to reconsider the role of disgust as an emotion, says Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman.
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Put on your internet face
French designer Alix Gallet has a bag of tricks to fool biometric recognition technology.
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A feat of craftsmanship
Meet Martina Lasinger, a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven, who makes mesmerisingly detailed – and beautiful – work.
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Music to your ears, eyes and nose
Joris Petterson's new-age speaker system emits lights and smells that match the tone of your music playlist.
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"The Thing Under the Tree" by Lily Fang
The attention to detail in this stop-motion animation by recent RCA grad Lily Fang makes for a visually arresting story.
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A next-generation tree harvester
Like the insect it is named after, the Gerridae harvester is light on its feet and the environment.
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Basotho blankets go north
Emerging fashion designer Thabo Makhetha launched her modern take on the Basotho blanket at Vancouver Fashion Week 2014.
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Replicating the mother's womb
A new infant care system proposes radically improved incubators that transmit the mother's heartbeat, breathing and voice.
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Tastes like the Voortrekker Monument
As an ode to their hometown, a group of designers recreates the city of Pretoria in icing sugar, nougat, coconut and biscuits.
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Jessica Hische - Like Knows Like
This short film takes a revealing look at American typographer Jessica Hische's everyday life.
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Nikki Gonnissen: No more rotten tomatoes
The Amsterdam-based graphic designer tells us why she stepped out of her comfort zone to design for the Dutch Socialist Party.
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'Function/Void' by The Bug and Factory Fifteen
This creative collaboration of music and film offers up a dystopian vision of a possible near-future.
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A step up
Michaella Janse van Vuuren's latest pieces take her technical proficiencies to new heights – and onto the fashion runway.
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Tyneside lounger by David Irwin
The Irish designer's timber chair for Deadgood began life as cinema seating.
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Eve bench by Frank Böhm Studios
The Cape Town-based architect begins a series of slender, clean-lined benches.
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Aeon Rocket pendant light by Morten Voss
The Danish designer's new light harmoniously marries rigid material and malleable plastic.
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Lullaby pendant lamp by Monica Förster
The Swedish designer's harmonious angular light was inspired by the work of Isamu Noguchi.
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Inspiring Creativity
Poverty, humour, music, delusion – 21 artists tell us what drives their creative impulse.
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Lattice work
Cape Town-based Leg Studios launches a range of decor products inspired by nomadic African patterns.
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Tharsis Sleeps
The embroidery in this animation is the first clue that this is not your average heavy metal music video.
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Hacked notebooks
An exhibition of Moleskine notebooks customised by and containing the sketches of designers is on exhibition in London.
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Battle of the Jazz Guitarist
This short film by Mark Columbus is a twisting but sincere portrayal of the complex relationship between father and son.
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Soft Pots by Lisa Firer
The Cape Town-based ceramicist's latest range experiments with retaining the softness of wet clay.
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Geometric Storm chandelier by Willowlamp
The complex quadrangles and shifting shapes of this new design signal a change of direction for the internationally acclaimed South African lighting brand.
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