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African Bondage
Garth Walker's Winky font is a bondage-inspired font that has been published globally, but has rarely been seen in South Africa.
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Many ways to love
Mathieu Lehanneur, Arik Levy, Matali Crasset and Florence Jaffrain shared their fantasies in the Preliminaries exhibition.
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Changing the inappropriate
“Pussy, Ass & Dick.” To most people these words are inappropriate and vulgar, their use impermissible in society. Arik Levy challenges that.
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Beneath the surface
There’s something that makes you double take when you look at a piece of Stuart Bird’s work. At first you simply see it for the artwork...
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A little koekie time
Inspired by an old-school good homemaker book, Hostess Koekies is a spunky alternative to the over-subscribed Rules Book.
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Sensual beginnings
Tracey-Lee Scully's Auto-Erotic Photo-Romantic project was inspired by her travels to Berlin and the Photoautomat machines in the city.
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Queering Anne
If Queen Anne of England was alive today there’s a good chance she’d have plenty to say about Ernst van der Val’s ball&claw series.
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A rubber history
While many buy condoms and only see them for the function they serve, this fraction of rubber has a great deal of history behind it.
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Delicious second skin
What happens when you have a passion for beautiful clothing and the seductive feeling of latex? You get Kaori Matsubara’s Latex Dreams.
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Fun in four seconds
Targeting the claim that applying a condom “kills the vibe”, 4secs:condoms were designed by Roelf Mulder of ...XYZ design.
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Metallic masterpiece
The name “Olga” brings to mind many unsavoury images of women – courtesy of cinema magic – deep in the rural towns of Russia.
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Double the fun
The Form 2 vibrator by Yves Béhar is the first in Jimmyjane’s “Pleasure to the People” series.
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Oh so hip Bone
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...
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Sex is the new yellow
According to international trend forecaster Li Edelkoort, sex is gaining importance in society and the bordello is making a comeback.
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The other 90%
Maciek Dubla talks to Stefan G Bucher about being responsible to your ideas, and the need to control your greed.
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RCA get Neville Brody
Internationally renowned designer Neville Brody has been named the new Head of Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art.
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A juicy legacy
The time has come to recognise one of our own as Garth Walker and the Rooke Gallery launch the iJusi Portfolio.
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Afridoctor diagnosing direct from your handset
Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic took first place in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators application competition.
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Skyscraper for peace
Polish architect could have solved the conflict in Sudan with this design of a water tower skyscraper.
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World architecture gets Rich
Peter Rich’s Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre was recognised as World Building of the Year 2009 at the World Architecture Festival.
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Heatherwick redefines the power station
Never content to be categorised, Thomas Heatherwick has turned his architectural hand to a biomass-fuelled station and created a masterpiece
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Trending lightly
Trends are pesky things. They come and go as they please, leaving behind a mixed bag of objects without much use.
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Heads above the rest
As the puppeteer of 5m-tall puppets, Daniel Popper is expecting to captivate soccer fans with his larger-than-life soccer players.
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Celebration kicker
If there has ever been a reason to celebrate, the Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup 2010 is that very reason.
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