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A trip through Sm8ke City
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African Design
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Art & Photography
These creatives designed an alternate world using a combination of art and architecture.
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3 Oct 16
Andrew Shoben at What Design Can Do 2012
Video Interviews
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Urban & Landscape Design
Andrew Shoben uses urban spaces as his canvas for playing.
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22 Jun 12
The right facts
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Craft
With FACT’s range of gorgeous bags, you can take a piece of Cape Town and wear it around your shoulder.
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6 Feb 12
United for cleaner oceans
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Design Thinking
United By Blue is an organisation that removes one pound of trash from the ocean for every one of their organic, vintage-inspired T-shirts sold.
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3 Jan 12
All new
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Zander Blom's "New Paintings" explore how colour can be used for sculptural effects on canvas.
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26 Oct 11
Springleap.com
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17 Mar 11
Rural inspiration
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Craft
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Product Design
Chic Revolution's vintage-inspired décor accessories take their cue from farm life.
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27 Feb 11
Making faces
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Have you seen these faces around Cape Town, or have you seen the FACT bags that tell a little story about life in the townships?
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27 Feb 11
Ceramic canvasses
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Craft
Tamarillo's recent range comprises simplistic ceramic objects that can go from the wall to the table.
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14 Feb 11
Towards the light
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Architecture & Interiors
A creative touch is added to the bright city lights of Milan with designers using LEDs to engage notions of time, memory and modernity.
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6 Jan 11
Interactive Engine
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Engine 26 is an interactive digital painting project that allows for the manipulation of live video and other cool features.
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14 Nov 10
Pedal power
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Architecture & Interiors
The creative process is a familiar concept but what about a creative cycle, almost like riding a bicycle.
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3 Nov 10
Connecting bridge
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Architecture & Interiors
A new mega structure in Seoul, South Korea, is more than just a bridge... It generates its own power.
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21 Oct 10
Camping out
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Product Design
Camper and Jasper. It evens sounds comfortable. Now see the shoe that resulted from the collaboration.
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8 Oct 10
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