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The twisted and wonderful illustrations of Shaun Hill
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“It’s not so important to try to find inspiration, but rather to grab it when it comes naturally.”
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4 May 17
Aeon Flux: An animated future from the past
Opinion
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Film & Animation
The 1991 brainchild of Peter Chung seems more thought-provoking now than ever before.
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15 Aug 16
Local animator Mike Scott on creating lasting relationships with characters
Design News
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Film & Animation
Cape Town animator Mike Scott’s work is simple nostalgia mixed with pop culture characters that you want to get to know.
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27 Apr 16
Very Semi-Serious
Design News
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Art & Photography
Documentary film “Very Semi-Serious” is an inside look at The New Yorker’s iconic cartoons.
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19 Jan 16
Twins Cartoon
Twins Cartoon is the pseudonym of Cairo-based identical twin cartoonist Mohamed and Haitham El-seht.
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11 Jan 16
Here is Snoggie, Uganda’s extraordinary political cartoonist
African Report
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
As Uganda enters election season, cartoonist Snoggie's political art becomes increasingly interesting.
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11 Nov 15
Kwamie Liv's animated video is dark, eerie and beautiful at the same time
FilmFestFriday
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
Danish artist Baby Duka is a multi-talented – he created the beats for Kwamie Liv's low-burning track, "Pleasure This Pain" and animated the music video.
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4 Sep 15
Lauren Beukes and Joey Hi-Fi: A creative collaboration
Video Interviews
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Art & Photography
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Film & Animation
If this writer-and-illustrator duo were a character in one of their comics, they’d be a two-bodied monster feeding off the same brain.
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7 Apr 15
Chip Kidd: I’m obsessed with Batman
Video Interviews
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Graphic Design & Illustration
In an exclusive interview at AGI Open 2013, Chip Kidd tells us about designing book covers and his foray into comic books.
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16 Oct 13
Lounger inspired by cartoon
Design News
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: One of SA’s leading designers, Haldane Martin will be revealing his latest prototype, the Baba Papa lounger.
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26 Feb 10
The Daily Monster at DI2010
Festival News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A splat of black ink, a blast of compressed air and a new monster is born in the wee hours of the morning.
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9 Dec 09
Zapiro Pecha Kucha (part two): Polokwane Pirates
Talks
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
This is the second part of Zapiro’s presentation at Design Indaba Expo 2009.
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2 May 09
The photographic cartoonist
Profiling
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Art & Photography
Sean O’Toole chats with the acclaimed photographer and contemporary satirist, Alison Jackson.
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1 May 05
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