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The beauty of concrete
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Architecture & Interiors
Concrete is not something that's readily associated with beauty and creativity, but when viewed from a different angle, it can inspire.
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3 Nov 10
PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards
The PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards aims to push traditional boundaries.
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20 Oct 10
One for the tribe
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Creative Economy
Trib-e is a new online community established to advance creativity and innovation across various disciplines.
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17 Oct 10
Green is good
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Design Thinking
Change the world: Design a good green solution.
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16 Oct 10
Be the difference
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Making a Difference Through Design competition teaches high school learners about the value of design in our everyday lives.
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8 Oct 10
Swimming success
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Product Design
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Information Design
A whale design out of Cape Town’s FabLab has wooed the crowds and impressed the judges at an international FabLab conference in Amsterdam.
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4 Oct 10
Graphic recognition
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Creative Economy
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The 2010 Art of Design Awards delivered an original and inspiring selection of creative work - a slap on back for the local industry.
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27 Sep 10
Fit for royalty
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
It's time to put your creative and edgy jewellery designs onto paper and submit it for Pravda Vodka's royal collection.
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1 Sep 10
From practical to playful
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Product Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Think again if you thought your car should only take you from A to B. The new Mini Countryman may feature a fireplace or karaoke equipment.
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19 Aug 10
Design Indaba Superstars installed at CTICC
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba is proud to announce that the winning entries of the Superstars team have been immortalised as public artworks.
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28 Jun 10
Design challenge for mass education solutions
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Design Thinking
A global competition is calling on design and business students to develop solutions for the world's massive education crisis.
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24 Jun 10
Love of the common people
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Felicity Project Change your City, Change your Life graphic design competition is starting a conversation around community life.
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10 May 10
Stools are cool
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Product Design
Put the "fun" in "functional" with an original, eco-friendly stool design for the Habari Stool Competition.
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28 Apr 10
Design competition for the new big Mini
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Product Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design functions for the Centre Rail in the new Mini Countryman and win a trip to the Paris Motor Show.
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23 Apr 10
Design competition using the Golden Ratio
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Calling all design students: Can you design the "store of the future" using the Golden Ratio?
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22 Apr 10
Afridoctor diagnosing direct from your handset
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic took first place in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators application competition.
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10 Apr 10
Skyscraper for peace
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Polish architect could have solved the conflict in Sudan with this design of a water tower skyscraper.
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10 Apr 10
2010 Most Beautiful Object in SA announced
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Industrial Design
What is beautiful to you? Voted for by visitors to the Design Indaba Expo, the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is...
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1 Mar 10
Absa L’Atelier launches anniversary celebrations
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Absa L’Atelier art competition launches their 25th anniversary celebrations at this year’s Design Indaba.
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26 Feb 10
Absa L’Atelier celebrates 25th anniversary
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Design Indaba Expo 2010: Catch a retrospective celebration of the past 25 years of the Absa L’Atelier art competition.
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25 Feb 10
Green finalists
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Design Thinking
The second annual House and Leisure Green Designers at Woolworths competition winners will be announced at Design Indaba on 25 February.
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24 Feb 10
AuthenticiTEE
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Mingo Lamberti's Made in China winners form part of the Eastern-inspired seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts.
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10 Feb 10
Second Spier Contemporary exhibition opens
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Architecture & Interiors
The Spier Contemporary 2010 Exhibition will open its doors to show contemporary South African art for diverse audiences.
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29 Jan 10
Mingo Lamberti winners exhibition
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Mingo Lamberti will be launching their seventh range of limited-edition T-shirts on 3 December at 6pm at Happy Feet in Cape Town.
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19 Nov 09
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