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Crafts: A matter of scale and pace
Opinion
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Craft
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style.
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2 Feb 09
Fabulous fantasia
Q&A
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Product Design
Marcel Wanders has designed more than a lifetime’s worth of knotted chairs – he’s designed himself.
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2 Feb 09
Bracelets with megabyte
Design News
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Craft
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Information Design
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African Design
Beads leap the technology divide with these innovative USB bracelets by Africa!Ignite that combine fashion with info storage.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Inga Sempé
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
Product designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Inga Sempé weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft Debate: Stefan Sagmeister
Design News
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Craft
Graphic designer and Design Indaba 2003 speaker, Stefan Sagmeister weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Elsie Nanji
Design News
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Craft
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Creative Economy
Creative director and Design Indaba 2004 speaker, Elsie Nanji weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Geraldine Fenn
Design News
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Jeweller and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Geraldine Fenn weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Watt the folk
Design News
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Music & Sound Design
Daniel Friedman, whose alter ego is singer-songwriter Deep Fried Man, ventures in search of South African new folk music.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Marisa Fick-Jordaan
Design News
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Craft
Designer, development consultant and Design Indaba Expo curator and exhibitor, Marisa Fick-Jordaan weighs in on the craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
Product designers and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participants, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec weigh in on the craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Christine Moosmann
Opinion
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Craft
Editor of Novum magazine, a Design Indaba media partner, Christine Moosmann weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Satyendra Pakhalé
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
Industrial designer, DI2006 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Satyendra Pakhalé weighs in on the craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Paul Priestman
Design News
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Industrial Design
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Craft
Industrial designer and Design Indaba 2006 speaker, Paul Priestman weighs in on Design Indaba's craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Craft debate: Maxim Velčovský
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
Product designer, DI2008 speaker and Design Indaba 10x10 Industrial project participant, Maxim Velčovský weighs in on the craft debate.
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1 Feb 09
Exquisite scales
Design News
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Product Design
Commonwealth is uncovering a new kind of beauty by reapplying architectural rigour to smaller scale cross-disciplinary design.
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1 Nov 08
Saffers hit Milan
Design News
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Product Design
Five Cape Town designers exhibited under the Italian Misael label during the Milan Furniture Fair.
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2 May 08
Max normal for kids
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
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Creative Economy
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Music & Sound Design
Avant-garde rapper Max Normal has turned his creative touch to an exclusive range of 36 handmade animal toys.
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2 Feb 08
From the stomach to the heart
Opinion
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Food Design
“Designers cannot get closer to people than to make a design that becomes part of the body,” says Dutch food designer Marije Vogelzang.
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1 Nov 07
1+1 makes 3
Profiling
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Product Design
Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien, talk about layering, craft and storytelling in their creative collaboration.
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1 Nov 07
Carpet bombing
Opinion
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Design Thinking
Traditional carpets are the equivalent of a layer of crude oil covering the floor. Rather keep the floor bare and get a mat.
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1 Aug 07
Buying green back
Design News
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Design Thinking
Greening the shopping trolley is possibly the easiest place to start getting environmental.
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1 Aug 07
Dutch treat
Festival News
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Four internationally renowned speakers at the Design Indaba 2007 share Dutch roots and an eye for design.
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1 Feb 07
Mr Pen
Design News
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Emile Pen has the illustration world's most fortunate surname, accompanied by a signature style that has more to do with sheer talent.
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1 May 06
Hand in
Inside View
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Craft
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Award-winning author and illustrator Heather Moore gives us a hands-on approach to the modern-day affair with old-fashioned ways.
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1 May 06
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