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Blog: Day 1 of Toffie Food
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Food Design
Coffee gastronomy, a food taste tour of Madiba's life and an exploration of the oldest food culture in the world stand out on the first day of the Toffie Food f
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3 Sep 11
Blog: Day 1 of Toffie Festival
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Creative Economy
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Urban & Landscape Design
The first day of the Toffie Pop Culture Festival opens a range of exhibitions and presents inspiring commercial activism from Conn Bertish.
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24 Mar 11
Something to chew on
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Interaction Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The Toffie Pop Culture Festival, in Cape Town from 24 to 26 March 2011, celebrates all that is pop about culture.
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18 Mar 11
Most Beautiful Object finalists at DI2011 Expo
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Vote for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa and stand a chance to win a R10000 shopping voucher from the Design Indaba Online Shop.
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11 Feb 11
Creative play
Profiling
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Just make beautiful work. Meet Cape Town illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, for whom this works.
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1 Dec 10
Going bos
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Tea in a can has never been this cool... and refreshing, and tasty. And have you checked out the packaging?
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1 Nov 10
20Q: Peet Pienaar
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Graphic Design & Illustration
“Maak mooi” (make pretty) is what graphic designer Peet Pienaar does. Find out what else he does – out and in his studio.
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3 Aug 10
Forget peace, here's to Goodwill and Fernandes!
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
One is almost tempted to use the old cliché “dynamite comes in small packages” when describing this teeny tiny magazine.
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21 Jul 10
TOFFIE celebrates popular culture
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Music & Sound Design
The TOFFIE Popular Culture Festival is a celebration of all that is pop cult right at your doorstep.
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17 Mar 10
Channel O lucky packet
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Music & Sound Design
The new magazine Coco Joe has been conceived as a brand extension for Channel O by Peet Pienaar and design studio The President.
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1 Nov 09
Peet Pienaar
Peet Pienaar is a performance artist turned graphic designer, known for his work with The President and Toffie.
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14 Feb 09
Designer rubbish
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Five Black Bins brought together five Cape Town design studios to redesign five garbage bins in Woodstock, Cape Town.
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1 Nov 08
City of type
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Dutch typographer Richard Niessen was recently in South Africa as a guest of design agency The President and gave a workshop on typography.
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1 Nov 08
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