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20Q: Pedersen + Lennard
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Product Design
James Lennard and Luke Pedersen use a combination of handmade and machine-made techniqies to make functional and beautiful designs.
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15 May 11
20Q: John Edwards
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Product Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect by day, designer by night. John Edwards is currently working on a new modular furniture range for small spaces.
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15 May 11
20Q: Katie Thompson
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Using discarded junk, each item of Katie Thompson's Recreate range of furniture, lighting and interiors is infused with character.
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15 May 11
20Q: Ian Kelynack
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Ian Kelynack of Isle of Trees made his Design Indaba Expo debut this year. His sustainable work won him the Most Creative Stand Award.
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15 May 11
Cut and paste
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Craft
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Design Thinking
Bianca Chang’s beautiful works of paper art are inspired by the simplicity of tone-on-tone signage and the shadows of 3D letterforms.
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9 May 11
Sit In pretty
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Product Design
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Craft
Funky and multi-functional, the Sit In range of stools has a lovely "local is lekker" feel to them.
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8 May 11
Relax... recline
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Product Design
Plyboard plus PVC plastic pipes equals a recycle recliner chair, which happens to be very comfortable.
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7 May 11
Flexible flux at Milan2011
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Product Design
It has an unconventional look and is available in a variety of bright colours. The foldable Flux Chair is one that you want in your garden.
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6 May 11
Made of steel at Milan2011
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Product Design
Four designers. Four innovative "total white" lighting elements. Here's a look at Bysteel's creations.
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5 May 11
Great crates
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Product Design
It's multi-functional, recycled and a great mate for kids. What more do you need from a storage system?
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5 May 11
Ineke Hans at Milan2011
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Product Design
Innovation, clarity, comfort and understandability is what design is about for Ineke Hans.
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4 May 11
Coca-Cola upcycling
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Upcycling has never been as attractive as Coca-Cola is making the versatile 111 Navy Chair®.
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3 May 11
From yesteryear at DI2011 Expo
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Recreate's selection of gorgeously upcycled furniture was a key attraction at Design Indaba Expo.
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22 Apr 11
20Q: Ben Fry
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Information Design
Making people curious is what creative success is about. Find out 19 other interesting things about Ben Fry.
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12 Apr 11
With contemporary flair
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Product Design
In case you missed it, here's a look at the gorgeous designs Haldane Martin launched at Design Indaba Expo.
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11 Apr 11
Fairytale dress
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Design Thinking
Here’s a fairytale dress made with the pages of gorgeous fairytale books.
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9 Apr 11
20Q: Oded Ezer
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Type shaman, biotypographer, typochemist and typosexual are some descriptions of the innovative things Oded Ezer does with typography.
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22 Mar 11
Unpolished but Polish at Milan2011
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Product Design
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Craft
unPolished at Ventura Lambrate during the Milan Furniture Fair features the original work of young Polish designers and design groups.
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21 Mar 11
Green points for Pepsi
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
PepsiCo have developed the world’s first 100% plant-based, fully renewable PET bottle.
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17 Mar 11
Cardboard creations
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Architecture & Interiors
Michael Hansmeyer’s Subdivided Columns may be the most intricate object ever fashioned out of cardboard.
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8 Mar 11
Toys from trash
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Craft
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Design Thinking
A US soldier in Afghanistan is using creativity and recycled materials to bring joy to the children in this war-torn area.
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2 Mar 11
Curious treasures
Design News
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Craft
Nic Fredman uses a great variety of reworked recycled materials to make interesting creations.
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25 Feb 11
Twitter lights!
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Product Design
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Interaction Design
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Design Thinking
The Twitter Ball raises awareness about plastic waste in the ocean, using Twitter to highlight the cause.
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16 Feb 11
Dirk Vander Kooij
Dirk Vander Kooij is a product designer, best known for using recycled plastic from old refrigerators to create a range of chairs.
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6 Feb 11
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