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Campana Brothers
Inspired by Brazilian street life, the Campana Brothers combine everyday objects with advanced technology to create a specifically Brazilian approach to design.
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14 Jun 10
Beyond tomorrow
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Architecture & Interiors
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
Sustainability is all the rage. Check out how designers are contributing to the global objective.
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26 May 10
Four upcycled designs at Milan2010
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Bottleformball by Heath Nash, Saved by Droog, 380 Tiles by Vicolo Paglia Corta and Cuisine d'Objets by 5.5 designers.
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21 May 10
Putting the fun in filing
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
Orgafile is not another boring storage solution. It's as much fun as playing with Lego blocks and has won the coveted Red Dot Award.
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20 May 10
Recycling in the bag
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Creative Economy
Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town recently launched the "Murderer/Burglar/White Collar Criminal" Clean Conscience campaign for Tuffy.
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6 May 10
Back to the future
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Photographer David Trautrimas shows his steampunk fictions at the LE Gallery in Toronto, Canada, until 30 May 2010.
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3 May 10
Sentient cool
Lookbook
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Art & Photography
Fine artist and commercial photographer Leah Hawker sourced everything in this photoshoot from the 2010 Design Indaba Expo.
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1 May 10
Handbags with history
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Designer Susan Didcott's Trip Handbags are made from old reclaimed fabric treasures.
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23 Feb 10
Something old for something new
Design News
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Using old tyres, Tyred create custom designed chairs, ottomans and tables that can be used indoors and outdoors.
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20 Feb 10
Handmade showcase of craft creativity
Design News
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: The Exhibition Collection of the CCDI for the year 2010 features the work of 82 leading crafters in 91 displays.
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19 Feb 10
Baskets for life
Design News
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Craft
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Heath Nash collaborated with the New Basket Workshop to provide development skills to basket weavers in Zimbabwe.
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15 Feb 10
Creative wraps
Design News
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Product Design
Design Indaba Expo 2010: Robyn van der Toorn, Ingrid Blohm and Deborah Inskon have initiated the funky Flowermill range of paper products.
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15 Feb 10
Hot Afro
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Photographer Craig Fraser slips into the homes of some of South Africa's creative individuals to find distinctly South African interiors.
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12 Feb 10
Protofarm 2050: Multinational Feedback Loop
Do Tank News
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Interaction Design
Futurefarmers explain their Multinational Feedback Loop - recycling and reusing, in order to sustain the cultivation of renewable resources.
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7 Jan 10
Protofarm 2050 in Singapore
Do Tank News
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
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Food Design
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Industrial Design
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Interaction Design
“Farming should be viewed as the sustainable cultivation of a renewable resource,” announces Protofarm 2050 at the World Design Congress.
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24 Nov 09
Farm with a view
Design News
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Design Thinking
Growing food inside apartments is a challenge, but within reach with Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray's Window Farms.
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1 Nov 09
Countertop farming
Design News
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Domesticated farming options to try in your kitchen.
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2 Oct 09
Design Indaba wins at the 2009 Loeries
Festival News
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Creative Economy
Jupiter Drawing Room won six awards for the Design Indaba 2009 campaign, “What can your creativity do?” at the Loerie Awards.
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25 Sep 09
Rubbish-made art
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Craft
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Design Thinking
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Design Thinking
The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more.
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2 Sep 09
SA design lights up the White House
Design News
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Craft
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Design Thinking
Two chandeliers by the Karoo-based Magpie Collective have been selected for the Obamas' private residence.
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24 Jul 09
South Africans in Milan
Design News
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Product Design
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Craft
After debuting at the Design Indaba Expo, four South African designers exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair under the Misael label.
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14 May 09
More than show
Festival News
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba Expo has come a long way since 2004, writes Lynda Relph-Knight, editor of Design Week (UK).
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1 May 09
Green and envied!
Festival News
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
Wasteful, disposable excess is out and more grounded, durable luxury is in at the 2009 Design Indaba Expo.
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19 Feb 09
Heath Nash
Heath Nash is a product designer best known for turning waste materials into covetable designs.
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17 Feb 09
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