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Mark Shuttleworth on the benefits of open-source
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South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth talks about the Ubuntu Project, a free, open-source Linux-based operating system.
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6 Jul 11
Blog: Day 1 of What Design Can Do Conference
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Rohan Shivkumar, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares and Oliviero Toscani stood out on day one of the What Design Can Do Conference in Amsterdam.
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27 May 11
Marshall Hinds
Marshall Hinds Pty (Ltd) are the South African distributors of top ranges from the international leader in breakthrough products, DuPont™.
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26 Apr 11
Silicon Cape Initiative
We're a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VC's who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in SA.
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21 Apr 11
Francis Kéré: Africans need to develop their own identity in architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
Africans need to develop their own identity in architecture, says Francis Kéré.
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24 Mar 11
Design it yourself (new pics)
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With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer.
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18 Aug 10
Celebration kicker
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Product Design
If there has ever been a reason to celebrate, the Official Match Ball for the FIFA World Cup 2010 is that very reason.
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29 Mar 10
Inevitable architectural change
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Architecture & Interiors
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An up-to-the-minute commentary on contemporary architecture examining the changing innovations by the world's leading architects.
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12 Feb 10
The craft factory
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Craft
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Creative Economy
Leonard Shapiro explains South Africa’s craft enterprises are reaching self-sufficiency and hankering for the next level: Industrialisation.
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9 Feb 10
Think design with Bruce Nussbaum at DI2010
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Design Thinking
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Creative Economy
Globalisation, technology, recession… Business sure has gotten complicated in the 21st-century. The solution lies in design.
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28 Jan 10
Sky's the limit
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Batandwa Alperstein evaluates the pros and cons of vertical farming.
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1 Nov 09
Transhuman metamorphosis
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Product Design
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Interaction Design
Design Indaba speaks to designer Revital Cohen about her design provocations.
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1 Nov 09
No happy ending
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As technology races towards a constantly receding utopia, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby warn of its economic, cultural and ethical impacts.
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2 May 09
Haldane Martin Pecha Kucha
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Product Design
Established South African furniture designer Haldane Martin discusses his work and inspiration.
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19 Mar 09
Bracelets with megabyte
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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
Phantom limbs
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
With science fiction turning into reality on a daily basis, what will our bodies look like in the future, asks Christoph Zellweger.
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1 May 08
Design Indaba 2008: Create a better world
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Music & Sound Design
Leading creative thinkers will converge at the Design Indaba Conference from Wednesday 27 February to Friday 29 February, 2008.
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2 Nov 07
A Kyoto treaty for design
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Design Thinking
The case for designers to tackle the challenges of environmentalism, posed by Valerie Casey of frog design.
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1 Aug 07
Prophet of the city
Design News
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Product Design
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Design Thinking
The poet of technology, Denis Santachiara, marries art and design.
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1 Aug 06
Design bros
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Architecture & Interiors
Karim Rashid interviews Hani Rashid exclusively for Design Indaba magazine.
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1 Aug 04
Fertile Arad
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Product Design
Tom Roope interviews Ron Arad.
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1 Aug 04
Past, present, future in design
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Craft
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Design Thinking
Design as we currently understand and practise it is being radically changed on several levels, writes Prof John Heskett.
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1 Nov 03
Hyper designer
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Industrial Design
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Karim Rashid designs everything – even his own words. Naoto Fukasawa interviews him.
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1 Aug 03
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