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  • Cotton khadi form India. Photo courtesy of Heartwear.
    Crafts: A matter of scale and pace
    Opinion > Craft
    Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort writes about the craft of smaller scale, slower pace and sustainable style. >
    2 Feb 09
  • Couture, 2008, for Graham and Brown.
    Fabulous fantasia
    Q&A > Product Design
    Marcel Wanders has designed more than a lifetime’s worth of knotted chairs – he’s designed himself. >
    2 Feb 09
  • Bruce Mau's book Massive Change.
    The revolution of possibility
    Q&A > Design Thinking
    Bruce Mau talks about people connecting across cultures, languages, religions and national boundaries to solve the challenges of the world. >
    1 Feb 09
  • Dancing pictures
    Q&A > Film & Animation
    Nadine Botha talks to the resident kidults of Am I Collective about their new animation project, Disko. >
    1 Feb 09
  • Dear Reader.
    Watt the folk
    Design News > Music & Sound Design
    Daniel Friedman, whose alter ego is singer-songwriter Deep Fried Man, ventures in search of South African new folk music. >
    1 Feb 09
  • If I Want to Explore a New Direction Professionally, it is Helpful to Try it Out for Myself First, 2007.
    A spoonful of sugar
    Profiling > Graphic Design & Illustration
    Fiona Zerbst chats to Marian Bantjes about typography, image making and creative restlessness. >
    1 Feb 09
  • A John Bauer porcelain. Photo by Leah Hawker.
    Made in tjina
    Design News > Craft
    Potter John Bauer is immortalising South Africa’s doily heritage through porcelain and has found happiness in craft. >
    1 Feb 09
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