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State of Our Environment competition

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Someone messing with your environment and you don’t know who to tell? Tell ACT about it in the State of Our Environment competition. >

7 Sep 09
Design benefit

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Designed by DJ Stout, the 39th edition of the Pentagram Papers features signs from the homeless. >

2 Sep 09
Rubbish-made art

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The annual Wasted exhibition at the Unity Gallery showed beautiful objects made from bottle tops, ring pulls, waste paper and more. >

2 Sep 09
“Protect yourself from stupid rules”

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Designed by Ingo Maurer, the Euro Condom is a reaction to the new EU guideline that bans frosted bulbs. >

30 Aug 09
Twin Towers live on in logos

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Ji Lee has launched an open project to photograph and preserve images of the Twin Towers in New York City logos. >

24 Aug 09
Puppets show up in Kenya

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

A satirical puppet show developed and initiated by cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa has made it onto the airwaves in Kenya. >

22 Aug 09
An eye on power

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

The Wattcher is a design object that displays the total electricity consumption of your home in a beautiful and meaningful way. >

13 Aug 09
Green objectified

Reviews > Product Design / Design Thinking

Going multidisciplinary, Green Design by Marcus Fairs is one of the first books to give a thorough overview of the burgeoning movement. >

11 Aug 09
One chair is enough

Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking

Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >

8 Aug 09
SA design lights up the White House

Design News > Craft / Design Thinking

Two chandeliers by the Karoo-based Magpie Collective have been selected for the Obamas' private residence. >

24 Jul 09
Trend Report

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Li Edelkoort recently touched down in SA to share her positive vision of the future at a pair of seminars in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >

23 Jul 09
Design 2009 is about time

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23 Jul 09
Design Indaba & KL Design Week

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23 Jul 09
Beat this bike!

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Yves Béhar designs the Mission One Electric Motorcycle, the first electric sports bike that features uncompromised performance. >

20 May 09
Design Indaba Conference 2009

Festival News > Design Thinking

The Design Indaba Conference 2009, like its predecessors, was a meeting, networking, and inspiring, of our time's greatest creative minds. >

18 May 09
Koos

Reviews > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration / Music & Sound Design

Legendary post-punk 1980s agitators, Koos’s iconic so-called “black tape” has been re-mastered, repackaged and re-released. >

15 May 09
Get green, already!

Reviews > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Going Green by Simon Gear obliterates all silly excuses for not making simple changes that will benefit you, the planet and your fellows. >

15 May 09
Reinvent yourself

Design News > Design Thinking / Graphic Design & Illustration

Apply now to have your creativity rebooted by Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker in their graphic design workshop from 20 to 25 July. >

14 May 09
DI2009 speakers talk about SA

Festival News > Design Thinking

World-renowned designers discuss South Africa - a country that Rick Valicenti refers to as, "a charmed and emerging place". >

14 May 09
Friends of Ruth Prowse

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Help raise funds for disadvantaged students to attend Ruth Prowse School of Art by creating a small art work before 8 June. >

14 May 09
Joule on South African roads by 2010

Design News > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

South Africa's first locally designed and manufactured electric car is ready for production. >

14 May 09
Design Indaba 2009

Festival News > Design Thinking

This quick synopsis of Design Indaba 2009 celebrates its slogan – a better world through creativity. >

14 May 09
SOUTH: The exhibition

Festival News > Design Thinking / Architecture & Interiors

The SOUTH awards and exhibition enthusiastically delight in the promise of South African creativity. >

14 May 09
Design Conferences Reports

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11 May 09

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