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High Priestman
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Urban & Landscape Design
Paul Priestman's divine designs include super trains, gigantic aeroplanes and even a humble kitchen knife block.
1 May 06
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Mr Pen
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Emile Pen has the illustration world's most fortunate surname, accompanied by a signature style that has more to do with sheer talent.
1 May 06
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Hand in
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Award-winning author and illustrator Heather Moore gives us a hands-on approach to the modern-day affair with old-fashioned ways.
1 May 06
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Fashion revolution
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
After centuries of international copying, the past decade has proved revolutionary for SA fashion, writes Adam Levin.
1 May 06
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Blurring the brief
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Interaction Design
Iconic theatre impresario and iconoclastic designer, Pluto Panoussis presents a retrospective spanning 10 years of his theatre posters.
1 May 06
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New media marvels
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Interaction Design
Getting animated about this year's new media superheroes is CNMA judge and editor of the UK's Creative Review magazine, Patrick Burgoyne.
1 May 06
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Design Indaba Classic: David Adjaye, Starchitect
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Renowned architect David Adjaye was named among Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2017.
26 Apr 06
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Design Indaba 2006 Commercial
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The official commercial for Design Indaba 2007. Created by Jupiter Drawing Room.
19 Feb 06
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Moving on up
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Urban & Landscape Design
Going high-tech isn't always the answer to rural transport problems. Sometimes the way forward lies with simple yet sustainable solutions.
1 Feb 06
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Design Philistines?
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Industrial Design
Does South Africa have a design culture? Not really, opines award-winning industrial designer Bernard Smith.
1 Feb 06
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A new visual taal
Next Generation
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The next generation of "alternatiewe" Afrikaners is creating a glorious, guilt-free visual language for the South Africa of their tomorrow.
1 Feb 06
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From the archives: Head for humour
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Christoph Niemann's pictures paint a thousand witty words. In this interview, we profile the illustrator's more serious side.
1 Feb 06
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Contact lens
Opinion
Making contact, even if only momentarily, with the subject in front of her lens gives upcoming portrait snapper Sarah Nankin her focus.
1 Feb 06
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Matali on herself
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Product Design
Both valuable and useful, the collectable creations of French product designer Matali Crasset are climbing their way into design history.
1 Feb 06
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Wordplay
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Product Design
Well-known anthropologist and author, Marc Augé writes about why Matali Crasset's work is hard to define in words.
1 Feb 06
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Next, please!
Next Generation
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Product Design
After longstanding complaints about a dearth of fresh talent in the industry, a new wave of product designers has at last emerged.
1 Feb 06
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Red hot
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Industrial Design
The first African company to win a coveted Red Dot Design Award proves that South Africa has the potential.
1 Feb 06
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Story teller
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Creative Economy
Design brings stories to life. Or so says Yves Béhar, whose own tale is made up of one brand success story after another.
1 Feb 06
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Wine wins
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Graphic Design & Illustration
What happens when you grab a bunch of juicy Gauteng students and team them up with renowned graphics guru and self-confessed wino Ken Cato?
1 Nov 05
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The bigger apple
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Product Design
What happens when you take an African-American designer from New York to Africa for the first time and expect him to work with crafters?
1 Nov 05
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De-colonising design
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Design Thinking
What would the design landscape of Africa look like if colonialism had never happened? Carl Harrison asks the tricky, pertinent question…
1 Nov 05
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Boss Hugo
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Art & Photography
Photographer Pieter Hugo is rapidly climbing to the top of his game.
1 Nov 05
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He said, she said
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Urban & Landscape Design
Award-winning duo Birsel+Seck also happen to design their lives together.
1 Nov 05
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Cultural nomad
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Urban & Landscape Design
The talents of the Indian-born, Amsterdam-based product designer Satyendra Pakhalé migrate happily from one design oasis to the next.
1 Nov 05
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