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Design Indaba magazine gets human, superhuman

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:00 +0200

“Some people have to check your passport at the airport, some people have to do menial jobs, but because you're creative you think you're above the rest,” exclaims Ferran Adrià in the newest edition of Design Indaba magazine, Q209, “Superhuman”.
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Design Indaba imagines the future

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:51:00 +0200

"There's no time for cynicism anymore," declared design activist Bruce Mau near the end of the first day of the 2009 Design Indaba Conference. The spontaneous burst of cheering that his commitment to creative change roused, sums up the spirit of this year's event.
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Bid online for Bowwow dogs

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:45:00 +0200

Congratulations to Inhouse Brand Architects: their decorated Magis puppy, Caste-Aside, has been judged top dog in the South African leg of the Bowwow Contest! Own your favourite pup by bidding in the online auction now.
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The South and Mboisa award winners at Design Indaba Expo

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:53:00 +0200

The desire to design and share a better future, and empower through technology, reigns supreme in the winning entries of the South and Most Beautiful Object in South Africa awards.
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Design Indaba 2009 - seeing the light in the dark

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:11:00 +0200

Inspiration levels at fever pitch, the 1500 privileged delegates of the 2009 Design Indaba once again assembled in the dark to witness the criteria that make up the world's design elite. In order to contextualise the levels of excellence and awesomeness of this conference, we might say that comparing it with most of the design we see around us everyday - like supermarket signage, tourism brochures, pole posters etc - is a bit like comparing a mediocre musician with Bob Dylan.
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Design Indaba, day 2 - the battle of the animators

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:54:00 +0200

The second day of the Design Indaba took us into a world of giant stickie figures, architecture and Zen...
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Animation makes it into the mainstream

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:31:00 +0200

Animation is more than a century old and yet it is only in the last decade or so that is has made it into the mainstream.
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The new plastic surgery from Design Indaba

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:13:00 +0200

Design Indaba, Cape Town: As world economies melt down and resources diminish, designers are emerging as the key to maximising resources and identifying new sources of revenue out of nothing.
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Highlights from Design Indaba 2009 Day 1

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:58:00 +0200

More than one presentation praised Design Indaba as one of the world's leading events of its kind. Here are some of the highlights from the first day…
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How design can change the way people think

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:34:00 +0200

The open invitation to visit their W+K Delhi offices was the cherry on the top of the presentation by Mohit Jayal and V Sunil on the opening day of the 2009 Design Indaba - repeatedly cited as the most respected and clouty conference of its kind in the world.
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