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Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Tjep’s art

It strikes me as so important for designers (of whatever ilk, architects, product designers, web designers etc) to create an occasional concept piece on own initiative.  It’s an opportunity to let go completely and discover the artist in you, and if it’s good, it’s clearly great for establishing your reputation. Here’s an example by Frank

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Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Stocktown x South Africa

The Swedish founders of video magazine StockTown are creating their own road movie set in South Africa. Very intriguing, love the way they’ve found some totally brilliant, creative characters to document.  Exciting times indeed! “A road movie...

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Thursday, March 14th, 2013

A strange vocation?

Lyall Sprong and Marc Nicolson are two designers from Cape Town who set up their own designer-maker consultancy called Thingking.  They earn a living designing things for clients (some cool concepts, check out the milk cookie jar...

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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Rattan palm, with a modern perspective

Abie Abdillah is a young Indonesian furniture designer who has a passion for local materials, especially wood and rattan, a sustainable material from South East Asia. A rattan palm grows very rapidly, is somewhat similar to bamboo...

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Friday, June 1st, 2012

Designing the iconic Kiwi beach house

New Zealand is known for its natural beauty – ‘pure’ New Zealand they call it. If you’ve ever visited you’ll know what I mean, you can’t help but be overwhelmed by the ever present views of oceans, bays...

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Thursday, May 31st, 2012

A designer turns coffee maker

Nils Vik used to make a living as a designer and photographer. He was really good too, winning numerous awards. But today he makes coffee. A strange career switch perhaps. But take a look at Parlour Coffee...

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Thursday, May 31st, 2012

A night owl creates a mobile app

Mick Wroblewski is a Chicago-based software developer whose company, Babylon Technology, recently launched its own mobile app. Ticket Tapp is a ticket scanning solution for event organisers. It basically allows them to use an iPhone or iPod...

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Thursday, May 24th, 2012

A global voice of children

Amazing concept. Three friends – journalists, film makers – founded DTJ (discover the journey) a non-profit that creates documentaries exposing the injustice to children in crises regions around the world. Check out their website and work here....

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Sort of stuck making odd sculptures

Michael Rea is an artist who doesn’t take himself too seriously. As he says, he’s ‘sort of stuck making odd sculptures’ and worries that it’s all he knows what to do at this point. Perhaps, but the...

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Reinvent the mundane

Emily Rothschild is an industrial designer who keeps on surprising people with her innovative concepts.  Her approach is to spot areas of our lives that are often overlooked and develop new, often humorous design solutions.  She’s probably...

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