Archive for February, 2007

February 28th, 2007

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Here are more images of the Campana Brothers’ new exhibition at Albion Gallery in London, plus click here to view a short movie we made yesterday of Fernando and Humberto Campana talking about the Cartoon chairs. More »

February 28th, 2007

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Musician and performer Reggie Watts closed the Design Indaba conference on Friday with an incredible performance - view a short video here. More »

February 27th, 2007

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Sneak preview: here are the first images of Fernando and Humberto Campana’s Cartoon Chairs, made with Disney toys. More »

February 27th, 2007

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Cape Town designer Heath Nash has given us images from his presentation at last week’s Design Indaba conference, showing a range of lights and other products made from salvaged plastic. More »

February 25th, 2007

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Architects Kram Weisshaar show two new products to be launched during the Milan furniture fair in April by manufacturers Moroso and Classicon. More »

February 22nd, 2007

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Ross Lovegrove presents VitrA MOD, a new bathroom range for Turkish brand VitrA. More »

February 22nd, 2007

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Design Within Reach has announced the winners of its Annual Champagne Chair Contest. More »

February 22nd, 2007

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Studiomold have sent us a bunch of new products launched at Maison et Objet in Paris last month, including these vases made from salvaged sherry glasses, plastic animals and PVC. More »

February 22nd, 2007

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We’re still struggling to get YouTube working on dezeen but here are links to three movies showing Swedish design outfit Front speaking at Design Indaba yesterday. More »

February 22nd, 2007

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Young London-based designer Admir Jukanovic has sent us images of a new light that is switched on and off by touching a bare wire. More »

February 21st, 2007

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Here are some photos of the Design Indaba sunset cocktail party held yesterday afternoon at 4th Beach, Clifton in Cape Town. More »

February 21st, 2007

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London design store Mint has sent us images of a range of unique plates by Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky. More »

February 20th, 2007

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dezeenflash: dezeen is in Cape Town all this week for the 10th Design Indaba conference. Starting later today, we will be bringing you regular updates on the conference, the speakers and the parties.

We are just off now to put our flip-flops on for this afternoon’s beach party, which will be attended by Jasper Morrison, Neville Brody, Jaime Hayon, Simon Waterfall, Daljit Singh and many others…

Keep an eye on the Design Indaba 07 category in dezeen’s sidebar for more updates.

February 20th, 2007

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Lazirides Gallery in London presents work by artist Ben Turnbull, with pieces that reference the Iraq war, American gun culture and the political and religious climate under the Bush administration. More »

February 19th, 2007

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Cranbrook Art Museum presents images of the work of Toronto artist/designer Gord Peteran included in the current exhibition Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets its Maker. More »

February 18th, 2007

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Sneak preview: London-based designer/artist Rolf Sachs has sent us images of work he will show in Milan in April. More »

February 16th, 2007

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London architects Fashion Architecture Taste have updated their website with images of the Sint Lucas Art Academy at Boxtel in the Netherlands. More »

February 15th, 2007

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Here’s another new chandelier by Stuart Haygarth, which he just emailed us today. Called Spectacle, it’s created from 1020 pairs of prescription spectacles. More »

February 15th, 2007

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More from the world of paper media: Monocle, the new magazine by Wallpaper* founder Tyler Brûlé, hits news-stands around the world today. More »

February 15th, 2007

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UK architecture weekly Building Design unveils its new look, created by editorial designer Matthew Ball. More »