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Will fashion fizzle out?
Posted Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Noted trend forecaster and fashion aficionado claims that fashion as we know it is about to disappear.
An annual South African design festival called Design Indaba has just finished in Capetown, with a wide range of interesting and sometimes provocative design-related speakers and events.
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Nothing but the best.
Posted 4 Mar 2015
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A hub of design.
Posted 4 Mar 2015
DIA ACT branch stars in Canberra design festival. -
The benefits of noise.
Posted 3 Mar 2015
Landscape architecture student wins award for airport design concept. -
Sit down, charge up.
Posted 3 Mar 2015
Ikea to release furniture that wirelessly recharges smart phones. -
Seats on the skyline.
Posted 2 Mar 2015
DIA Practice Member wins design competition for Sydney redevelopment. -
The art of colour.
Posted 2 Mar 2015
2015 Dulux Colour Awards finalists revealed. -
Dreams of a better future.
Posted 2 Mar 2015
Winner announced of design for new cultural centre in Afghanistan. -
That light bulb moment.
Posted 25 Feb 2015
DJ designs new clothing range to foil paparazzis. -
‘Food labelling for building materials.’
Posted 25 Feb 2015
New label allows architects and designers to select safer materials. -
Driven by the sea.
Posted 24 Feb 2015
Radical new electric car offers another twist to the search for clean energy.
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Likes:
Penguins; swimming without sharks; observing
Best design I've seen lately:
Raspberry Pi that you cannot eat! (a £25 credit-card sized computer from Cambridge University)
