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AFRICHIC: A Leading Online African Boutique

Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Talita in Blog, Design, featured

Africhic is tall, confident and vibrant – an African brand that speaks an international dialect: this on-line boutique was launched early last year featuring top African designers with a view to increase their exposure internationally and facilitate distribution. At the helm of this project is Sylvia Gruber – a woman on a mission to enable [...]

For the Love. Of the Game.

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by iheidi in Design, books

So you thought you knew what a soccer ball looks like? So did I. Until a few years ago, when I came across a couple of kids in Malawi, vying for my attention with a handmade rubber soccer ball. I bought only one, and I gave it away, damn it! To the one I love(d). [...]

A Vuvuzela hits the Highway

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by iheidi in Design, media

Such interesting times in the city of Cape Town! On any given day, something new catches my eye. This giant vuvuzela on the unfinished highway appeared out of the blue (or should I say, in the blue?), courtesy of Hyundai. (I managed to get a snapshot on the weekend, before it was branded, hahaa). Brands [...]

Between the Lines of The Stadium

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by iheidi in Design, books

The book Cape Town Stadium: Between the Lines by Bettina Andrag investigates both the complexities of the architecture as well as the dynamics behind the building of the stadium. It gives a voice to many who were involved, from forklift operators to architects and engineers. Aspects such as the complexity of the seat design, the [...]

Counter Currents in Cape Town

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by iheidi in Design, Politics, books

A call to re-imagine the city was made to local architects, planners, and urban thinkers… by Edgar Pieterse, the editor of the book Counter Currents – Experiments in Sustainability in the Cape Town region. Not one to simply judge a book by its cover, or its spelling mistakes (peek instead of peak?!), I attended two [...]

NIKE South Africa in association with KRONK: Phenomenal Design Partnership

Posted on 11. May, 2010 by Talita in Culture, Design, featured

“The thing about football is that it’s not about football.” Nike launched it’s South African Sportswear Six Collaboration Range in association with Kronk on Monday, 3rd May at Gallery on 4th in Melville and although the clothes were about the world cup, there were Nike’s soccer player ambassadors and the designs were about soccer, the [...]

Nike Sportswear Presents First-Ever South African Collaboration with KRONK

Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Moral Fibre Press Office in Culture, Design

As a host country, staging the world’s biggest football tournament is an honour in its own. As an individual invited to collaborate with the world’s largest sports brand, and have your artwork presented as a collection in the product range, is a defining moment. That was the take-out from Kronk, an emerging artist from Cape [...]

Kojo Baffoe reviews the Nokia N900

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by kojobaffoe in Blog, Design, Music, Tech, featured

Being a layman, when I first heard that there was a new Nokia N900 smart phone that was the closest to a mini-laptop as they have ever come, I looked to the geeks I knew. It was towards end of last year and I was attending a couple of Nokia events with those in the [...]

SxSW – Fire Alarms, Billionaires, Porn, Crowdfunding and Public Speaking (Part One)

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Justin Spratt in Blog, Culture, Design, Tech

Right, two days in and I am super happy with this conference thus far. Here is what has been happening in the 3 days I have been here, in no particular order: 1. the first session I went to was #battleforyourtv This was an awesome verbal battle between Mark Cuban (sold his broadcast.com for almost $6bn, [...]

Who’dunnit: KFC Potholes Campaign

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Johann in Food and Beverages, Gauteng, Joburg, KFC, graphic design, johannesburg, outdoor, potholes, who'dunnit?

As many of you might know, Gauteng is currently riddled with potholes as local government funds have dried up. KFC recently donated R 200 000 to this cause accompanied by these. Really love this iniative! Great copy too. Any idea who’dunnit? Related Posts Huisgenoot Clover Who dunnit, My Nokia N97 Homescreen Who dunnit?, Who Dunnit: [...]

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