The great gang over at our favourite T-Shirt design studio Springleap.com are holding a design competition in conjunction with Marmite – that favourite of South African spreads. Did you know that it’s been around since 1902?!
Here’s the...
Fri, 23 December 2011 12:17 PM / 1 comment
After months of planning and presentations, and a nail-biting wait for this mornings’ announcement, it is now official: Cape Town has been elected as the World Design Capital 2014!
World Design Capital?
What is the World Design Capital you...
Wed, 26 October 2011 7:03 AM / 2 comments
Ford recently unveiled this striking concept vehicle that they are calling the Ford EVOS Concept. And the demo build model may be making an appearance at this months’ Frankfurt Motor Show. Whether it makes it onto a showroom floor near...
Wed, 07 September 2011 11:19 AM / 2 comments
You said goodbye
‘I am sorry, I can’t do this anymore. It is not you, it is me’
I could not answer
I did not want you to hear the sadness that was hiding in my voice
I just nodded while I was fighting the tears
‘I am sorry’
You...
Tue, 10 May 2011 2:37 PM / no comments
You make my blood pulse
Passion crippled my resistance
Explosions of ecstasy
I don’t want to let go
You make my blood pulse
Fear crippled my resistance
Explosions of anger
You don’t want to let go
Trapped in misery and confusion
An...
Fri, 29 April 2011 1:07 PM / no comments
The friendly folk over at Big Concerts posted a picture of the mammoth stage construction being undertaken in the FNB Stadium at the moment. It shows the initial stages of the staging for this weekends’ U2 concert being erected. (You can see...
Tue, 08 February 2011 5:48 PM / 13 comments
This year sure started with a bang. Rapport phoned last week and asked if they could do a story about a Blink Stefanus design.
I knew Rapport has many conservative readers but I didn’t know people would get aggressive about the drawing...
Mon, 03 January 2011 11:53 AM / 2 comments
I still have people ask me “what is Blink Stefanus?” And I’m still not 100% sure what to answer. Which brings me to my next question. Does a brand have to stand for something? Why can’t it stand for nothing?
After all...
Tue, 02 November 2010 8:50 AM / no comments
The iconic Coca-Cola bottle has come of age. Well conceptually at least it has. French designer Jerome Olivet is responsible for this radical version of the classic cola bottle. If future Coke gets this as its packaging, then the future looks...
Sun, 24 October 2010 11:23 PM / 7 comments
Spotted this great graphic tee over on Crazy Dog T-Shirts earlier today.
The shirt shows a World War I hand-grenade alongside a similar device from WWII. The third is a computer mouse labelled W.O.W. for World of Warcraft – the online...
Tue, 28 September 2010 9:55 AM / no comments
source: decorabilitate
Tue, 10 August 2010 11:16 AM / 5 comments
Voting for the International Winner of the Doodle for Google – I Love Football is open at the moment, and I encourage you to head over there and click on the entry submitted by South Africa’s very own Doodler, Nikisha Lalloo.
http://www.google.com/intl/en_za/lovefootball/doodle4google/vote/index.html#8...
Fri, 25 June 2010 9:25 AM / 2 comments
“Seems like a bunch of the rest of the world — well behind our curve — actually dislikes mid-century pink bathrooms. They will regret what they have done.
On the other hand, I believe that to know pink bathrooms is to love them. Pink bathrooms...
Thu, 03 June 2010 4:28 PM / no comments
Stéphane Massa-Bidal’s graphic statement – Helvetica overlaying vintage illustrations – on the current ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Stéphane Massa-Bidal’s graphic statement–Helvetica overlaying vintage illustrations–on...
Fri, 28 May 2010 7:06 AM / 3 comments
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Voteds’ campaign over at his blog, and the challenge laid down by WhiteSockGirl aka The Fab Bitch recently,...
Sun, 23 May 2010 1:07 AM / 22 comments