Why we kiss
Ninety percent of all people in the world kiss. Even though it inevitably involves the exchange of saliva and mucous membrane...
Riveting stuff
The story goes that Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Company, insisted on calling his denim work pants "waist-high overalls" rather than "jeans"...
Lethal generosity
Ad Age's Books page (adage.com/bookstore) has an interesting review on a book called Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighborhoods...
Association of genius
When the so-called Father of Microbiology, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, first witnessed the microbes in a drop of water in which he had suspended some...
Death of a Geopoet
"Utter, damned rot!" was the response of the president of the American Philosophical Society...
La révolution chimique
The day after the guillotining of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, on May 8, 1794, mathematician Joseph...
One helluva sum
The World Digital Library, a globe-spanning project which aims to make humankind's accumulated...
Hacks and innovations for the digital age
Google's fledgling search engine Chrome, barely out of beta, has morphed into an operating system...
Julius Shulman
Creator of some of the most celebrated images of modernist architecture, has died aged 98...
Paper Toss
A most addictive iPhone app (this link will only work if you've got iTunes installed)...
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 30 August 2010 14:44
Design Indaba is calling all aspirant, emerging or established South African filmmakers, students and hobbyists to submit their short films, music videos and animations for the 2011 Design Indaba Film Festival.
Written by Gregor Naudé Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:35
Cape Town is the centre of the world – if you’re in it or passing through it, that is. It is the place where all who love expression congregate to celebrate a city that breathes art, history and culture.
Written by Gregor Naudé Friday, 16 July 2010 10:30
The Market Photo Workshop, in association with AngloGold Ashanti, is proud to announce that applications for the 2010 Edward Ruiz Mentorship are now open.
Written by Gregor Naudé Thursday, 08 July 2010 13:36
This video, produced by Ogilvy Cape Town, aims to promote 'The Biggest Event of the Year' to promote the Loerie Awards and Festival Weekend in Cape Town from 1–3 October 2010.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 05 July 2010 17:12
Creative directors, designers, illustrators, photographers, writers, directors, cinematographers, brand managers – in fact anyone involved in brand communications will not want to miss The Loerie Awards 2010 Judges Seminar.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 28 June 2010 13:48
The AAA School of Advertising Johannesburg is offering a new part time course, The Art of TV Production, which will begin on July 19th 2010 and run over a period of 3 months.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 08 June 2010 08:53
A massive Coca-Cola man has been built in the Newtown Fan Park in Jo'burg. He has been assembled from 3000 Coke crates like giant blocks of lego.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 01 June 2010 16:29
When Francois Robert unexpectedly acquired a human skeleton in the 1990s, he knew he had to do something wonderful with it.
Written by Debbie Smit Tuesday, 01 June 2010 16:25
Visit the US Library of Medicine’s Dream Anatomy website and it is clear that anatomy has not always been an exact science.
Written by Simone Tredoux Tuesday, 01 June 2010 16:12
Made in R.S.A by photographer Dale Yudelman documents a sinister cache of hand-made weapons recovered at crime scenes or confiscated during police raids, and represents only a small fraction of knives appropriated in recent history.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 01 June 2010 14:46
2010 is a year of change and growth for Concept Interactive, and marks their 20th year in business.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 10 May 2010 13:00
Kulula.com and its agency King James took yet another dig at FIFA by creating a fictitious law firm called Majut and Sons and notifying FIFA and the media of its application to trademark the Sky™, and potential problems this posed for anyone daring to transgress it. The creative team is Mike Wilson, Paige Nick, Christan Boshoff and Daniel Pinch.
Written by Sean O'Toole Monday, 10 May 2010 12:34
A highly regarded portraitist and editorial photographer, Nadav Kander was recently the subject of a two-part exhibition in Berlin. Sean O’Toole gets to grips with his portraits of famous faces and asks the photographer how they relate to his haunted landscapes in a world dominated by moving images.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 03 May 2010 10:31
Hot news is that The President is opening a new design store called CHURCH in Cape Town.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 03 May 2010 10:23
With the body of a Boer and the nose of an Englishman – you can’t go wrong. Once they were bitter enemies at war.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 20 April 2010 09:42
The Loerie Awards has launched a new category, sponsored by Hetzner, to recognise the positive influence of brands on our social and physical environment.
Written by Gregor Naudé Wednesday, 14 April 2010 14:03
After being in business for 7 years, sisters Nina and Michelle van Reenen have revamped their website to showcase their new graphic design portfolio.
Written by Gregor Naudé Wednesday, 14 April 2010 13:52
A book must be pretty inspiring to blow your mind out the back of your head. But then they are Biblioteq books.
Written by Gregor Naudé Monday, 12 April 2010 11:20
Kadoro Events and Communications and my main mojo have announced the launch of Pxl_shft, an independent, high-end Photoshop conference that will take place across Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Written by Gregor Naudé Tuesday, 23 March 2010 15:51
Adobe SA has launched an online public-voting competition to ignite creative juices. The competition, open to all creative professionals, students, and agencies, aims to spark their collective creative genius.
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