Accentuating this natural majesty is Capetonians' creative flair with design and colour.

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In fact, wellies have been radically made over in the last few years and there are boots available in every possible colour and design.

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The women are responsible for the design, colour selection and weaving, and bring scenes of their nomadic lives to the carpet.

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He argued that film editing was a kind of pictographic syntax, that in acting physiognomy was more important than psychology, and that the sound and colour design in a film should be treated as fully expressive elements in their own right.

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The technique is mainly passed from fathers to children or from masters to apprentices strictly following ancient Buddhist painting books that provide instruction on line and figure drawing, colour matching and pattern design.

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In the old days, it was strictly governed by the emperor, who imposed restrictions on height, colour and design.

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In 1995 she set up own company, Zeynep Fadillioglu, which now employs a design team including architects, interior designers, landscape designers, textile and colour experts, industrial designers and graphic artists.

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