2021 Archive

Design that envisions a better future

Design News • 22 Jul 21

No Waste winners, parks that halt climate change, & fashion that empowers… >
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Azee Tanzi on tailoring and timeless fashion

Q&A • 19 Jul 21

Azola Tanzi’s clothing career is tailor-made for her >
LOLA and Piet Oudolf’s visionary new landscaping book and exhibition focuses on public gardens as a solution to climate change

Design News • 19 Jul 21

Explore former #DI Speaker Peter Veenstra’s fertile new collab with Piet Oudolf >
#DI Emerging Creative Chifunilo Mulusa talks to #DI on giving back & African luxury

Q&A • 19 Jul 21

A timeless aesthetic is Milan-trained Chifunilo Mulusa’s design foundation >
No Waste Challenge winners announced!

Design News • 16 Jul 21

Sixteen global waste-busters awarded top honours by What Design Can Do. >
Exploring Woven Cosmos, Kenyan biophilia, music’s mavericks, & our newest multimedia-ists

Design News • 15 Jul 21

New worlds >
We interview #DI Emerging Creative Alizwa Mnyatheli on her otherworldly art

Q&A • 12 Jul 21

Self-taught artist Alizwa Mnyatheli’s work poetically explores various mediums. >
Kéré Architecture’s Startup Lions Campus is set to inspire future achievers

Design News • 12 Jul 21

Former #DI Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré designs a new nature-inspired landmark in Kenya. >
Hella Jongerius - a former #DI Speaker - welcomes you into her magical world of weaving

Design News • 12 Jul 21

Woven Cosmos, Hella Jongerius’ interactive show, demonstrates 25 years of textile wisdom. >
Discover how #DI Emerging Creative Nhlakanipho Mashinini explores difficult subject matter in our exclusive interview with the young digital artist

Q&A • 12 Jul 21

As a way to make sense of chaos, Nhlakanipho Mashinini layers different artistic techniques. >
Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!

Design News • 8 Jul 21

A shot of Expression >
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design Frontiers • 7 Jul 21

Design for people, by people. >
Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in

Design News • 5 Jul 21

Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture. >
#DI Speaker Winy Maas’s latest MVRDV project, KoolKiel, is a community-engaged, resident-designed building

Design News • 5 Jul 21

For its new building project in Germany, MVRDV has asked the community what they want. >
Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary

Q&A • 5 Jul 21

We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion. >
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography

Q&A • 5 Jul 21

#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft >
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past

Design News • 28 Jun 21

Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display. >
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce

Design News • 28 Jun 21

La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present. >
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Design News • 23 Jun 21

Seeing into the future. >
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 21

Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future. >
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear

Design News • 21 Jun 21

REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Q&A • 21 Jun 21

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >

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