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  • Pointed Polish giant
    Design News • 14 Nov 22
    A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city. >
  • Colour as word-free language
    Q&A • 14 Nov 22
    Over two years in the making, an expansive project commissioned by Google Arts & Culture and conceived by Design Indaba plots the immense creativity of Africa. >
  • Cable me home
    Design News • 14 Nov 22
    Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent. >
  • Art-itecture
    Q&A • 7 Nov 22
    A Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022, Noxolo Thando Masuku is navigating the symbiotic relationship between art and architecture. >
  • Land on Water
    Design News • 7 Nov 22
    As interest in building on water grows, MAST has come up with a flatpack modular system that will allow for floating homes. >
  • Filling in the gaps
    Design News • 7 Nov 22
    Studio DRIFT employs drones to vividly reimagine history’s architectural masterpieces. >
  • Telling stories through colour
    Design News • 3 Nov 22
    Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa". >
  • Hands-on
    Q&A • 31 Oct 22
    “The Seeing Hands” by Katie Schwab is a large-scale interactive exhibition that invites tactile engagement by kids. >
  • Read all about it
    Design News • 31 Oct 22
    The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner. >
  • Pretty ugly
    Design News • 31 Oct 22
    Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home. >
  • Building blocks
    Q&A • 31 Oct 22
    Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age. >
  • Hopeful romantic
    Q&A • 24 Oct 22
    Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
  • Head above water
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October. >
  • Parking off
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
  • Modern classics
    Design News • 24 Oct 22
    Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection. >
  • Come home again
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species. >
  • Tulip fever
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022. >
  • Babe in arms
    Design News • 17 Oct 22
    Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition. >
  • Dressed to the nines
    Q&A • 17 Oct 22
    SAFW award-winning menswear designer Samkelo Boyde Xaba is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022. >
  • Creative business
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator. >
  • Ringing the changes
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896 >
  • Into the woods
    Q&A • 10 Oct 22
    The pandemic inspired UK-based artist Oliver Chalk’s move from creating fabric installations to sculpting wood >
  • Architecture’s best
    Design News • 10 Oct 22
    The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022) >
  • Tapping in
    Design News • 3 Oct 22
    Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater. >
  • A woven story
    Q&A • 3 Oct 22
    2022 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Leila Walter used a life-changing experience in India as inspiration for her own weaving studio. >
  • On the seashore
    Design News • 3 Oct 22
    A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam. >
  • London Calling
    Design News • 3 Oct 22
    The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city. >
  • High Tide
    Design News • 26 Sep 22
    SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean. >
  • Sitting pretty
    Q&A • 26 Sep 22
    The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms. >
  • Memento Mori
    Design News • 26 Sep 22
    Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. >

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