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  • Necessity is the mother of invention
    Creative Work • 28 Nov 22
    Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter win the 2022 James Dyson Award for SmartHEAL. >
  • Power up
    Creative Work • 28 Nov 22
    Lift 109, the latest revamped feature of Battersea Power Station, opened to the public earlier in November. >
  • Carbon neutral
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 22
    A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt. >
  • Tracking changes
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 22
    The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover. >
  • The language of precarity
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 22
    Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London. >
  • Arabian dreams
    Creative Work • 21 Nov 22
    The largest creative festival in the Middle East took place between 8 – 13 November 2022. >
  • African consciousness illuminated
    Creative Work • 14 Nov 22
    A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself. >
  • Pointed Polish giant
    Creative Work • 14 Nov 22
    A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city. >
  • Colour as word-free language
    Interviews • 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
    Creative Work • 14 Nov 22
    Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent. >
  • Art-itecture
    Interviews • 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
    Creative Work • 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
    Creative Work • 7 Nov 22
    Studio DRIFT employs drones to vividly reimagine history’s architectural masterpieces. >
  • Telling stories through colour
    Creative Work • 3 Nov 22
    Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa". >
  • Hands-on
    Interviews • 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
    Creative Work • 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
    Creative Work • 31 Oct 22
    Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home. >
  • Building blocks
    Interviews • 31 Oct 22
    Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age. >
  • Hopeful romantic
    Interviews • 24 Oct 22
    Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series. >
  • Head above water
    Creative Work • 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
    Creative Work • 24 Oct 22
    Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet. >
  • Modern classics
    Creative Work • 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
    Creative Work • 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
    Creative Work • 17 Oct 22
    The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022. >

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