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The Life Aquatic
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Urban & Landscape Design
Italian scuba diver and gardener Sergio Gamberini designed Nemo’s Garden, the world’s first underwater garden.
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12 Dec 22
Cool ideas
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Craft
Designer Yael Issacharov has created an electricity-free airconditioning system made of terracotta tiles combined with a water flow.
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5 Dec 22
Timeless timber
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Architecture & Interiors
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion designer.
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5 Dec 22
Tickled pink
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alum Morag Myerscough has transformed a courtyard at Sheffield Children's Hospital into a kaleidoscope of colour.
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5 Dec 22
Practical science
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Creative Economy
The VIZIUM Science and Innovation Centre in Latvia was designed by Audrius Ambrasas Architects as a merging of landscape and architecture.
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5 Dec 22
My, oh, Miami!
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The 18th edition of Design Miami is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2022.
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28 Nov 22
Fashion forward
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African Design
Ten local designers and brands were awarded for their sustainability practices at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022.
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28 Nov 22
Necessity is the mother of invention
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Product Design
Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter win the 2022 James Dyson Award for SmartHEAL.
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28 Nov 22
Power up
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Architecture & Interiors
Lift 109, the latest revamped feature of Battersea Power Station, opened to the public earlier in November.
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28 Nov 22
Carbon neutral
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Architecture & Interiors
A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt.
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21 Nov 22
Tracking changes
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Architecture & Interiors
The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover.
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21 Nov 22
The language of precarity
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Art & Photography
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Craft
Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London.
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21 Nov 22
Arabian dreams
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The largest creative festival in the Middle East took place between 8 – 13 November 2022.
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21 Nov 22
African consciousness illuminated
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Craft
A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself.
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14 Nov 22
Pointed Polish giant
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Architecture & Interiors
A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city.
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14 Nov 22
Cable me home
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Design Thinking
Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent.
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14 Nov 22
Land on Water
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Architecture & Interiors
As interest in building on water grows, MAST has come up with a flatpack modular system that will allow for floating homes.
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7 Nov 22
Filling in the gaps
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Film & Animation
Studio DRIFT employs drones to vividly reimagine history’s architectural masterpieces.
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7 Nov 22
Telling stories through colour
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa".
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3 Nov 22
Read all about it
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Architecture & Interiors
The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner.
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31 Oct 22
Pretty ugly
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Art & Photography
Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home.
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31 Oct 22
Head above water
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Craft
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
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24 Oct 22
Parking off
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African Design
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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24 Oct 22
Modern classics
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Design Activism
Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
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24 Oct 22
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