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Exploring Woven Cosmos, Kenyan biophilia, music’s mavericks, & our newest multimedia-ists

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New worlds >

15 Jul 21
Kéré Architecture’s Startup Lions Campus is set to inspire future achievers

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Former #DI Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré designs a new nature-inspired landmark in Kenya. >

12 Jul 21
Hella Jongerius - a former #DI Speaker - welcomes you into her magical world of weaving

Design News > Art & Photography / Craft

Woven Cosmos, Hella Jongerius’ interactive show, demonstrates 25 years of textile wisdom. >

12 Jul 21
Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Fashion & Jewellery Design

A shot of Expression >

8 Jul 21
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Design for people, by people. >

7 Jul 21
Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture. >

5 Jul 21
#DI Speaker Winy Maas’s latest MVRDV project, KoolKiel, is a community-engaged, resident-designed building

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

For its new building project in Germany, MVRDV has asked the community what they want. >

5 Jul 21
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism

Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display. >

28 Jun 21
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present. >

28 Jun 21
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Seeing into the future. >

23 Jun 21
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future. >

21 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear

Design News > African Design / Product Design

REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear. >

21 Jun 21
Archi’s latest: BIG’s news, Sir Adjaye sculpts, Serpentine launches & Snøhetta redesigns cement

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

News and views from the world of architecture. >

16 Jun 21
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better. >

14 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye Showcases his Sculpture alongside Painting by Adam Pendleton

Design News > Art & Photography

Pace Gallery’s dynamic two-person show explores identity and language. >

14 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Bjarke Ingels’ O-Tower Combines Architectural Prowess and Cutting-Edge Sustainability

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This future landmark by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) embodies design elegance and innovative technology. >

14 Jun 21
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting. >

14 Jun 21
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >

10 Jun 21
Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021. >

7 Jun 21
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Urban & Landscape Design

A Better Built Environment >

7 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Thomas Heatherwick Creates Two Acres of Public Park above New York’s Hudson River

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Little Island is an innovative space encouraging biodiversity, performance and public engagement >

7 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases. >

7 Jun 21
Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years

Design News > Art & Photography

Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era. >

7 Jun 21
Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design. >

31 May 21

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