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Contemporary commute
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Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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28 Aug 22
Raise your glass
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Architecture & Interiors
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Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August
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28 Aug 22
Most Valuable Player
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Adidas collaborated with South African luxury fashion designer and LVMH prize winner Thebe Magugu to create a multi-use sports collection
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28 Aug 22
Dripping with hope
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A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air
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23 Aug 22
Groundwork
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Madikwe-based lodge Molori Safari collaborated with South African artists to turn their masterpieces into designer rugs
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23 Aug 22
Community living
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Urban & Landscape Design
Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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16 Aug 22
Star quality
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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16 Aug 22
Mr Sandman
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Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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16 Aug 22
Invented reality
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Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience
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10 Aug 22
Metamorphosis
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Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum
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10 Aug 22
A march through time
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Graphic Design & Illustration
London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London
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1 Aug 22
Rhythm and hues
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats
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1 Aug 22
Building sustainability
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Architecture & Interiors
Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles
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1 Aug 22
Rock of ages
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Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum
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26 Jul 22
Hope floats
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Craft
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Design Activism
A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers
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26 Jul 22
Mother of mankind
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick
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18 Jul 22
Jewel In The Crown
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Architecture & Interiors
Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex
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18 Jul 22
Portraits in plastic
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African Design
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Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad
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10 Jul 22
Weathering the storms
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Architecture & Interiors
Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season
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10 Jul 22
Life through the lens
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A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’
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10 Jul 22
Design World Mourns
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Urban & Landscape Design
Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism”
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7 Jul 22
Straw men
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Architecture & Interiors
A sustainable model with houses made of straw is coming to the Netherlands
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3 Jul 22
A great catch for fashion
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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A start-up is harnessing invasive species to supply the fashion industry with fish leather
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3 Jul 22
Skyfall
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Architecture & Interiors
Frank Gehry reveals a striking addition to the skyline of his home city, Toronto
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1 Jul 22
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