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Neri Oxman’s Silk Pavilion II Turns Metamorphosis into Art
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26 Apr 21
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Built by silkworms – a cross-species collaboration.
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The Pen is Mighty
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23 Apr 21
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Past meets present in a powerful new era of illustration.
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Tin & Ed’s virtual playground with the Rockefeller Center in New York City will Transport and Inspire
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21 Apr 21
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Tin & Ed straddle the divide between art, nature and technology with their latest interactive installation.
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Diébédo Francis Kéré wins Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal for Architecture
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21 Apr 21
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Design Indaba Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré produces architectural work that inspires and unites.
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Creative Campus: DI Speaker Annabelle Selldorf’s Role in the New LUMA Arles
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20 Apr 21
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Selldorf Architects transforms railway structures into exhibition and performance spaces.
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Vincent Callebaut’s Pollinator Park Brings People into Harmony with Nature’s Pollinators
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20 Apr 21
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This futuristic VR experience by the world-renowned ‘archiobiotect’ has a special focus on pollinators.
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A Future Vision
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16 Apr 21
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These next-gen artists are expanding our horizons.
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Artists Wage War on Waste
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15 Apr 21
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Artists Thirza Schaap and Dionnys Matos create beauty from waste.
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A Brighter Future, Together
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15 Apr 21
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Morag Myerscough’s recent interventions with the Ilukuluku Art Collective have brought colour and joy to the communities they touch.
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Table Talk with Thabisa Mjo
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15 Apr 21
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Thabisa Mjo of Mash T. Design Studio launches new ceramics collection.
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Capture the Moment
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8 Apr 21
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Meet the photographers behind the lens of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2021.
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Fashion’s Fresh Faces
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31 Mar 21
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Meet the fashionistas of the 2021 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
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Meet the design stars of tomorrow
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25 Mar 21
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Design Indaba announces the Emerging Creatives Class of 2021.
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Meet the new curators of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2021
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21 Mar 21
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Thabiso Mjo and Cole Ndelu to pick this years crop of up-and-coming designers
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Shaakira Jassat pilots her Acquatecture
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12 Mar 21
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Shaakira Jassat of Studio Sway has developed her Acquatecture from concept to reality.
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Allez! Allez! Magazine! with Nelly Ben Hayoun
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12 Mar 21
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Launched in March 2021, the magazine compiles projects, research, conversations and other material produced throughout the programme.
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Tom Dixon wins 2021 Wallpaper* Design Award
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11 Mar 21
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From lighting to exploring weaving and digital printing, Tom Dixon (OBE) is a prolific designer.
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Mariam Kamara in the Global Spotlight
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11 Mar 21
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Mariam Kamara of Atelier Masōmī wins big at The Lexus Design Awards 2021.
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Thomas Chapman does Bush Yoga
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11 Mar 21
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Thomas Chapman of Johannesburg-based architecture firm Local Studio has created a yoga room.
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Satyendra Pakhalé launches Modular Vaccines Container
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11 Mar 21
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Satyendra Pakhalé has created a Modular Vaccines Container (MVC) that addresses the requirements of each stage of the cold chain.
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Selly Rabe Kane steps up to the No Waste Challenge
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11 Mar 21
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The No Waste Challenge is spearheaded by What Design Can Do.
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The International Large Urban Parks Awards
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4 Mar 21
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The awards are given in three Categories.
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Newly designed Portuguese Eco Park
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4 Mar 21
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The project is led by architect José António Lopes.
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Battery Park at the V&A Waterfront
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4 Mar 21
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The newly developed park includes basketball and skateboarding sites.
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Golden touch
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9 Sep 22
Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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9 Sep 22
New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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9 Sep 22
Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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