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Women in art
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20 Aug 23
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Nada Baraka is the winner of the 2023 ANNA Award recognising women artists from Africa.
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Let the light in
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20 Aug 23
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A cross cut into the roof of this meditation pavilion allows sunlight to gently bathe the interior.
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Es-sential reading
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11 Aug 23
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A colossal book captures Design Indaba alum Es Devlin’s 30-year multidisciplinary career.
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Second chances
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11 Aug 23
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Adaptive reuse breathes new life into old buildings.
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Guiding light
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11 Aug 23
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The Olympic torch for the 2024 games has been unveiled.
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Let them eat cake
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11 Aug 23
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This spectacular wedding-cake pavilion is a celebration of love.
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Threads that bind us
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7 Aug 23
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A hand-embroidered South African scene was transformed into a wallpaper.
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Hard at work
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7 Aug 23
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The world’s biggest office building is a one-stop destination for over 60 000 professionals.
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Star tech
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7 Aug 23
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Turn your smartphone into a telescope.
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Ken’s dream house
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7 Aug 23
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A life-sized Barbie dream house gets a Ken-inspired Malibu makeover.
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Brooklyn, baby
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30 Jul 23
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A tribute to Jay-Z takes over a public library in New York.
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Goal oriented
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30 Jul 23
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative alum Thebe Magugu designed the new Orlando Pirates kit.
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In action
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30 Jul 23
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Four world-changing winners were announced at the 2023 UN SDG Action Awards.
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Seeing stars
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30 Jul 23
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Architecture firm Snøhetta designed a spiralling planetarium and observatory in France.
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An architecture icon
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24 Jul 23
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Pakistan’s first female architect has shown us how architecture can change lives for the better.
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Running wild
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24 Jul 23
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These running shoes help spread plants and seeds in the city.
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Designing for good
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24 Jul 23
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Unique collaboration including 600 designers creates solutions for clean water and sanitation.
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Twisted towers
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17 Jul 23
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A pair of unique towers offers incredible views of the skyline of Manhattan.
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Birds of a feather
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17 Jul 23
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Simulated bird calls overlap with the real thing in Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s latest installation.
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Identity expression
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17 Jul 23
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2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Riley Axon uses their creative expression to digest the way the world perceives them.
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In the round
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17 Jul 23
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Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest sphere.
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Self-titled
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10 Jul 23
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The latest exhibition by renowned South African visual activist Zanele Muholi is autobiographical.
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Join the dots
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10 Jul 23
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Yayoi Kusama’s immersive exhibition features inflatable artworks on a grand scale.
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Letter days
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10 Jul 23
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When an alphabet saves a culture.
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Using plastic to pave new roads
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28 Aug 20
According To president of TechniSoil, the startup who has engineered this new type of movement - the use of plastic makes the pavement stronger.
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The bicycle helmet made up of parametric techniques
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28 Aug 20
The Voronoi bicycle helmet is a new progressive design of the “helmet”.
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3D Printed resort?
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28 Aug 20
The Kisawa Sanctuary retreat, located on Mozambique’s Benguerra Island, is the first ever resort to use 3D printed technology.
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Transforming industrial waste into luxury furniture
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28 Aug 20
Furniture designer, Konstantin Grcic’s newly designed mono-bloc chair, called BELL is made from recycled polypropylen.
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