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Keeping the faith
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6 Mar 23
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This huge complex hosts three separate houses of worship: a mosque, a church and a synagogue.
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Stronger together
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6 Mar 23
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Four Design Indaba alums are mentoring members of the 2023 Young Climate Prize cohort.
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Baby steps
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6 Mar 23
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This ordinary-looking stroller is kitted out with all sorts of AI perks.
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Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2023
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27 Feb 23
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Hot talent to watch – 20 rising stars are the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives.
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Fossil fuels
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27 Feb 23
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An enormous hanging sculpture is made up of the amount of coal needed to power a lightbulb for a year.
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To the streets
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27 Feb 23
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Street artists participating in an international art festival ask ‘What if?’ in large-scale murals across Cape Town.
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Black and white
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27 Feb 23
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The new edition of Ernest Cole’s monumental photobook documenting the injustices of apartheid includes previously unseen material.
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Signs of life
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20 Feb 23
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Giant spiderweb-like installations are symbolic of the world's shared knowledge.
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In his bones
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20 Feb 23
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A Cape Town-based artist has created a flute made from a replica of his leg bone.
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Life after death
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20 Feb 23
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An American startup is returning the burial process to the earth.
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Way of the worm
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20 Feb 23
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Architects took inspiration from worms tunnelling underground for the design of the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre.
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Fresh face
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13 Feb 23
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The National Portrait Gallery unveils a new brand identity ahead of its grand reopening.
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Big impressions
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13 Feb 23
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The Bjarke Ingels Group’s IQON tower in Quito, Ecuador, celebrates greenery.
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Going solo
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13 Feb 23
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In SOLO, Charity Vilakazi weaves African narratives with mythology to pay homage to her heritage and the matriarchy.
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Crabwalk
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13 Feb 23
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The latest driving tech solves the problems of parallel parking.
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Glass houses
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6 Feb 23
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A thin layer of water between two panes of glass can reduce energy costs.
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The future of ageing
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6 Feb 23
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The Designing For Our Future Selves exhibition explores how design can transform something everyone has in common: ageing.
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The Substitute
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6 Feb 23
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Using the rhino, Design Indaba alum Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg examines human beings’ relationship with endangered animals.
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Viva Africa
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6 Feb 23
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Malian artist Famakan Magassa has won the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize for 2023.
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Pitch, please
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30 Jan 23
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Zaha Hadid Architects created a structure that offers safe, versatile and sustainable spaces for refugees.
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Typing it up
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30 Jan 23
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Design Indaba alum Paul Sahre’s typing has been nominated for a Grammy.
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Stockholm syndrome
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30 Jan 23
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The annual Swedish event showcases the latest design trends and innovations.
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Crowning glory
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20 Jan 23
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This series of ceramic and bronze sculptures pays homage to African women’s hairstyles.
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Something from nothing
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20 Jan 23
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Solar Foods’ photosynthesis-inspired process is creating a new future for food.
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Discovering a new state of matter
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21 Jan 21
New frontiers of scientific exploration have generated a new phase of matter - liquid glass.
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future
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21 Jan 21
The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.
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A new-age Noah's Ark has been conceived
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21 Jan 21
The Noah’s Ark project will be the most technologically advanced conservation centre ever conceived
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A new-age Noah's Ark is aiming to preserve every species on the planet
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