France | Design Indaba

Building bridges

This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks. >
Architectural anticipation

Take a look at five of the most-anticipated buildings set for completion in 2024. >
Sitting pretty

Unconventional chair designs support children’s physical and mental health. >
Desert sand

A new outdoor sculpture features glass blown from the sands of the world’s deserts. >
Open minds

Global leaders in graphic design gather for the biggest conference of its kind in the world. >
Guiding light

The Olympic torch for the 2024 games has been unveiled. >
Seeing stars

Architecture firm Snøhetta designed a spiralling planetarium and observatory in France. >
Fast food, slow packaging

Elium Studio has redesigned McDonald’s iconic red packaging to be reusable. >
Objets d’art

The Maison&Objet biannual design and decor fair in Paris will host over 700 brands between 19 and 23 January 2023. >
All things shiny

Award-winning designer and director Nelly Ben Hayoun’s recent installations bring the wonders of science to visitors >
Electric avenue

A sculpture that harnesses the magic of light and electricity finds a home at Dior >
The seeds and the sower

Art and design fuse effortlessly in Jan Ernst’s first solo exhibition in France >
Louis Vuitton unwraps first vegan sneakers

The sustainable footwear is made from 90% recycled and bio-based materials >
Timothée Mion presents his project for cleaning up space waste at antenna 2021

The global design graduate’s CSTM.01 tackles the lesser-known threat of man-made space debris >
That’s a wrap!

With Arc de Triomphe recently under wraps in Paris, we look at the globe’s top wrap artists >
Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!

A shot of Expression >
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design for people, by people. >
Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in

Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture. >
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce

La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present. >
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >
Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years

Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era. >
Creative Campus: DI Speaker Annabelle Selldorf’s Role in the New LUMA Arles

Selldorf Architects transforms railway structures into exhibition and performance spaces. >
Paris’s most famous avenue will be getting a green makeover

Champs-Élysées will be getting a green makeover to turn it from a paved paradise into a modern-day Eden. >
Nike opened its first European House of innovation store in Paris with a sustainable focus

As part of their ‘Move to Zero’ movement, Nike used over 85 thousand kilos of sustainable material woven into fabric. >

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