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Building up
Adaptable modular homes present a solution to South Africa’s housing crisis.
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Seeds of life
Biodegradable toilet 'paper' infused with seeds encourages plant growth.
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Es-sential reading
A colossal book captures Design Indaba alum Es Devlin’s 30-year multidisciplinary career.
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Threads that bind us
A hand-embroidered South African scene was transformed into a wallpaper.
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Metamorphosis
‘I always make clothes that I would want to wear … forever,’ says 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Shamyra Moodley.
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Running wild
These running shoes help spread plants and seeds in the city.
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Clothes minded
2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nokukhanya Justine Zungu is the founder of a brand that specialises in African contemporary women’s wear.
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Fairest of them all
The first edition of a Johannesburg art fair dazzled visitors with local and international artworks.
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To the walls
‘Murals have a unique ability to connect with a community,’ says this member of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives class of 2023.
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Counting sheep
This exhibition shows how wool is more than just a raw material.
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Woven stories
The artistic practice of this 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative examines memory, identity and inheritance.
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Re-threading
Fashion designer Khumo Mohloli Morojele finds inspiration in the traces of memory in thrifted clothes.
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Common lens
Analogue photographer Sandra Leigh Nagel’s work has a clear style, cutting-edge aesthetic and unequivocal direction.
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Limited edition
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives showcased their collections at South African Fashion Week 2023.
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Face value
Cape Town-based 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Naledi Modupi is obsessed with faces.
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EX ASTRA
This set of woodcut prints celebrates the months of the year.
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Print first
This 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative is a storyteller at heart.
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Design for Human Rights
In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa.
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To the world
Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future.
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Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2023
Hot talent to watch – 20 rising stars are the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives.
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To the streets
Street artists participating in an international art festival ask ‘What if?’ in large-scale murals across Cape Town.
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In his bones
A Cape Town-based artist has created a flute made from a replica of his leg bone.
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Going solo
In SOLO, Charity Vilakazi weaves African narratives with mythology to pay homage to her heritage and the matriarchy.
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The Substitute
Using the rhino, Design Indaba alum Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg examines human beings’ relationship with endangered animals.
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