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Light work
This wind-up flashlight kit was designed in collaboration with its intended users.
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She shoots
SAFTA-nominated director Jessie Zinn is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 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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Body of work
2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Thembi Mthembu uses the body as a site for her artistic exploration.
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EX ASTRA
This set of woodcut prints celebrates the months of the year.
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Wayfinder
For 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kamil Adam Hassim, nature is the ultimate inspiration.
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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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Black and white
The new edition of Ernest Cole’s monumental photobook documenting the injustices of apartheid includes previously unseen material.
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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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Viva Africa
Malian artist Famakan Magassa has won the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize for 2023.
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Cunning stunts
South African artist Frank van Reenen’s latest solo exhibition explores human folly.
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Crowning glory
This series of ceramic and bronze sculptures pays homage to African women’s hairstyles.
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Something from nothing
Solar Foods’ photosynthesis-inspired process is creating a new future for food.
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Smart spoon
Spawn is the first spoon designed by artificial intelligence.
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Many hands, light work
The David Krut Projects art gallery in Johannesburg presents a collection of photogravures by South African artist William Kentridge.
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Blossoming creativity
The first contemporary florilegium in Africa is reviving botanical art with the aim of furthering conservation.
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Fruits of labour
Seeds of the Fig at Twee Jonge Gezellen farm features sculptures by 24 celebrated African artists.
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Fashion forward
Ten local designers and brands were awarded for their sustainability practices at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022.
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