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Exploring how the built environment might respond to the harsh conditions of climate change. >
Rain on me

Tactus Design Workshop’s self-sustainable home of the future >
Exploring interspecies art

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has developed an algorithm that caters for pollinator preferences >
Curiosity thrilled the cat

Meet the purrrr-fect bionic spy robot for cat lovers >
Dazzling with design

How Yinka Ilori’s technicolour storytelling is taking over the world >
Morag Myerscough’s #CleanPower installation brightened up COP26

We chat to the designer about her recycled ocean plastic flags >
Former Design Indaba Speaker, Es Devlin presented her Conference of the Trees at COP26

The iconic stage designer planted a space for climate change conversations >
How 10 tech start-ups selected by COP26 will help us reach net zero targets

From combating climate change via AI, to Apps that reduce food wastage, these 10 companies champion tech for our planet >
We interview climate-conscious Riccardo Cenedella on upcycling carpet waste

The sustainable young designer shows new possibilities for waste materials >
#DI takes London Design Festival 2021

This year’s festival features former #DI Speakers and an array of sustainable projects >
No Waste Challenge winners announced!

Sixteen global waste-busters awarded top honours by What Design Can Do. >
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design for people, by people. >
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past

Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display. >
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel

Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future. >
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public

Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting. >
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin

Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases. >
#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide

The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area. >
With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers

19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction. >
Yinka Ilori’s New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs

Design Indaba Speaker Yinka Ilori’s bright and colourful new homeware incorporates his signature motifs. >
Diébédo Francis Kéré wins Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal for Architecture

Design Indaba Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré produces architectural work that inspires and unites. >
Shaakira Jassat pilots her Acquatecture

Shaakira Jassat of Studio Sway has developed her Acquatecture from concept to reality. >
Allez! Allez! Magazine! with Nelly Ben Hayoun

Launched in March 2021, the magazine compiles projects, research, conversations and other material produced throughout the programme. >
Tom Dixon wins 2021 Wallpaper* Design Award

From lighting to exploring weaving and digital printing, Tom Dixon (OBE) is a prolific designer. >

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