• Full of beans
    Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building. >
  • Women making waves
    For International Women's Day, we take a look at six exceptional young women in creative industries. >
  • Stronger together
    Four Design Indaba alums are mentoring members of the 2023 Young Climate Prize cohort. >
  • Baby steps
    This ordinary-looking stroller is kitted out with all sorts of AI perks. >
  • Signs of life
    Giant spiderweb-like installations are symbolic of the world's shared knowledge. >
  • Life after death
    An American startup is returning the burial process to the earth. >
  • Fresh face
    The National Portrait Gallery unveils a new brand identity ahead of its grand reopening. >
  • Crabwalk
    The latest driving tech solves the problems of parallel parking. >
  • Glass houses
    A thin layer of water between two panes of glass can reduce energy costs. >
  • Typing it up
    Design Indaba alum Paul Sahre’s typing has been nominated for a Grammy. >
  • Go green
    A bright green geometric house on the coast of Uruguay was designed to suit the needs of artists. >
  • Building blocks
    The latest project of international architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture employs stacked structures to make best use of limited space. >
  • My, oh, Miami!
    The 18th edition of Design Miami is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2022. >
  • Carbon neutral
    A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt. >
  • Tracking changes
    The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover. >
  • Living Space
    Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings. >
  • The anatomy of art
    The anatomy of art
    New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items >
  • Food is medicine
    New York-based artist Chiizii’s ‘Nni Bu Ogwu’ archival collection examines pre- and post-colonial Igbo dietary practices. >
  • Raise your glass
    Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August >
  • A great catch for fashion
    A start-up is harnessing invasive species to supply the fashion industry with fish leather >
  • The shape of water
    Maya Lin’s sprawling installations pay homage to – and ask questions about – watery ecologies >
  • Future compostable
    Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier >
  • Frugal science
    Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions >
  • Art for art’s sake
    A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike >

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