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Tin & Ed’s virtual playground with the Rockefeller Center in New York City will Transport and Inspire
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Interaction Design
Tin & Ed straddle the divide between art, nature and technology with their latest interactive installation.
21 Apr 21
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Diébédo Francis Kéré wins Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal for Architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré produces architectural work that inspires and unites.
21 Apr 21
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Creative Campus: DI Speaker Annabelle Selldorf’s Role in the New LUMA Arles
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Architecture & Interiors
Selldorf Architects transforms railway structures into exhibition and performance spaces.
20 Apr 21
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Skinny LaMinx Chats to us about a New Collaboration Inspired by the Sea Point Promenade
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Heather Moore has based her new Skinny LaMinx range on one of Cape Town’s most celebrated seaboard spaces.
20 Apr 21
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Vincent Callebaut’s Pollinator Park Brings People into Harmony with Nature’s Pollinators
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This futuristic VR experience by the world-renowned ‘archiobiotect’ has a special focus on pollinators.
20 Apr 21
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A Future Vision
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Graphic Design & Illustration
These next-gen artists are expanding our horizons.
16 Apr 21
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Arch for Arch
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Design Activism
Piyushi Kotecha, CEO of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation talks to Design Indaba founder, Ravi Naidoo on how and why the Arch for Arch was created.
16 Apr 21
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Artists Wage War on Waste
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Art & Photography
Artists Thirza Schaap and Dionnys Matos create beauty from waste.
15 Apr 21
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Run(a)way success: Lukhanyo Mdingi
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi is competing on the international luxury stage.
15 Apr 21
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A Brighter Future, Together
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Morag Myerscough’s recent interventions with the Ilukuluku Art Collective have brought colour and joy to the communities they touch.
15 Apr 21
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Table Talk with Thabisa Mjo
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Craft
Thabisa Mjo of Mash T. Design Studio launches new ceramics collection.
15 Apr 21
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Capture the Moment
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Art & Photography
Meet the photographers behind the lens of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2021.
8 Apr 21
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Fashion’s Fresh Faces
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Meet the fashionistas of the 2021 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
31 Mar 21
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Meet the design stars of tomorrow
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design Indaba announces the Emerging Creatives Class of 2021.
25 Mar 21
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Architecture’s New Wonder Material
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Urban & Landscape Design
This new sustainable material has been engineered with a better future in mind.
25 Mar 21
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Meet the new curators of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2021
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Product Design
Thabiso Mjo and Cole Ndelu to pick this years crop of up-and-coming designers
21 Mar 21
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Shaakira Jassat pilots her Acquatecture
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Product Design
Shaakira Jassat of Studio Sway has developed her Acquatecture from concept to reality.
12 Mar 21
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Allez! Allez! Magazine! with Nelly Ben Hayoun
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Interaction Design
Launched in March 2021, the magazine compiles projects, research, conversations and other material produced throughout the programme.
12 Mar 21
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Tom Dixon wins 2021 Wallpaper* Design Award
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Architecture & Interiors
From lighting to exploring weaving and digital printing, Tom Dixon (OBE) is a prolific designer.
11 Mar 21
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Mariam Kamara in the Global Spotlight
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Architecture & Interiors
Mariam Kamara of Atelier Masōmī wins big at The Lexus Design Awards 2021.
11 Mar 21
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Thomas Chapman does Bush Yoga
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Architecture & Interiors
Thomas Chapman of Johannesburg-based architecture firm Local Studio has created a yoga room.
11 Mar 21
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Satyendra Pakhalé launches Modular Vaccines Container
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Creative Economy
Satyendra Pakhalé has created a Modular Vaccines Container (MVC) that addresses the requirements of each stage of the cold chain.
11 Mar 21
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Selly Rabe Kane steps up to the No Waste Challenge
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Product Design
The No Waste Challenge is spearheaded by What Design Can Do.
11 Mar 21
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Erik Kessels on the power of failure
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Information Design
Do not fear failure; move towards your mistakes. Dutch advertising guru Erik Kessels shares some industry wisdom at the Design Indaba Conference.
11 Mar 21
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American architect Josh Greene on why he chose to work in Rwanda
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22 Jan 18
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Johannes Torpe talks us through his process
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19 Jan 18
The self-taught designer works within the fields of interior design, product design, industrial design and architecture.
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Films to watch at the Design Indaba Festival 2018
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