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The future of fashion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Imaginative high-tech clothing innovations are shaping the future of fashion.

22 Sep 23
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The power of art

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Perelman Performing Arts Center opens on the World Trade Center site.

22 Sep 23
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Building up

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Adaptable modular homes present a solution to South Africa’s housing crisis.

22 Sep 23
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Let’s ride

Design News > Product Design

The Motocompacto is an electric take on the early ’80s Honda folding scooter.

22 Sep 23
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It’s London, baby!

Design News > Craft

The London Design Festival returns this month.

18 Sep 23
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Seeds of life

Design News > Creative Economy

Biodegradable toilet 'paper' infused with seeds encourages plant growth.

18 Sep 23
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Desert sand

Design News > Craft

A new outdoor sculpture features glass blown from the sands of the world’s deserts.

18 Sep 23
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Home sweet home

Design News > Design Thinking

An architectural miniature house pays tribute to female design icons.

18 Sep 23
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Pixel prowess

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Never-before-seen digital drawings by Keith Haring are up for auction.

11 Sep 23
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Brick by brick

Design News > Craft

LEGO introduces new bricks that teach braille.

11 Sep 23
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Emerging ecologies

Design News > Design Thinking

A new exhibition at MoMA explores the early days of environmentalism in the 20th century.

11 Sep 23
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Trees meet tech

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A unique creative space in the Mexican jungle is shaped around natural structures.

11 Sep 23
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A feast for the senses

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Three South African venues have been shortlisted for the 2023 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

2 Sep 23
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Open minds

Design News > Art & Photography

Global leaders in graphic design gather for the biggest conference of its kind in the world.

2 Sep 23
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Playing the game

Design News > Product Design

Meet the game women never wanted to play!

2 Sep 23
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Life’s good

Design News > Creative Economy

This Wolff Olins logo overhaul ‘brings a smile back to the world of technology’.

2 Sep 23
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Art at its peak

Design News > African Design

Artists used land as their canvas in the highest exhibition of land art in Asia.

28 Aug 23
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Ter-reef-ic

Design News > Information Design

This thermo-responsive gel has the potential to stop coral bleaching.

28 Aug 23
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Bridge of steel

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Sculptural steel arches protect this bridge from extreme weather conditions.

28 Aug 23
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Eye of the beholder

Design News > Creative Economy

This hand-painted video game took seven years to complete.

28 Aug 23
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Women in art

Design News > Craft

Nada Baraka is the winner of the 2023 ANNA Award recognising women artists from Africa.

20 Aug 23
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Breast in class

Design Frontiers > Craft

These nipple prosthetics are created from hair lost in chemotherapy.

20 Aug 23
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Behind the scenes

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Fashion designer Thabo Kopele gave audiences a glimpse into studio life at Decorex Joburg 2023.

20 Aug 23
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Let the light in

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A cross cut into the roof of this meditation pavilion allows sunlight to gently bathe the interior.

20 Aug 23

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The design squadron of the future

Design News • 25 Jun 20

Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna. >
Kathryn Larsen on why seaweed is the building material of the future

Next Generation • 19 Jun 20

Larsen looked to an ancient method from the Middle Ages used to thatch roofs out of seaweed and brought it back to the present. >
Meet the Emerging Creatives who exhibited at Design Indaba 2020

Design Frontiers • 19 Jun 20

The Emerging Creatives programme is a product of creative inclusion created by Design Indaba and supported by the Department of Arts and Culture. >
Designers Leta and Wade on living and working together successfully

Talks • 19 Jun 20

The couple talked about honesty, creativity, their project Complements and the universal strangeness of love. >

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