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From the stars

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

This set of woodcut prints celebrates the months of the year.

27 Mar 23
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The art bias

Design News > Craft

The aim of this Bangalore museum collection is to reframe ideas of Indian art.

27 Mar 23
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Wayfinder

Q&A > Art & Photography

For 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kamil Adam Hassim, nature is the ultimate inspiration.

27 Mar 23
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Printed pavilion

Design News > Product Design

This climate-adaptable pavilion is 3D-printed from recycled plastic.

27 Mar 23
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Print first

Q&A > Creative Economy

This 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative is a storyteller at heart.

20 Mar 23
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Japanimation

Q&A > Film & Animation

Wooden puppets come to life in an action-packed stop-motion film about revenge.

20 Mar 23
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Winning formula

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

David Chipperfield has been selected as the 2023 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

20 Mar 23
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Shapeshifter

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

This New York theatre’s new branding changes for each production.

20 Mar 23
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Design for Human Rights

Design News > Art & Photography

In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa.

13 Mar 23
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To the world

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future.

13 Mar 23
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Something fishy

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This floating pavilion, which resembles a fish eye, is dedicated to sustainable fishing.

13 Mar 23
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Full of beans

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building.

13 Mar 23
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Women making waves

Design News > African Design

For International Women's Day, we take a look at six exceptional young women in creative industries.

6 Mar 23
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Keeping the faith

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

This huge complex hosts three separate houses of worship: a mosque, a church and a synagogue.

6 Mar 23
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Stronger together

Design News > Industrial Design

Four Design Indaba alums are mentoring members of the 2023 Young Climate Prize cohort.

6 Mar 23
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Baby steps

Design News > Product Design

This ordinary-looking stroller is kitted out with all sorts of AI perks.

6 Mar 23
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Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2023

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Hot talent to watch – 20 rising stars are the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives.

27 Feb 23
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Fossil fuels

Design News > Product Design

An enormous hanging sculpture is made up of the amount of coal needed to power a lightbulb for a year.

27 Feb 23
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To the streets

Design News > Design Thinking

Street artists participating in an international art festival ask ‘What if?’ in large-scale murals across Cape Town.

27 Feb 23
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Black and white

Design News > Art & Photography

The new edition of Ernest Cole’s monumental photobook documenting the injustices of apartheid includes previously unseen material.

27 Feb 23
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Signs of life

Design News > Design Thinking

Giant spiderweb-like installations are symbolic of the world's shared knowledge.

20 Feb 23
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In his bones

Design News > Craft

A Cape Town-based artist has created a flute made from a replica of his leg bone.

20 Feb 23
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Life after death

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

An American startup is returning the burial process to the earth.

20 Feb 23
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Way of the worm

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architects took inspiration from worms tunnelling underground for the design of the Chaohu Natural and Cultural Centre.

20 Feb 23

From the Archives

Exploring the connection between aromas and our memory

Design News • 6 Dec 19

“It’s really important for us to make emotion that could differentiate smell in how something makes you feel when you smell it.” >
Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police. >
Ignis uses household materials to create a safe, reliable source of energy

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

Antenna 2019 speaker Tobias Trubenbacher created Ignis to help provide clean and affordable energy to those without access to electricity. >
Camila Chiriboga on fashion that brings dignity to differently-abled people

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

The antenna 2019 speaker created Veº, an inclusive system of fashion for the blind and visually impaired. >

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