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Snake charmer
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Rich Mnisi explores the duality of nature in his latest exhibition of collectible design.
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Building social bonds
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Architecture & Interiors
Riken Yamamoto is the 53rd Pritzker Prize laureate.
10 hours 23 min
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Tree of Life
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Michael Chandler’s hand-painted ceramic mural fronts an international store.
10 hours 30 min
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Visions from the future
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Product Design
Concept T explores the future of communications and connectivity.
14 Mar 24
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Parks and recreation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Urban parks bring nature to cities.
14 Mar 24
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Wishes for peace
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Art & Photography
Yoko Ono’s instructional pieces invite viewers to involve themselves in her exhibition.
14 Mar 24
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Turn over a new leaf
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Architecture & Interiors
The Beijing City Library reinstates the relevance of the library in the digital age.
5 Mar 24
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Art that captivates the present and the future
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African Design
Boemo Diale is the latest recipient of the Tomorrows/Today Prize for emerging artists.
5 Mar 24
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C(hair)
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African Design
The Patewo Chair is inspired by the intricate beauty of the Patewo hairstyle.
5 Mar 24
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Need for speed
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Product Design
A new book tracks South African auto-designer Keith Helfet’s career in design.
28 Feb 24
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Prize-winning portal
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African Design
Amina Agueznay is the winner of the 2024 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize.
28 Feb 24
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Pain phone
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Design Thinking
The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
28 Feb 24
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Africa is now
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Graphic Design & Illustration
‘African design is reshaping the world’s cultural stage and sport shows us how.’
22 Feb 24
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The shoulders of giants
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A monumental retrospective tracks Esther Mahlangu’s lifelong pursuit of the arts.
22 Feb 24
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Fabric of the future
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Product Design
Biofluff’s Savian is the ‘world’s first plant-based fur’.
22 Feb 24
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Building bridges
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Architecture & Interiors
This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks.
13 Feb 24
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Unravelled
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African Design
Textile artworks from the 1960s to today challenge structures of power.
13 Feb 24
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Sideways skyscraper
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Architecture & Interiors
The Link in the UAE is the world’s longest cantilever.
13 Feb 24
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Stand by me
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Product Design
A Segway-style ‘invisible’ wheelchair.
6 Feb 24
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Ancestral threads
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Hakopike’s new solo exhibition expresses the artist’s vivid visions of ancestry.
6 Feb 24
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Reinventing the wheel
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Design Thinking
The first spokeless Ferris wheel will also be the second-tallest in the world.
6 Feb 24
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Gold standard
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Architecture & Interiors
Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko has won architecture’s Royal Gold Medal.
29 Jan 24
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Cool pool
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Design Thinking
The +POOL offers a clean and safe way for the public to swim in New York’s waters.
29 Jan 24
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No man is an island
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Architecture & Interiors
The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion architect has been announced.
29 Jan 24
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The new frontiers in health
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This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues.
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The children and education design of the future
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23 Nov 20
Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson
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19 Nov 20
Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.
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Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions
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19 Nov 20
Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions with his A Trifle of Colour project.
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