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Building blocks

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The latest project of international architecture company Office for Metropolitan Architecture employs stacked structures to make best use of limited space.

3 Jan 23
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Long live Magenta!

Design News > Product Design

Pantone has announced its much-anticipated Colour of the Year for 2023: Viva Magenta.

19 Dec 22
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No place like home

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A quirky family home in Dorset, England, is the Royal Institute of British Architects’ House of the Year.

19 Dec 22
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Tongue-tip tests

Q&A > Design Thinking

Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang’s book challenges readers to experience food differently.

19 Dec 22
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Earth first

Design News > Creative Economy

The winners of the second Earthshot Prize were announced on 2 December 2022.

19 Dec 22
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Fruits of labour

Design News > Design Thinking

Seeds of the Fig at Twee Jonge Gezellen farm features sculptures by 24 celebrated African artists.

12 Dec 22
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High rise

Design News > Design Thinking

The winners of the 15th annual World Architecture Festival were announced recently in Lisbon, Portugal.

12 Dec 22
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Art Down Under

Design News > Design Thinking

A new building overlooking Sydney Harbour was recently added to the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

12 Dec 22
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The Life Aquatic

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Italian scuba diver and gardener Sergio Gamberini designed Nemo’s Garden, the world’s first underwater garden.

12 Dec 22
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Cool ideas

Design News > Craft

Designer Yael Issacharov has created an electricity-free airconditioning system made of terracotta tiles combined with a water flow.

5 Dec 22
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Timeless timber

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion designer.

5 Dec 22
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Tickled pink

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Design Indaba alum Morag Myerscough has transformed a courtyard at Sheffield Children's Hospital into a kaleidoscope of colour.

5 Dec 22
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Practical science

Design News > Creative Economy

The VIZIUM Science and Innovation Centre in Latvia was designed by Audrius Ambrasas Architects as a merging of landscape and architecture.

5 Dec 22
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My, oh, Miami!

Design News > Product Design

The 18th edition of Design Miami is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2022.

28 Nov 22
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Fashion forward

Design News > African Design

Ten local designers and brands were awarded for their sustainability practices at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022.

28 Nov 22
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Necessity is the mother of invention

Design News > Product Design

Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter win the 2022 James Dyson Award for SmartHEAL.

28 Nov 22
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Power up

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Lift 109, the latest revamped feature of Battersea Power Station, opened to the public earlier in November.

28 Nov 22
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Carbon neutral

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt.

21 Nov 22
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Tracking changes

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover.

21 Nov 22
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The language of precarity

Design News > Craft

Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London.

21 Nov 22
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Arabian dreams

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The largest creative festival in the Middle East took place between 8 – 13 November 2022.

21 Nov 22
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African consciousness illuminated

Design News > Craft

A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself.

14 Nov 22
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Pointed Polish giant

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city.

14 Nov 22
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Colour as word-free language

Q&A > African Design

Over two years in the making, an expansive project commissioned by Google Arts & Culture and conceived by Design Indaba plots the immense creativity of Africa.

14 Nov 22

From the Archives

A look into the work of Luke Rudman

Lookbook • 3 Feb 22

Luke Rudman uses performance art, photography and painting to explore queerness. >
Upward mobility

Design News • 31 Jan 22

Stefano Boeri Architectti brings urban forestry to social housing in Eindhoven >
The body eclectic

Design News • 31 Jan 22

Queerness and environmentalism are central to the work of Luke Rudman >
Tsonga Pride

Design News • 30 Jan 22

adidas and fashion designer Rich Mnisi unveil sizzling performance wear >

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