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Awarding the future
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Art & Photography
The ANNA Award announced Lerato Nkosi as their inaugural prizewinner on 10 August 2022
23 Aug 22
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Hollywood calling
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Film & Animation
This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking
16 Aug 22
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Community living
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Urban & Landscape Design
Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
16 Aug 22
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Star quality
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Architecture & Interiors
Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
16 Aug 22
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Mr Sandman
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Product Design
Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
16 Aug 22
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Invented reality
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Product Design
Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience
10 Aug 22
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En vogue
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Lekganyane has found her passion at the intersection of fashion and art
10 Aug 22
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Alter ego
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Art & Photography
Thandiwe Msebenzi’s Radical Makazi Instagram series will be exhibited at Blank Spaces in Woodstock, Cape Town
10 Aug 22
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Metamorphosis
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Design Indaba alumnus Shaakira Jassat created a collection of trick glasses inspired by social distancing and caterpillars for the Nationaal Glasmuseum
10 Aug 22
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A march through time
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Graphic Design & Illustration
London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London
1 Aug 22
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Rhythm and hues
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats
1 Aug 22
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Building sustainability
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Architecture & Interiors
Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles
1 Aug 22
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Master of arts
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Sizani Baloyi already has impressive industry notches in his belt
1 Aug 22
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Creative powerhouse
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Lauren Gericke thrives on creative problem-solving and efficient design
26 Jul 22
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All things shiny
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Award-winning designer and director Nelly Ben Hayoun’s recent installations bring the wonders of science to visitors
26 Jul 22
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Rock of ages
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Art & Photography
Michel Rojkind presents his immersive piece "Yoltic Seat" at Lisbon museum
26 Jul 22
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Hope floats
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Design Activism
A floating wire sculpture in Prague is an ode to Ukrainian mothers
26 Jul 22
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Mother of mankind
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick
18 Jul 22
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Jewel In The Crown
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Architecture & Interiors
Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex
18 Jul 22
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Style and substance
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Styling and production are a form of communication for Katlego Magano
18 Jul 22
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Portraits in plastic
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Art & Photography
Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad
10 Jul 22
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Weathering the storms
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Architecture & Interiors
Bangladeshi architect and recent Soane Medal recipient Marina Tabassum’s modular houses are built to survive monsoon season
10 Jul 22
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Life through the lens
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A Russian photographer is awarded for documenting the social transformation of the traditional ‘reindeer people’
10 Jul 22
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All the feels
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Fernado’s high-end fashion brand taps into the emotional connection we have to fashion items
10 Jul 22
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