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Long live Magenta!
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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
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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
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Design Thinking
Dutch eating designer Marije Vogelzang’s book challenges readers to experience food differently.
19 Dec 22
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Earth first
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Architecture & Interiors
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion designer.
5 Dec 22
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Tickled pink
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Craft
A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself.
14 Nov 22
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Pointed Polish giant
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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
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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
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Cable me home
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Design Thinking
Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent.
14 Nov 22
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Exploring the connection between aromas and our memory
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Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit
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2 Dec 19
The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police.
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Ignis uses household materials to create a safe, reliable source of energy
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2 Dec 19
Antenna 2019 speaker Tobias Trubenbacher created Ignis to help provide clean and affordable energy to those without access to electricity.
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Camila Chiriboga on fashion that brings dignity to differently-abled people
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2 Dec 19
The antenna 2019 speaker created Veº, an inclusive system of fashion for the blind and visually impaired.
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