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Reimagination is the new disruption
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Design Thinking
Disruption’s “softer” cousin, Reimagination, is a survival tool for brands, and leads the way to a better world through creativity
30 May 22
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Athi and Irma
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Art & Photography
Finding connections between South Africa’s past and present
24 May 22
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Eye on the prize
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Architecture & Interiors
Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of the award-winning Atelier Masōmī, will lead the design of a new museum and cultural centre – Bët-bi – in southwestern Senegal
22 May 22
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Stylin’
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Riyaadh Ismail’s sustainable, gender-neutral luxury streetwear redefines Johannesburg street culture
22 May 22
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Story of my life
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Art & Photography
Njabulo Maseko is on a mission to open doors for the youth to express the power of their inner creativity
16 May 22
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Walking, talking chair
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Product Design
A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects
16 May 22
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Rebuilding Kharkiv
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Urban & Landscape Design
British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up
16 May 22
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Bioplastic fantastic
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Product Design
Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS
16 May 22
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Ghana’s national pavilion
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Urban & Landscape Design
How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale
8 May 22
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Liberian centre celebrates women
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Architecture & Interiors
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects
8 May 22
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Smooth operator
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Music & Sound Design
Lundi Mlonyeni, aka Dave Monday, is a muso with a mission
8 May 22
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Changing the narrative
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Art & Photography
Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth
8 May 22
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At (type)face value
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Graphic Design & Illustration
British author Simon Garfield’s classic publication, ‘Just My Type’, turns us all into fervent font-spotters
8 May 22
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Time flies
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Product Design
Design Indaba alumnus Neil Harbisson is ready to live Einstein’s theory of relativity with the help of a new wing-shaped sense organ
1 May 22
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Skyfall
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Urban & Landscape Design
A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower
1 May 22
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The multipotentialite side of life
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nuraan Khan wants to make beautiful, functional design accessible to everyone
1 May 22
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Where science and fiction meet
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Product Design
Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony
1 May 22
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Frugal science
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Product Design
Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions
24 Apr 22
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Design thinking writ large
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive
24 Apr 22
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Mi casa es su casa
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Architecture & Interiors
Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé
24 Apr 22
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Pavilions on a pedestal
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
17 Apr 22
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The sound of silence
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Architecture & Interiors
Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
17 Apr 22
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A virtual leap for the lab
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Interaction Design
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
17 Apr 22
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Art across time
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Craft
Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
17 Apr 22
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The body eclectic
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Queerness and environmentalism are central to the work of Luke Rudman
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adidas and fashion designer Rich Mnisi unveil sizzling performance wear
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