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Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years

Design News > Art & Photography

Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era.

7 Jun 21
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MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale

Q&A > Art & Photography

Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution.

31 May 21
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Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design.

31 May 21
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In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’

31 May 21
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#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail

Design News > Product Design

The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.

31 May 21
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Every day is Africa Day

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity

26 May 21
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The Handmade's Tale

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Honouring the beauty of the handmade.

26 May 21
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Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen

Design News > Product Design

A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.

24 May 21
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#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area.

24 May 21
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CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike

Design News > Product Design

Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching.

24 May 21
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EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing.

24 May 21
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MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community

Design News > Art & Photography

Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show.

17 May 21
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With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers

Design News > Product Design

19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction.

17 May 21
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York

Design News > Craft

Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating.

17 May 21
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Art Beyond Boundaries

Design News > Art & Photography

These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. .

13 May 21
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Graphic Content Ahead!

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Designing for Life.

13 May 21
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A Symbiotic Work in Partnership with Biology, #DI Speaker Olafur Eliasson’s Life lets Nature Take its Course

Design News > Art & Photography

Showing at Fondation Beyeler, Olafur Eliasson’s new installation dissolves the boundaries between nature and art.

13 May 21
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Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions.

7 May 21
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We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent.

7 May 21
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With Afrowaste, Nigerian Designer Dimeji Ilori turns Discarded Clothes into One-Of-A-Kind Treasures

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Afrowaste is a fashion mash-up that blends old and new, Western and African.

7 May 21
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The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library by Sir David Adjaye will form a Nexus of African Discourse and Excellence in Johannesburg

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye’s new design reveals a space dedicated to the African Renaissance.

7 May 21
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Waterlight Converts Water into Energy with its Innovative Seawater-Powered Lamp

Design News > Product Design

An innovation designed to serve communities with no access to electricity, WaterLight makes use of an available natural resource.

3 May 21
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A Home 3D-Printed Out of Earth? Mario Cucinella Architects Teams Up with WASP to Create TECLA

Design News > Design Activism

Ancient earth and 21st century technology come together as housing for the future.

3 May 21
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Can Face Masks Be Fashionable? Should They Be? Kat Van Duinen Contemplates These Pandemic-Born Questions

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Cape Town-based fashion designer Kat van Duinen tailors a sartorial response to the pandemic.

3 May 21

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Studio Swine on making sustainable design desirable

Design News • 18 Jun 18

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Heartworks: Storytelling through crafts and embroidery

Design Frontiers • Duration: 00:04:12 • 15 Jun 18

Helle Vibeke Jensen and Tina Ratzer’s Heartworks workshop inspires out-of-the-box thinking. >