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Drone Art by Katsu

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

The new media artist is exploring the intersection of art and technology in ways not done before.

28 Jan 21
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Discovering a new state of matter

Design News > Product Design

New frontiers of scientific exploration have generated a new phase of matter - liquid glass.

21 Jan 21
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.

21 Jan 21
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A new-age Noah's Ark has been conceived

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Noah’s Ark project will be the most technologically advanced conservation centre ever conceived

21 Jan 21
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Masked Crusader

Design News > Information Design

Kim Ha-neul’s sustainable stools are made from discarded masks.

18 Jan 21
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Waste to Wonderful

Design News > Food Design

From discards to snacks that solve for food waste.

18 Jan 21
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Paris’s most famous avenue will be getting a green makeover

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Champs-Élysées will be getting a green makeover to turn it from a paved paradise into a modern-day Eden.

18 Jan 21
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Your free ticket to Mind-Full mini film festival

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Find out what these illustrious designers are up to and how they’re making the world better with their design ingenuity.

11 Jan 21
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The new frontiers in health

Design News > Design Thinking

This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues.

16 Dec 20
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The children and education design of the future

Design News > Design Thinking

Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…

23 Nov 20
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson

Design News > Interaction Design

Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.

19 Nov 20
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Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions

Design Frontiers > Product Design

Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions with his A Trifle of Colour project.

19 Nov 20
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Bjarke Ingels conceptualizes the futuristic Toyota Woven City

Design News > Creative Economy

The aim of Toyota Woven City is to transform existing modes of transport and test the notion of Mobility for All.

19 Nov 20
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Freyja Sewell creates striking masks to honour the various frontline workers

Design Frontiers > Design Activism

Called The Triptych, Freyja Sewell’s masks celebrate different industry sectors with colour-coded flair.

19 Nov 20
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UK’s Eden Project has commissioned Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

Design News > Interaction Design

The artwork will consist of a garden which will hold a newly curated palette of plants.

19 Nov 20
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Future Sketches an interactive installation by Zach Lieberman

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design

Lieberman spoke at the 2018 Design Indaba Conference, where he elaborated on his digital poetry through code and technology.

19 Nov 20
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TheirTube by Tomo Kihara

Design News > Interaction Design

The Japanese designer is known for his playful interventions that provides a new perspective to socio-technical problems.

19 Nov 20
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Jeanne Gang's new award-winning project

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The aptly named Powerhouse is situated on Beloit’s Rock River waterfront and focuses on recreation, fitness and wellness.

19 Nov 20
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Edo Museum of West African Art by Sir David Adjaye

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy

The new space will allow visitors to experience historic monuments in cultural enriched space.

19 Nov 20
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A new fully sustainable human-centric pedestrian bridge to be built across a river in Cape Town

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

A project spearheaded and commissioned by Design Indaba in collaboration with Paul Cocksedge.

13 Nov 20
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The future of green design

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

Green. It has physical, spiritual and metaphysical associations.

10 Nov 20
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Cross-laminated timber chapel for a church

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

A first of its kind.

5 Nov 20
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Sidewalk Labs

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

“Sidewalk Labs proposes a plan for Quayside that would create a diverse live-work neighbourhood."

5 Nov 20
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Emergency hospital designed with CLT

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Developed by Casagrande Laboratory in association with Bjørnådal Architecture Studio from Norway and Sjaelso Finland they created an emergency hospital made up

5 Nov 20

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Ghana’s national pavilion

Design News • 8 May 22

How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale >
Liberian centre celebrates women

Design News • 8 May 22

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects >
Smooth operator

Q&A • 8 May 22

Lundi Mlonyeni, aka Dave Monday, is a muso with a mission >
Changing the narrative

Design News • 8 May 22

Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth >