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High Tide

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean.

26 Sep 22
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Sitting pretty

Q&A > Craft

The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms.

26 Sep 22
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Memento Mori

Design News > Art & Photography

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.

26 Sep 22
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On the dot

Design News > Design Activism

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.

26 Sep 22
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Living Space

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.

19 Sep 22
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Veni, vidi, vici

Q&A > Design Thinking

Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall

18 Sep 22
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Steel Works

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Johannesburg-based interior architect Daniella Kilpatrick designs steel furniture that marries form and function

18 Sep 22
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The language of plants

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The 23rd Triennale Milano features a futuristic greenhouse where visitors can experience plants' reactions to their surroundings

18 Sep 22
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Golden touch

Q&A > Art & Photography

Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022

9 Sep 22
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Dokter’s orders

Design News > Product Design

Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.

9 Sep 22
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The anatomy of art

Design News > Product Design

New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items

9 Sep 22
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‘A’ Okay

Design News > Design Thinking

Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.

9 Sep 22
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The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!

Design News > Product Design

Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!

7 Sep 22
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Less is more

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Johannesburg-based illustrator and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022, Naomi Zwane believes that portraits have power.

6 Sep 22
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Food is medicine

Design News > Craft

New York-based artist Chiizii’s ‘Nni Bu Ogwu’ archival collection examines pre- and post-colonial Igbo dietary practices.

5 Sep 22
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Play ball

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The eye-catching Taipei Performing Arts Center was designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)

5 Sep 22
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Contemporary commute

Design News > Product Design

Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task

28 Aug 22
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Raise your glass

Design News > Art & Photography

Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August

28 Aug 22
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Most Valuable Player

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design

Adidas collaborated with South African luxury fashion designer and LVMH prize winner Thebe Magugu to create a multi-use sports collection

28 Aug 22
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Ready-to-wear

Q&A > Fashion & Jewellery Design

The style of South African women in the 80s and 90s is what influences this Design Indaba Emerging Creative’s fashion designs

28 Aug 22
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Dripping with hope

Design News > Product Design

A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air

23 Aug 22
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Pen to paper

Q&A > African Design

Literature is one of the best ways to connect to each other and ourselves, says this Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022

23 Aug 22
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Groundwork

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Madikwe-based lodge Molori Safari collaborated with South African artists to turn their masterpieces into designer rugs

23 Aug 22
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Awarding the future

Q&A > Art & Photography

The ANNA Award announced Lerato Nkosi as their inaugural prizewinner on 10 August 2022

23 Aug 22

From the Archives

Exploring the connection between aromas and our memory

Design News • 6 Dec 19

“It’s really important for us to make emotion that could differentiate smell in how something makes you feel when you smell it.” >
Antya Waegemann redesigns the rape kit

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

The 'When No One Believes You' rape kit includes six different design interventions for use by victims, nurses and the police. >
Ignis uses household materials to create a safe, reliable source of energy

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

Antenna 2019 speaker Tobias Trubenbacher created Ignis to help provide clean and affordable energy to those without access to electricity. >
Camila Chiriboga on fashion that brings dignity to differently-abled people

Next Generation • 2 Dec 19

The antenna 2019 speaker created Veº, an inclusive system of fashion for the blind and visually impaired. >

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