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Hopeful romantic
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series.
24 Oct 22
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Head above water
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Craft
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
24 Oct 22
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Parking off
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
24 Oct 22
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Modern classics
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Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
24 Oct 22
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Come home again
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Craft
British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species.
17 Oct 22
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Tulip fever
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Design Thinking
The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022.
17 Oct 22
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Babe in arms
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Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition.
17 Oct 22
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Dressed to the nines
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African Design
SAFW award-winning menswear designer Samkelo Boyde Xaba is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022.
17 Oct 22
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Creative business
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African Design
Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator.
10 Oct 22
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Ringing the changes
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Craft
The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896
10 Oct 22
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Into the woods
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Craft
The pandemic inspired UK-based artist Oliver Chalk’s move from creating fabric installations to sculpting wood
10 Oct 22
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Architecture’s best
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Architecture & Interiors
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022)
10 Oct 22
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Tapping in
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Design Activism
Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater.
3 Oct 22
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A woven story
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African Design
2022 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Leila Walter used a life-changing experience in India as inspiration for her own weaving studio.
3 Oct 22
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On the seashore
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Design Thinking
A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam.
3 Oct 22
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London Calling
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The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
3 Oct 22
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High Tide
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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