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Great Yes, Great No
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Graphic Design & Illustration
New William Kentridge drawings and sculptures on show in Cape Town
13 Dec 23
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Design in motion
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Product Design
A wearable sleeve helps those with neuromuscular diagnoses gain mobility.
13 Dec 23
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Best of the best
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Architecture & Interiors
The 2023 World Architecture Festival winners have been announced.
13 Dec 23
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City in a city
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Design Thinking
This redesigned Tokyo district is a modern urban village.
4 Dec 23
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Not just another brick in the wall
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean.
4 Dec 23
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Lasting impressions
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS takes home the top prize at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023.
4 Dec 23
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Outside the box
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Architecture & Interiors
Tadao Ando’s first Australian structure, MP10, is topped with a giant aluminium disc.
28 Nov 23
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Eye of the beholder
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Art & Photography
Zeitz MOCAA ushers in the summer season with two new lens-based exhibitions.
28 Nov 23
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Defining tomorrow
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Design Thinking
The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced.
28 Nov 23
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Down to earth
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Design Thinking
An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape
24 Nov 23
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Tied together
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Design Thinking
From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran.
24 Nov 23
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Caring home
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Design Thinking
A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role.
23 Nov 23
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Bodily exchange
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Product Design
This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
16 Nov 23
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Pyramid scheme
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African Design
The third annual Art D'Égypte exhibition sets contemporary art against the pyramids.
16 Nov 23
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Talent show
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi has won a prestigious international fashion prize.
16 Nov 23
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Sci-fi scenes
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Architecture & Interiors
Zaha Hadid Architects’ latest building is a futuristic centre of innovation and gathering.
6 Nov 23
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Fire bug
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Product Design
A repurposed smartphone becomes a wildfire detection system.
6 Nov 23
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Face your fears
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Product Design
These pieces of furniture challenged visitors to confront their biggest phobias.
6 Nov 23
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Retro icon
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Product Design
Sixty years of the lava lamp are celebrated with one-of-a-kind designs.
30 Oct 23
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The sound of air
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Product Design
The Vox Aeris speaker also cleans indoor air.
30 Oct 23
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Standing tall
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Architecture & Interiors
A pyramid honouring a former dictator becomes a cultural hub.
30 Oct 23
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Refined sugar
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Urban & Landscape Design
Sugarcane bio-waste is transformed into building materials.
23 Oct 23
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Dress to impress
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Craft
Adobe’s ever-changing digital dress gives fashion dynamism a whole new meaning.
23 Oct 23
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Running with the Wolff
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Craft
Iconic designer Michael Wolff’s career is explored in a new biography.
23 Oct 23
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