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Pavilions on a pedestal
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Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
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17 Apr 22
Neri Oxman’s Silk Pavilion II Turns Metamorphosis into Art
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Built by silkworms – a cross-species collaboration.
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26 Apr 21
Neri Oxman’s installation exploring the possibilities of melanin
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Architecture & Interiors
Through digital fabrication and design computation, the pigment could sustain and enhance the planet’s endangered biodiversity.
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5 Apr 19
The world is changing and green material is at the forefront
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We look a little deeper at the materials trend that led to tangible design solutions we found this year.
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21 Dec 18
5 Innovations that broke the mould in 2018
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Pioneers in their fields, these innovations were made to provide new solutions to old problems.
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18 Dec 18
The 5 most searched designers in 2018
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Spanning across diverse ages, nationalities and disciplines, these were the most searched Design Indaba speakers in 2018
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12 Dec 18
#DesignIndaba: Notes on Design Indaba 2018
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In spite of the physical space feeling more dreary than usual, Design Indaba 2018 ensured a number of strong and critical speakers.
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17 Jul 18
From Design Indaba to a youthful population: Africa is on (creative) fire!
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At WGSN last week, we held intense seminars and workshops sharing trends from our global editors, and, from these, one thing became certain:
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16 Jul 18
Could silk be used to weave your donor heart?
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Researcher and designer, Veronica Ranner, takes on organ crafting while cautiously questioning its ethics.
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8 Jun 18
Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards
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“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..."
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9 May 18
Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond
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These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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15 Feb 18
Neri Oxman
Architect, designer and inventor.
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16 Jan 18
MFA’s #techstyle: Fashion that moves, interacts and adapts
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The Museum of Fine Arts’ #techstyle exhibition takes a look at where fashion design is headed thanks to its relationship with technology.
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4 Mar 16
These wearable structures contain living organisms and are designed for life on other planets
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Digital morphogenesis Neri Oxman has created a 3D printed wearable structure that hosts growing photosynthetic-organisms.
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28 Jul 15
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