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Telling stories through colour
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Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa".
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3 Nov 22
Building blocks
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African Design
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age.
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31 Oct 22
Parking off
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African Design
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Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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24 Oct 22
Tulip fever
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The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022.
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17 Oct 22
Babe in arms
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African Design
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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.
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17 Oct 22
On the seashore
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Architecture & Interiors
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A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam.
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3 Oct 22
London Calling
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African Design
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The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
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3 Oct 22
Veni, vidi, vici
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall
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18 Sep 22
The anatomy of art
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New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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9 Sep 22
‘A’ Okay
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Architecture & Interiors
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Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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9 Sep 22
The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!
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Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!
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7 Sep 22
Contemporary commute
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Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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28 Aug 22
Dripping with hope
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A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air
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23 Aug 22
A continental visionary
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African Design
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Creative Economy
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Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges
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13 Jun 22
For the birds
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere
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6 Jun 22
Reimagination is the new disruption
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African Design
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Creative Economy
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Disruption’s “softer” cousin, Reimagination, is a survival tool for brands, and leads the way to a better world through creativity
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30 May 22
Magic mountains
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Interaction Design
Alex Cecchetti’s Sentiero – a land-art intervention and performance – is set to premiere at the Biennale Gherdëina
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27 Feb 22
The man behind the mask(s)
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Craft
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Graphic Design & Illustration
We chat to artist Kip Omolade about his new Diovadiova Chrome series
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20 Feb 22
Becoming the customer
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Information Design
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DI Alumnus NB Studio refreshes the ID of one of the world’s largest media agencies
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20 Feb 22
Metaverse Multiples
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Keiken’s interactive gaming installation uses tech to explore different states of being
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14 Feb 22
Flipping the script
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Product Design
Pandemic lockdowns inspired Mina Kasirifar’s multifunctional sensory furniture for kids
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6 Feb 22
Cakes and oil
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Four students from The Design Village in India have found a sustainable solution to packaging edible oil
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14 Jan 22
Cool runnings
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A simple chemical reaction powers new cooling tech that keeps things cold without electricity.
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10 Jan 22
Rain on me
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Architecture & Interiors
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Tactus Design Workshop’s self-sustainable home of the future
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30 Dec 21
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