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Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary

Q&A > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion. >

5 Jul 21
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft >

5 Jul 21
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >

28 Jun 21
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >

28 Jun 21
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Seeing into the future. >

23 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear

Design News > African Design / Product Design

REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear. >

21 Jun 21
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Q&A > African Design / Craft / Product Design

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >

21 Jun 21
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: Having drawn since childhood, Robert Mapomane now hopes to compete on a global stage

Q&A > African Design

Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >

21 Jun 21
Archi’s latest: BIG’s news, Sir Adjaye sculpts, Serpentine launches & Snøhetta redesigns cement

Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

News and views from the world of architecture. >

16 Jun 21
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting. >

14 Jun 21
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >

10 Jun 21
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Urban & Landscape Design

A Better Built Environment >

7 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases. >

7 Jun 21
MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale

Q&A > African Design / Art & Photography

Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution. >

31 May 21
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Product Design

The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest. >

31 May 21
Every day is Africa Day

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Design Activism / Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity >

26 May 21
The Handmade's Tale

Design News > African Design / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Honouring the beauty of the handmade. >

26 May 21
MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show. >

17 May 21
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York

Design News > African Design / Craft

Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating. >

17 May 21
Art Beyond Boundaries

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. . >

13 May 21
Graphic Content Ahead!

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration

Designing for Life. >

13 May 21
Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection

Design Frontiers > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions. >

7 May 21
We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection

Q&A > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design

A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent. >

7 May 21
With Afrowaste, Nigerian Designer Dimeji Ilori turns Discarded Clothes into One-Of-A-Kind Treasures

Design News > African Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Afrowaste is a fashion mash-up that blends old and new, Western and African. >

7 May 21

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