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Max-Gordon Stoffberg on community empowerment and creativity
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“I have a willingness to reach out to the marginalised in society. I believe everyone has equal potential power and everyone has unique gifts & talents.”
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5 Jul 19
Colourful totems in Poland carry strong message about climate change
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Totemy by Alicja Biała and former Design Indaba speaker, Iwo Borkowicz, symbolises the relationship between people and the forces of nature.
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5 Jul 19
Durban students initiate a space to foster more campus interaction
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The Level Six project is the first student-led project guided by professionals to come out of Durban University of Technology.
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25 Jun 19
Students explore death through a video game and our fascination with fake goods
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We spotlight the work of two graduates from the University of the Underground which was started by Dr Nelly Ben-Hayoun.
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20 Jun 19
Are you the future of South Africa’s design industry?
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The hunt for South Africa’s hottest young emerging creatives has begun. Apply now!
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20 Jun 19
Applications for African Crossroads 2019 are now open!
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Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities.
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19 Jun 19
Design Indaba launches the Future Cities Residency
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Paloma Strelitz is the first resident of the Design Indaba Future Cities Residency.
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14 Jun 19
How artists and architects are helping residents to claim their right to the city
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Grigri Pixel invited a group a creatives from Africa and Spain to work together in Madrid to try and find out.
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14 Jun 19
Post-colonial Congolese architecture: green, local and volcanic
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Designer Nicolas-Patience Basabose talks about the past and the future of architecture in the DRC.
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12 Jun 19
This town in Mali is built almost completely out of mud
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Architecture & Interiors
The Great Mosque of Djenne survives through the dedication of local builders who help to re-plaster it each year.
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11 Jun 19
African architecture: Ornaments, crime & prejudice
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Mathias Agbo, Jr. reflects on the importance of African ornamentation and the stories they convey.
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7 Jun 19
The Hugh Masekela Memorial Pavilion Unveiled
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Designed by architect Sir David Adjaye, the Hugh Masekela Memorial was unveiled on 1 June 2019.
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3 Jun 19
Colors of the Earth: Ghana's incredible, rammed earth walls
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Ghanaian entrepreneur Joelle Eyeson is experimenting with the sustainable technique that could aid her country's housing problem.
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16 May 19
Tshepo Mokholo on the transformational power of architecture to inspire
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The African Design Centre graduate on how growing up in an unusual house in Soweto would later inspire his career in design.
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14 May 19
Building a more sustainable future
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The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects.
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14 May 19
Warka Water is finding innovative solutions to water, energy and housing problems
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The structure has been shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
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13 May 19
How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene
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She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.
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13 May 19
First ever Ghana Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale designed by David Adjaye
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Architecture & Interiors
The historic event is a celebration of Ghana's untapped cultural capital.
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9 May 19
Annabelle Selldorf on architecture's responsibility beyond the building
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The veteran architect questions the greater role architects need to play after erecting projects in underresourced areas.
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8 May 19
John Pawson on the discipline of minimalism
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“It takes great discipline to reduce until you can't further subtract anymore."
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3 May 19
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park
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Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art.
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3 May 19
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own
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Amira Osman takes a look at how Khartoum's military complex became a public space for protest that toppled the Sudanese government.
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2 May 19
Dong-Ping Wong on his ambitious work at FOOD architecture studio
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The architect's projects include an idea for a pool that also purifies the East River as well as collaborations with Kanye West and Virgil Abloh.
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1 May 19
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm
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We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business.
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1 May 19
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