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It’s London, baby!
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Craft
The London Design Festival returns this month.
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18 Sep 23
Desert sand
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A new outdoor sculpture features glass blown from the sands of the world’s deserts.
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18 Sep 23
Brick by brick
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LEGO introduces new bricks that teach braille.
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11 Sep 23
Life’s good
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Creative Economy
This Wolff Olins logo overhaul ‘brings a smile back to the world of technology’.
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2 Sep 23
Eye of the beholder
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Creative Economy
This hand-painted video game took seven years to complete.
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28 Aug 23
Women in art
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Art & Photography
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Nada Baraka is the winner of the 2023 ANNA Award recognising women artists from Africa.
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20 Aug 23
Breast in class
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Art & Photography
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These nipple prosthetics are created from hair lost in chemotherapy.
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20 Aug 23
Es-sential reading
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A colossal book captures Design Indaba alum Es Devlin’s 30-year multidisciplinary career.
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11 Aug 23
Guiding light
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Design Thinking
The Olympic torch for the 2024 games has been unveiled.
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11 Aug 23
Let them eat cake
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
This spectacular wedding-cake pavilion is a celebration of love.
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11 Aug 23
Threads that bind us
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A hand-embroidered South African scene was transformed into a wallpaper.
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7 Aug 23
Metamorphosis
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African Design
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‘I always make clothes that I would want to wear … forever,’ says 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Shamyra Moodley.
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24 Jul 23
Running wild
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
These running shoes help spread plants and seeds in the city.
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24 Jul 23
Self-titled
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
The latest exhibition by renowned South African visual activist Zanele Muholi is autobiographical.
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10 Jul 23
Creative outlet
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Art & Photography
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Craft
This 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative offers artists the opportunity to use Persian carpets as a canvas.
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10 Jul 23
Letter days
Design News
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When an alphabet saves a culture.
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10 Jul 23
Perfect pair
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This 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives duo share a love of creativity, craft and collaboration.
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19 Jun 23
Rhythm and hues
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The new Philharmonie Luxembourg logo responds to music.
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19 Jun 23
Hands on
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Rejoice Kunene aims to ‘foster a deeper appreciation for African heritage and its relevance in contemporary society’.
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9 Jun 23
Water wings
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This luxurious vessel takes emission-free transport from the road to the water.
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5 Jun 23
Material boy
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This contemporary artist loves challenging notions of understanding and breaking the rules.
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29 May 23
Woven stories
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Art & Photography
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The artistic practice of this 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative examines memory, identity and inheritance.
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22 May 23
Pretty in pink
Design News
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A 7,6-metre-tall fluorescent tree decorates New York’s High Line.
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22 May 23
Finding hope
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2023 Oteng Hope Kopiso applies no limits to her craft.
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12 May 23
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