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Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design Frontiers • 7 Jul 21 • Sponsored Content

Design for people, by people. >
Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in

Design News • 5 Jul 21 • Sponsored Content

Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture. >
#DI Speaker Winy Maas’s latest MVRDV project, KoolKiel, is a community-engaged, resident-designed building

Design News • 5 Jul 21 • Sponsored Content

For its new building project in Germany, MVRDV has asked the community what they want. >
Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary

Q&A • 5 Jul 21 • Sponsored Content

We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion. >
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography

Q&A • 5 Jul 21 • Sponsored Content

#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft >
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past

Design News • 28 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display. >
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce

Design News • 28 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present. >
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Design News • 23 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Seeing into the future. >
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future. >
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear

Design News • 21 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Q&A • 21 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: Having drawn since childhood, Robert Mapomane now hopes to compete on a global stage

Q&A • 21 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
Archi’s latest: BIG’s news, Sir Adjaye sculpts, Serpentine launches & Snøhetta redesigns cement

Design Frontiers • 16 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

News and views from the world of architecture. >
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete

Design News • 14 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better. >
#DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye Showcases his Sculpture alongside Painting by Adam Pendleton

Design News • 14 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Pace Gallery’s dynamic two-person show explores identity and language. >
#DI Speaker Bjarke Ingels’ O-Tower Combines Architectural Prowess and Cutting-Edge Sustainability

Design News • 14 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

This future landmark by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) embodies design elegance and innovative technology. >
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public

Design News • 14 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting. >
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Design News • 10 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >
Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair

Design News • 7 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021. >
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

Design News • 7 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

A Better Built Environment >
#DI Speaker Thomas Heatherwick Creates Two Acres of Public Park above New York’s Hudson River

Design News • 7 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

Little Island is an innovative space encouraging biodiversity, performance and public engagement >
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin

Design News • 7 Jun 21 • Sponsored Content

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

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