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MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale
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31 May 21
Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution.
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Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH
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31 May 21
Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design.
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In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe
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31 May 21
Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’
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#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail
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31 May 21
The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.
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Every day is Africa Day
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26 May 21
Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity
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The Handmade's Tale
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26 May 21
Honouring the beauty of the handmade.
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Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen
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24 May 21
A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.
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#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide
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24 May 21
The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area.
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CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike
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24 May 21
Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching.
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EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony
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24 May 21
A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing.
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MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community
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17 May 21
Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show.
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With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers
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17 May 21
19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction.
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York
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17 May 21
Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating.
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Art Beyond Boundaries
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13 May 21
These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. .
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Graphic Content Ahead!
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13 May 21
Designing for Life.
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A Symbiotic Work in Partnership with Biology, #DI Speaker Olafur Eliasson’s Life lets Nature Take its Course
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13 May 21
Showing at Fondation Beyeler, Olafur Eliasson’s new installation dissolves the boundaries between nature and art.
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Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection
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7 May 21
Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions.
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We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection
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7 May 21
A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent.
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With Afrowaste, Nigerian Designer Dimeji Ilori turns Discarded Clothes into One-Of-A-Kind Treasures
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7 May 21
Afrowaste is a fashion mash-up that blends old and new, Western and African.
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The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library by Sir David Adjaye will form a Nexus of African Discourse and Excellence in Johannesburg
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7 May 21
DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye’s new design reveals a space dedicated to the African Renaissance.
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Waterlight Converts Water into Energy with its Innovative Seawater-Powered Lamp
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3 May 21
An innovation designed to serve communities with no access to electricity, WaterLight makes use of an available natural resource.
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A Home 3D-Printed Out of Earth? Mario Cucinella Architects Teams Up with WASP to Create TECLA
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3 May 21
Ancient earth and 21st century technology come together as housing for the future.
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Can Face Masks Be Fashionable? Should They Be? Kat Van Duinen Contemplates These Pandemic-Born Questions
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3 May 21
Cape Town-based fashion designer Kat van Duinen tailors a sartorial response to the pandemic.
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Cabin Fever: Moriko and Living in Nature Inspire with Myriad Ways to Interpret Low-Key Country Living
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3 May 21
Moriko Cabins are prompted by the need to connect with nature.
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