June 2021 Archive

Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years

Design News • 7 Jun 21

Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era. >
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin

Design News • 7 Jun 21

Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases. >
#DI Speaker Thomas Heatherwick Creates Two Acres of Public Park above New York’s Hudson River

Design News • 7 Jun 21

Little Island is an innovative space encouraging biodiversity, performance and public engagement >
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

Design News • 7 Jun 21

A Better Built Environment >
Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair

Design News • 7 Jun 21

Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021. >
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…

Design News • 10 Jun 21

Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week. >
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public

Design News • 14 Jun 21

Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting. >
#DI Speaker Bjarke Ingels’ O-Tower Combines Architectural Prowess and Cutting-Edge Sustainability

Design News • 14 Jun 21

This future landmark by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) embodies design elegance and innovative technology. >
#DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye Showcases his Sculpture alongside Painting by Adam Pendleton

Design News • 14 Jun 21

Pace Gallery’s dynamic two-person show explores identity and language. >
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete

Design News • 14 Jun 21

Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better. >
Archi’s latest: BIG’s news, Sir Adjaye sculpts, Serpentine launches & Snøhetta redesigns cement

Design Frontiers • 16 Jun 21

News and views from the world of architecture. >
#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

Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Q&A • 21 Jun 21

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear

Design News • 21 Jun 21

REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear. >
The high-speed Hyperloop by Zaha Hadid Architects will revolutionise land-based travel

Design Frontiers • 21 Jun 21

Hyperloop and Zaha Hadid Architects on track to transport us into the future. >
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Design News • 23 Jun 21

Seeing into the future. >
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Q&A • 28 Jun 21

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce

Design News • 28 Jun 21

La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present. >
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past

Design News • 28 Jun 21

Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display. >