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Steel Works
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18 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based interior architect Daniella Kilpatrick designs steel furniture that marries form and function
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The language of plants
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18 Sep 22
The 23rd Triennale Milano features a futuristic greenhouse where visitors can experience plants' reactions to their surroundings
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Golden touch
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9 Sep 22
Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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9 Sep 22
New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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9 Sep 22
Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!
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7 Sep 22
Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!
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Less is more
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6 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based illustrator and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022, Naomi Zwane believes that portraits have power.
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Food is medicine
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5 Sep 22
New York-based artist Chiizii’s ‘Nni Bu Ogwu’ archival collection examines pre- and post-colonial Igbo dietary practices.
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Play ball
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5 Sep 22
The eye-catching Taipei Performing Arts Center was designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
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Contemporary commute
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28 Aug 22
Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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Raise your glass
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28 Aug 22
Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August
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Most Valuable Player
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28 Aug 22
Adidas collaborated with South African luxury fashion designer and LVMH prize winner Thebe Magugu to create a multi-use sports collection
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Ready-to-wear
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28 Aug 22
The style of South African women in the 80s and 90s is what influences this Design Indaba Emerging Creative’s fashion designs
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Dripping with hope
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23 Aug 22
A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air
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Pen to paper
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23 Aug 22
Literature is one of the best ways to connect to each other and ourselves, says this Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022
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Groundwork
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23 Aug 22
Madikwe-based lodge Molori Safari collaborated with South African artists to turn their masterpieces into designer rugs
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Awarding the future
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23 Aug 22
The ANNA Award announced Lerato Nkosi as their inaugural prizewinner on 10 August 2022
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Hollywood calling
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16 Aug 22
This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking
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Community living
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16 Aug 22
Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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Star quality
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16 Aug 22
Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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Mr Sandman
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16 Aug 22
Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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Invented reality
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10 Aug 22
Design Indaba alumnus Nicolás Kisic Aguirre’s latest project turns linguistic disobedience into an immersive experience
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En vogue
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10 Aug 22
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Lekganyane has found her passion at the intersection of fashion and art
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