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Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA wins Cultural Architecture Award
Design News
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16 Feb 18
ArchDaily has named this design a winner of the 2018 Building Of The Year Awards.
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Ethnographer extraordinaire Martha Cotton will speak at Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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16 Feb 18
The Chicago-based design researcher is one of this year’s star speakers.
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Music nomad Alec Lomami talks cultural exchange on the African continent
Design News
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16 Feb 18
The rapper, producer and DJ was on the 2018 Nightscape at Design Indaba stage.
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Spanish artist Núria Farré on her hyper-realistic paintings as self-portraits
Design News
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16 Feb 18
“Being realistic is not what interests me the most; it’s just my natural way to paint, something accidental.”
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Festival News
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15 Feb 18
How we can work together to avoid #DayZero at the Design Indaba Festival 2018 and beyond.
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Dutch designer Lonny van Ryswyck is drawing attention to the need to conserve sand
Design Frontiers
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15 Feb 18
The Design Indaba 2018 speaker will introduce her A Grain of Sand project, which you can also be a part of.
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Meet five women who are innovating in design, material biology and beyond
Design News
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15 Feb 18
These are just some of the 14 women who spoke at Design Indaba Conference 2018.
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Researchers in Zurich have created fibre from slaughterhouse waste
Design Frontiers
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15 Feb 18
The yarn is made of gelatine and it has a similar quality to merino wool fibres.
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A Cape Town art gallery is shifting perspectives on animation as fine art
Design News
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15 Feb 18
A look inside an animation-focussed art platform in Cape Town that was inspired by a sense of not belonging.
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Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster
Design Frontiers
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14 Feb 18
Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation.
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Meet the Emerging Creatives Extended Class of 2018
Festival News
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14 Feb 18
These rising stars will be exhibiting their work at LISOF Institute in Johannesburg.
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Tom Dixon works across lighting, furniture as well as accessories
Design Frontiers
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13 Feb 18
The British designer behind the iconic S-chair will be returning to the Design Indaba stage next week!
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GetSmarter makes online study as a working professional easier
Design News
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13 Feb 18
We take a closer look at the high-touch learning platform started by upcoming Design Indaba Conference 2018 speakers, Rob and Sam Paddock.
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Petite Noir on Bra Hugh's influence and the limitless nature of African creativity
Design News
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12 Feb 18
“He said something – not a lot of artists say much, they’re just entertainers. Bra Hugh used his music as a weapon."
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Hybrid burgers for the health and environmentally conscious
Design News
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11 Feb 18
Sonic launches hybrid burgers that could potentially be a game changer in the fast food chain industry.
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Exclusive pop-up restaurant and gourmet street food to be part of Design Indaba 2018
Design News
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10 Feb 18
We're planning a multi-sensory experience filled with sounds, sights, and tastes.
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The Obilab drumkit is ethical, portable and easy to assemble
Design News
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10 Feb 18
The Obilab drumkit is an ethical instrument that solves the five problems of drumming.
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Vote now for The Most Beautiful Object In South Africa 2018
Design News
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9 Feb 18
Our search for a South African object that challenges the very definition of beauty has begun – take a look at this year’s 10 contenders!
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#DIonenightonly: Here's what to expect at Design Indaba's free public opening
Design News
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9 Feb 18
One of you could win double tickets to Nightscape at Design Indaba on 22-23 February!
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VRapeutic is pioneering virtual reality therapy in Egypt
Design News
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9 Feb 18
The new tech is catching on in healthcare sectors all over the world. This startup is bringing it to North Africa.
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We delve into the good, the bad and the ugly of saltwater desalination
Design News
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9 Feb 18
Is reverse osmosis the best answer for Cape Town’s water scarcity crisis?
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Cape Town architect Ilze Wolff is up for emerging architect of the year award
Design News
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9 Feb 18
Wolff's work is as concerned with social transformation as it is with documenting Cape Town's architectural heritage.
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Self-taught Icelandic painter on expressing a new alphabet using colours
Design Frontiers
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8 Feb 18
Katrin Fridriks’ work will be featured as part of Pascal Janssen's gallery offering at the Cape Town Art Fair this month.
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The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level
Design News
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8 Feb 18
Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet.
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Niger-based architect Mariam Kamara to be mentored by Sir David Adjaye
Design News
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8 Feb 18
The two architects will work together for two years as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
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Nightscape at Design Indaba will be an urban night festival to remember
Design News
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7 Feb 18
From pop-up galleries, exhibitions, exclusive music performances and food experiences, we have something for everyone!
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SurgiBox brings safe surgical spaces to harsh environments wherever and whenever
Design News
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6 Feb 18
“The idea of SurgiBox is to take the operating room and shrink it down to just the patient’s size.”
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Meet the 9 Global Graduates that presented at Design Indaba Conference 2018
Next Generation
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6 Feb 18
These young graduates presented projects that speak to the water crisis, the power of sound, social entrepreneurship and so much more.
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A home designed to make water conservation a way of life
Design News
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6 Feb 18
University students create a water-efficient and energy-efficient home to combat drought.
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Joias is a product line that merges Belgian and Brazilian craftsmanship
Design News
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6 Feb 18
This project merges crafts, social engagement, design and human contact.
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