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#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. >
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. >
#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. >
#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 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. >
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. >
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. >
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. >
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

Design News • 7 Jun 21

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

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

Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases. >
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. >
MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale

Q&A • 31 May 21

Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution. >
Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH

Design News • 31 May 21

Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design. >
In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe

Design News • 31 May 21

Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’ >
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail

Design News • 31 May 21

The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest. >
Every day is Africa Day

Design News • 26 May 21

Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity >
The Handmade's Tale

Design News • 26 May 21

Honouring the beauty of the handmade. >
Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen

Design News • 24 May 21

A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste. >
#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide

Design News • 24 May 21

The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area. >
CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike

Design News • 24 May 21

Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching. >
EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony

Design News • 24 May 21

A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing. >
MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community

Design News • 17 May 21

Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show. >
With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers

Design News • 17 May 21

19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction. >
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York

Design News • 17 May 21

Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating. >
Art Beyond Boundaries

Design News • 13 May 21

These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. . >
Graphic Content Ahead!

Design News • 13 May 21

Designing for Life. >
A Symbiotic Work in Partnership with Biology, #DI Speaker Olafur Eliasson’s Life lets Nature Take its Course

Design News • 13 May 21

Showing at Fondation Beyeler, Olafur Eliasson’s new installation dissolves the boundaries between nature and art. >
Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection

Design Frontiers • 7 May 21

Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions. >
We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection

Q&A • 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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