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Eye on the prize

Design News • 22 May 22

Mariam Issoufou Kamara, founder of the award-winning Atelier Masōmī, will lead the design of a new museum and cultural centre – Bët-bi – in southwestern Senegal >
Walking, talking chair

Design News • 16 May 22

A Lithuanian exhibition is inviting heart-to-hearts between historical furniture items and modern-day design objects >
Rebuilding Kharkiv

Design News • 16 May 22

British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up >
Bioplastic fantastic

Design News • 16 May 22

Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS >
Ghana’s national pavilion

Design News • 8 May 22

How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale >
Liberian centre celebrates women

Design News • 8 May 22

Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects >
Changing the narrative

Design News • 8 May 22

Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth >
At (type)face value

Design News • 8 May 22

British author Simon Garfield’s classic publication, ‘Just My Type’, turns us all into fervent font-spotters >
Time flies

Design News • 1 May 22

Design Indaba alumnus Neil Harbisson is ready to live Einstein’s theory of relativity with the help of a new wing-shaped sense organ >
Skyfall

Design News • 1 May 22

A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower >
Frugal science

Design News • 24 Apr 22

Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions >
Mi casa es su casa

Design News • 24 Apr 22

Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé >
Pavilions on a pedestal

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great? >
The sound of silence

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss >
Art across time

Design News • 17 Apr 22

Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms >
Outer peace

Design News • 10 Apr 22

Design Indaba Alumnus Shigeru Ban designs a wellness retreat on Japan’s Awaji Island >
Art for art’s sake

Design News • 10 Apr 22

A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike >
Black Coffee, the crème de la crème

Design News • 6 Apr 22

Design Indaba congratulates Black Coffee for his Best Dance/Electronic Album win at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards >
Letters for Ukraine

Design News • 3 Apr 22

An Instagram design campaign from the global creative community is showing support for Ukraine >
Do the right thing

Design News • 3 Apr 22

Design Indaba Alumnus Luba Lukova’s poster portfolio is a call to action >
Body politic

Design News • 28 Mar 22

The latest exhibition taking place at Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai explores Arab womanhood through photography >
Electric avenue

Design News • 28 Mar 22

A sculpture that harnesses the magic of light and electricity finds a home at Dior >
Changing the paradigm

Design News • 22 Mar 22

Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first African architect to win the coveted Pritzker >
Virtual village

Design News • 20 Mar 22

Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent >
On point(e)

Design News • 20 Mar 22

Refreshing the brand identity of the Birmingham Royal Ballet >
Designing with empathy

Design News • 20 Mar 22

Nifemi Marcus-Bello designs a bamboo kiosk for skater brand Wafflesncream >
Beam me up, skattie

Design News • 13 Mar 22

The Magolide Collective has launched an AR fashion range >
Live art

Design News • 13 Mar 22

The convention-flouting ICA Live Art Festival is back! >
Reimagining Damascus

Design News • 13 Mar 22

Dioramas of Damascus, made from repurposed materials, tell the story of a fractured Syrian city >
Pool poetics

Design News • 6 Mar 22

Kanya Viljoen’s Eurydice makes use of femme narratives in a waterless pool >

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