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African consciousness illuminated
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Craft
A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself.
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14 Nov 22
Pointed Polish giant
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Architecture & Interiors
A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city.
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14 Nov 22
Cable me home
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Design Thinking
Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent.
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14 Nov 22
Land on Water
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Architecture & Interiors
As interest in building on water grows, MAST has come up with a flatpack modular system that will allow for floating homes.
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7 Nov 22
Filling in the gaps
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Film & Animation
Studio DRIFT employs drones to vividly reimagine history’s architectural masterpieces.
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7 Nov 22
Telling stories through colour
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Craft
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa".
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3 Nov 22
Read all about it
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Architecture & Interiors
The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner.
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31 Oct 22
Pretty ugly
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Art & Photography
Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home.
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31 Oct 22
Head above water
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Craft
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
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24 Oct 22
Parking off
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African Design
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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24 Oct 22
Modern classics
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Craft
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Design Activism
Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
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24 Oct 22
Come home again
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Craft
British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species.
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17 Oct 22
Tulip fever
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Design Thinking
The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022.
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17 Oct 22
Babe in arms
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African Design
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Design Thinking
Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition.
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17 Oct 22
Creative business
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African Design
Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator.
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10 Oct 22
Ringing the changes
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Craft
The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896
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10 Oct 22
Architecture’s best
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Architecture & Interiors
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022)
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10 Oct 22
Tapping in
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Design Activism
Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater.
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3 Oct 22
On the seashore
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam.
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3 Oct 22
London Calling
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African Design
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Design Thinking
The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
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3 Oct 22
High Tide
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Architecture & Interiors
SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean.
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26 Sep 22
Memento Mori
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Art & Photography
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.
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26 Sep 22
On the dot
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Design Activism
Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.
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26 Sep 22
Living Space
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.
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19 Sep 22
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