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Walking, talking chair

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

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

16 May 22
Rebuilding Kharkiv

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

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

16 May 22
Bioplastic fantastic

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS >

16 May 22
Ghana’s national pavilion

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

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

8 May 22
Liberian centre celebrates women

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors

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

8 May 22
Changing the narrative

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth >

8 May 22
At (type)face value

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

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

8 May 22
Time flies

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design / Product Design

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

1 May 22
Skyfall

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Urban & Landscape Design

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

1 May 22
Frugal science

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

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

24 Apr 22
Mi casa es su casa

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

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

24 Apr 22
Pavilions on a pedestal

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

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

17 Apr 22
The sound of silence

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

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

17 Apr 22
Art across time

Design News > Craft

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

17 Apr 22
Outer peace

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

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

10 Apr 22
Art for art’s sake

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike >

10 Apr 22
Black Coffee, the crème de la crème

Design News > African Design / Music & Sound Design

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

6 Apr 22
Letters for Ukraine

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

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

3 Apr 22
Do the right thing

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Graphic Design & Illustration

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

3 Apr 22
Body politic

Design News > Art & Photography

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

28 Mar 22
Electric avenue

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography

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

28 Mar 22
Changing the paradigm

Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

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

22 Mar 22
Virtual village

Design News > African Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Interaction Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent >

20 Mar 22
On point(e)

Design News > Art & Photography / Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Refreshing the brand identity of the Birmingham Royal Ballet >

20 Mar 22

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