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Kéré Architecture’s Startup Lions Campus is set to inspire future achievers
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Former #DI Speaker Diébédo Francis Kéré designs a new nature-inspired landmark in Kenya.
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12 Jul 21
Hella Jongerius - a former #DI Speaker - welcomes you into her magical world of weaving
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Woven Cosmos, Hella Jongerius’ interactive show, demonstrates 25 years of textile wisdom.
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12 Jul 21
Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!
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8 Jul 21
Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu’s Parisian show stands out by blending in
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Thandiwe Muriu’s CAMO series celebrates being African by playing with colour and culture.
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5 Jul 21
#DI Speaker Winy Maas’s latest MVRDV project, KoolKiel, is a community-engaged, resident-designed building
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For its new building project in Germany, MVRDV has asked the community what they want.
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5 Jul 21
Spoon Archaeology examines plastic cutlery, hopefully, as a relic of the past
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Kai Linke and Peter Eckart put 20 years of plastic cutlery on museum display.
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28 Jun 21
Tadao Ando, NeM and Bouroullec Brothers transform La Bourse de Commerce
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La Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection bridges past and present.
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28 Jun 21
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials
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Seeing into the future.
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23 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ackeem Ngwenya envisions a future of fashion inclusivity with REFRAMD eyewear
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REFRAMD’s vision is one of individualized solutions to eyewear.
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21 Jun 21
#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete
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Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better.
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14 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye Showcases his Sculpture alongside Painting by Adam Pendleton
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Pace Gallery’s dynamic two-person show explores identity and language.
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14 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Bjarke Ingels’ O-Tower Combines Architectural Prowess and Cutting-Edge Sustainability
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This future landmark by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) embodies design elegance and innovative technology.
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14 Jun 21
South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public
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Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting.
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14 Jun 21
Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…
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Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week.
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10 Jun 21
Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair
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Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021.
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7 Jun 21
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!
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A Better Built Environment
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7 Jun 21
#DI Speaker Thomas Heatherwick Creates Two Acres of Public Park above New York’s Hudson River
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Little Island is an innovative space encouraging biodiversity, performance and public engagement
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7 Jun 21
#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin
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Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases.
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7 Jun 21
Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years
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Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era.
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7 Jun 21
Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH
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Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design.
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31 May 21
In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe
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Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’
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31 May 21
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail
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The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.
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31 May 21
Every day is Africa Day
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Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity
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26 May 21
The Handmade's Tale
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Honouring the beauty of the handmade.
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26 May 21
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