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Chance encounters
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26 Jun 26
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An immersive sound installation that embraces chance encounters
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KARRI
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26 Jun 26
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Pentagram’s child-friendly mobile messaging device
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Wind to Watts
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26 Jun 26
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Designer Fabien Brun has created a modular, portable wind turbine
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Designing on Eggshells
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19 Jun 26
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Australian Designer turns eggshells into lighting
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A Serpentine
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19 Jun 26
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LANZA Atelier's Serpentine Pavilion proves that less can be more
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Who is watching?
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19 Jun 26
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British trip-hop pioneers Massive Attack and the London collective, United Visual Artists (UVA) collaborate for provocative onstage visuals.
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Plastic Tapestries
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12 Jun 26
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Moffat Takadiwa transforms Zimbabwe’s plastic waste into powerful tapestries
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Conflict Ecology
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11 Jun 26
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The Geospatial research studio who is using radar technology to reveal the hidden impact of conflict.
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Joy through resistance
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11 Jun 26
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Yinka Ilori’s latest exhibition showcases his deeper roots of joy
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Sound and Light Soother
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5 Jun 26
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Motorola’s S1 Soother Brings Emotional Design to the Nursery
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A Bracelet That Translates Sign Language
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5 Jun 26
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Nura’s bracelet design wins the 2026 Rimowa Design Prize
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Wave Energy
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28 May 26
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Spanish engineering company IDOM launches MARMOK-A-5, a floating wave energy converter.
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Freeway Park
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28 May 26
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Designed by HKS and SWA, Halperin Park is a “cap park” built over a 14 lane freeway to repair social fabric.
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As Seen Below
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21 May 26
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James Turrell’s new Skyspace Opens at ARoS in June 2026
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Floating Futures
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19 May 26
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Studio Malu explores a new relationship between food, climate and territory
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Spiritual District
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15 May 26
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Stefano Boeri Architetti, the project reimagines the monastery as a civic space.
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Microplastic capturing Algae
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15 May 26
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Scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a genetically engineered algae capable of removing microplastics from polluted water.
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Communal Spirit
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8 May 26
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Kéré Architecture’s first built work in South America
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Climate Tech Map
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8 May 26
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The new Climate Tech Map by Pentagram, led by Giorgia Lupi,
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Paper Log
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24 Apr 26
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Issey Miyake’s experimental paper furniture
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Playrise
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24 Apr 26
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Designing Play for Displaced Children
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Make-roscope
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16 Apr 26
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A keychain microscope aiming to democratise access to STEM education.
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DuoBell by Škoda
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14 Apr 26
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Redesigning a Century-Old Object for a New Urban Reality.
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Disappearing Sounds
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9 Apr 26
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Designer and Design Indaba Alumnus Olafur Elisasson unveils A Symphony of Disappearing Sounds for the Great Salt Lake City
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EX ASTRA
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27 Mar 23
This set of woodcut prints celebrates the months of the year.
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The art bias
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27 Mar 23
The aim of this Bangalore museum collection is to reframe ideas of Indian art.
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Wayfinder
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27 Mar 23
For 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kamil Adam Hassim, nature is the ultimate inspiration.
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Printed pavilion
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27 Mar 23
This climate-adaptable pavilion is 3D-printed from recycled plastic.
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