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Blanket statement
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2 Apr 24
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New exhibition in Cape Town explores 160 years’ of history.
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Second act
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2 Apr 24
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Old saris get a new life in a powerhouse collaboration.
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Ancient wonders
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2 Apr 24
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The new home of Egyptian treasures will open in 2024
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Sporting goods
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26 Mar 24
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Wolff Olins refreshes one of the world’s biggest names in sports.
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The White Tower
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26 Mar 24
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Construction has begun on the tallest 3D-printed building in the world.
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Snake charmer
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18 Mar 24
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Rich Mnisi explores the duality of nature in his latest exhibition of collectible design.
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Building social bonds
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18 Mar 24
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Riken Yamamoto is the 53rd Pritzker Prize laureate.
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Tree of Life
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18 Mar 24
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Michael Chandler’s hand-painted ceramic mural fronts an international store.
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Parks and recreation
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14 Mar 24
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Urban parks bring nature to cities.
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Wishes for peace
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14 Mar 24
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Yoko Ono’s instructional pieces invite viewers to involve themselves in her exhibition.
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Turn over a new leaf
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5 Mar 24
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The Beijing City Library reinstates the relevance of the library in the digital age.
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Art that captivates the present and the future
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5 Mar 24
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Boemo Diale is the latest recipient of the Tomorrows/Today Prize for emerging artists.
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C(hair)
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5 Mar 24
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The Patewo Chair is inspired by the intricate beauty of the Patewo hairstyle.
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Need for speed
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28 Feb 24
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A new book tracks South African auto-designer Keith Helfet’s career in design.
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Prize-winning portal
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28 Feb 24
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Amina Agueznay is the winner of the 2024 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize.
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Pain phone
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28 Feb 24
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The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
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The shoulders of giants
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22 Feb 24
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A monumental retrospective tracks Esther Mahlangu’s lifelong pursuit of the arts.
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Fabric of the future
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22 Feb 24
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Biofluff’s Savian is the ‘world’s first plant-based fur’.
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Building bridges
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13 Feb 24
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This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks.
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Unravelled
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13 Feb 24
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Textile artworks from the 1960s to today challenge structures of power.
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Sideways skyscraper
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13 Feb 24
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The Link in the UAE is the world’s longest cantilever.
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Stand by me
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6 Feb 24
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A Segway-style ‘invisible’ wheelchair.
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Ancestral threads
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6 Feb 24
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Hakopike’s new solo exhibition expresses the artist’s vivid visions of ancestry.
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Reinventing the wheel
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6 Feb 24
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The first spokeless Ferris wheel will also be the second-tallest in the world.
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A march through time
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London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London
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Rhythm and hues
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1 Aug 22
Tobias Bolliger of Studio Bollo turns typefaces into distorted patterns that resemble rhythmic beats
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Building sustainability
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1 Aug 22
Coburg University Master’s students designed a tiny house made entirely of renewable materials that adopts cradle-to-cradle principles
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Master of arts
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1 Aug 22
Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Sizani Baloyi already has impressive industry notches in his belt
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