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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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Body Blocks
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8 Apr 26
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Davina Atallah’s House Humbaba Wooden playset for inclusive play
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Wasteland Nomad
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27 Mar 26
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Designer Yizhuo Guo’s Wasteland Nomad project aids ecological restoration
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Untitled
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27 Mar 26
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A creative app for music production
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Blue Highways
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20 Mar 26
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New York City has launched Blue Highways, an initiative to rethink urban freight by using waterways to move goods more efficiently.
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Cover Game On
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20 Mar 26
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Red Bull’s GamePop have released a playable magazine cover for the publication’s latest issue.
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Blooming Temple
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13 Mar 26
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Artist James Gwertzman designs ‘Temple of Moon’, Burning Man 2026’s Pavilion
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Ambessa Play’s STEM Light
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26 Feb 26
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Pentagram partner Jon Marshall partners with Ambessa Play to design a DIY flashlight kit to promote STEM learning
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Reflections of a City
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25 Feb 26
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Snøhetta designs a Metro station with a 360-degree view of the city.
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Rethinking Rituals of Remembrance
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24 Feb 26
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Urna, a poetic design intervention commissioned by the Arts Council Malta
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Announcing Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives Class of 2023
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27 Feb 23
Hot talent to watch – 20 rising stars are the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creatives.
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Fossil fuels
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27 Feb 23
An enormous hanging sculpture is made up of the amount of coal needed to power a lightbulb for a year.
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To the streets
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27 Feb 23
Street artists participating in an international art festival ask ‘What if?’ in large-scale murals across Cape Town.
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Black and white
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27 Feb 23
The new edition of Ernest Cole’s monumental photobook documenting the injustices of apartheid includes previously unseen material.
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