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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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Breathing Walls
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20 Feb 26
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LilyPad creates a new Generation of “Active Walls” with its humidity regulating paint
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Linear Park
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20 Feb 26
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A vibrant elevated oasis designed Natureza Urbana
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Plant-Powered Leather
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20 Feb 26
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London-based cleantech start-up develops proprietary bio-based leather-like material
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Moonshot
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6 Feb 26
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Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) explore space travel with designs for first Moon Base and Hotel
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A Chapel of Sound
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6 Feb 26
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Cappella del Suono, architecture that sings with the wind
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Library of Us
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30 Jan 26
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Es Devlin opens Library of Us at Miami Art Week
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Revoice
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29 Jan 26
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University of Cambridge have developed a wearable device that could help people regain the ability to communicate naturally following a stroke.
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Juna - tropical architecture
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29 Jan 26
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Pablo Luna Studio’s Juna Ubud Restaurant fuses architectural design with tropical climate strategy.
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Bracesys
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29 Jan 26
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Osteoid Health are redesigning orthopaedic care with foldable, customizable support
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Wind of Change
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23 Jan 26
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Dutch Duo DRIFT Transforms Jubail Island with a Wind of Change
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Pitch, please
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30 Jan 23
Zaha Hadid Architects created a structure that offers safe, versatile and sustainable spaces for refugees.
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Typing it up
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30 Jan 23
Design Indaba alum Paul Sahre’s typing has been nominated for a Grammy.
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Cunning stunts
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30 Jan 23
South African artist Frank van Reenen’s latest solo exhibition explores human folly.
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