Design News

Decolonising architecture

Design News • 27 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

The Applied Arts pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale explores the colonial roots and evolution of Tropical Modernist architecture. >
20/23 vision

Design News • 19 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

Apple introduces a new era of spatial computing with its ‘mixed reality’ headset. >
Rhythm and hues

Design News • 19 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

The new Philharmonie Luxembourg logo responds to music. >
Digital muse

Design News • 9 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

Ballet production Fusion pushes the boundaries of art and technology. >
Petal power

Design News • 9 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

Snøhetta’s redesign of the Blanton Museum of Art in Texas includes lily-like canopies. >
Synth wave

Design News • 9 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

Yuri Suzuki has created a web experience celebrating the legendary Moog synthesiser. >
Fairest of them all

Design News • 5 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

The first edition of a Johannesburg art fair dazzled visitors with local and international artworks. >
Sky mountain

Design News • 5 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

A coastal pavilion in China echoes the sky, the hills and the ocean. >
Water wings

Design News • 5 Jun 23 • Sponsored Content

This luxurious vessel takes emission-free transport from the road to the water. >
Architects in Venice

Design News • 29 May 23 • Sponsored Content

The pavilions defining the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. >
Counting sheep

Design News • 29 May 23 • Sponsored Content

This exhibition shows how wool is more than just a raw material. >
The hills are alive

Design News • 29 May 23 • Sponsored Content

This winery building forges a symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature. >
Pretty in pink

Design News • 22 May 23 • Sponsored Content

A 7,6-metre-tall fluorescent tree decorates New York’s High Line. >
Dreams come true

Design News • 22 May 23 • Sponsored Content

Adjaye Associates transformed a former ice warehouse in Harlem into a public school. >
House of memories

Design News • 12 May 23 • Sponsored Content

A memorial dedicated to earthquake victims traces the natural paths on a hill. >
To-do list

Design News • 12 May 23 • Sponsored Content

Ayse Birsel’s latest book guides readers in designing their own long, happy lives. >
Bathroom break

Design News • 12 May 23 • Sponsored Content

Tom Dixon collaborates with Cosentino on a bold new vision for bathrooms. >
Around the world

Design News • 8 May 23 • Sponsored Content

Thirteen design startups were chosen for their innovative strategies for building a more circular society. >
Rock of ages

Design News • 8 May 23 • Sponsored Content

This combined research and exhibition space invites exploration and discovery. >
The New Medium

Design News • 8 May 23 • Sponsored Content

The first fine-art physical NFT gallery in South Africa opens in Johannesburg. >
Tomorrow's designs today

Design News • 2 May 23 • Sponsored Content

Four up-and-coming designers have made their ambitious designs a reality. >
For stories

Design News • 2 May 23 • Sponsored Content

This spiral building serves as a public exhibition and reading area. >
Limited edition

Design News • 24 Apr 23 • Sponsored Content

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives showcased their collections at South African Fashion Week 2023. >
Heads up

Design News • 24 Apr 23 • Sponsored Content

William Kentridge's The Head & The Load comes to the African continent for the first time. >

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From the Archives

Design for Human Rights

Design News • 13 Mar 23

In honour of Human Rights Day on 21 March, we take a look at human-centred innovations from South Africa. >
To the world

Q&A • 13 Mar 23

Sumayya Vally is shaping and shifting architectural discourses for the future. >
Something fishy

Design News • 13 Mar 23

This floating pavilion, which resembles a fish eye, is dedicated to sustainable fishing. >
Full of beans

Design Frontiers • 13 Mar 23

Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture lies ‘squashed’ under a high-rise building. >