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Ringing the changes
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10 Oct 22
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The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896
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Architecture’s best
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10 Oct 22
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022)
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Tapping in
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3 Oct 22
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Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater.
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On the seashore
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3 Oct 22
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A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam.
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London Calling
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3 Oct 22
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The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
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High Tide
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26 Sep 22
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SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean.
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Memento Mori
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26 Sep 22
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Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.
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On the dot
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26 Sep 22
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Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.
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Living Space
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19 Sep 22
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Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.
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The language of plants
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18 Sep 22
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The 23rd Triennale Milano features a futuristic greenhouse where visitors can experience plants' reactions to their surroundings
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
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Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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9 Sep 22
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New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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9 Sep 22
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Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!
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7 Sep 22
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Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!
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Food is medicine
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5 Sep 22
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New York-based artist Chiizii’s ‘Nni Bu Ogwu’ archival collection examines pre- and post-colonial Igbo dietary practices.
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Play ball
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5 Sep 22
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The eye-catching Taipei Performing Arts Center was designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
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Contemporary commute
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28 Aug 22
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Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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Raise your glass
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28 Aug 22
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Berlin-based design studio Studio Other Spaces unveiled their kaleidoscopic wine-tasting pavilion in early August
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Most Valuable Player
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28 Aug 22
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Adidas collaborated with South African luxury fashion designer and LVMH prize winner Thebe Magugu to create a multi-use sports collection
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Dripping with hope
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23 Aug 22
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A Tunisian startup has designed a machine that can create drinkable water from thin air
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Groundwork
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23 Aug 22
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Madikwe-based lodge Molori Safari collaborated with South African artists to turn their masterpieces into designer rugs
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Community living
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16 Aug 22
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Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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Star quality
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16 Aug 22
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Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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Mr Sandman
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16 Aug 22
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Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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Pavilions on a pedestal
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Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
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The sound of silence
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17 Apr 22
Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
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A virtual leap for the lab
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17 Apr 22
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
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Art across time
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17 Apr 22
Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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