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Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years
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7 Jun 21
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Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era.
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Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH
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31 May 21
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Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design.
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In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe
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31 May 21
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Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’
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#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail
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31 May 21
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The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.
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Every day is Africa Day
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26 May 21
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Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity
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The Handmade's Tale
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26 May 21
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Honouring the beauty of the handmade.
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Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen
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24 May 21
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A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.
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#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide
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24 May 21
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The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area.
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CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike
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24 May 21
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Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching.
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EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony
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24 May 21
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A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing.
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MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community
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17 May 21
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Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show.
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With 19 Chairs, Art and Charity Collide in a Celebration of Seating by a Range of #DI Speakers
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17 May 21
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19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction.
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York
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17 May 21
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Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating.
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Art Beyond Boundaries
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13 May 21
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These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. .
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Graphic Content Ahead!
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13 May 21
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Designing for Life.
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A Symbiotic Work in Partnership with Biology, #DI Speaker Olafur Eliasson’s Life lets Nature Take its Course
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13 May 21
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Showing at Fondation Beyeler, Olafur Eliasson’s new installation dissolves the boundaries between nature and art.
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With Afrowaste, Nigerian Designer Dimeji Ilori turns Discarded Clothes into One-Of-A-Kind Treasures
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7 May 21
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Afrowaste is a fashion mash-up that blends old and new, Western and African.
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The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library by Sir David Adjaye will form a Nexus of African Discourse and Excellence in Johannesburg
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7 May 21
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DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye’s new design reveals a space dedicated to the African Renaissance.
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Waterlight Converts Water into Energy with its Innovative Seawater-Powered Lamp
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3 May 21
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An innovation designed to serve communities with no access to electricity, WaterLight makes use of an available natural resource.
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A Home 3D-Printed Out of Earth? Mario Cucinella Architects Teams Up with WASP to Create TECLA
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3 May 21
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Ancient earth and 21st century technology come together as housing for the future.
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Can Face Masks Be Fashionable? Should They Be? Kat Van Duinen Contemplates These Pandemic-Born Questions
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3 May 21
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Cape Town-based fashion designer Kat van Duinen tailors a sartorial response to the pandemic.
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Cabin Fever: Moriko and Living in Nature Inspire with Myriad Ways to Interpret Low-Key Country Living
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3 May 21
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Moriko Cabins are prompted by the need to connect with nature.
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Inspiring Spaces
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30 Apr 21
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The sweet spot where form meets function.
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Yinka Ilori’s New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs
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26 Apr 21
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Design Indaba Speaker Yinka Ilori’s bright and colourful new homeware incorporates his signature motifs.
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Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé
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Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
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