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No man is an island
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29 Jan 24
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The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion architect has been announced.
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Tech trends
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23 Jan 24
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The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show offers a glimpse into the future of technology.
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2030 vision
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23 Jan 24
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IKEA uses artificial intelligence to visualise how humans will be living in 2030.
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Meet the makers
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22 Jan 24
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative Jessie Zinn highlights South African fashion icons in a new video series.
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Architectural anticipation
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15 Jan 24
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Take a look at five of the most-anticipated buildings set for completion in 2024.
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Sight walks
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15 Jan 24
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‘Sidewalks to See’ helps the visually impaired to navigate city streets.
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Lights up
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15 Jan 24
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Light installations play among natural vistas in Abu Dhabi.
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The worm turns
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9 Jan 24
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Edel Rodriguez illustrates his own life for the first time.
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Peachy keen
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9 Jan 24
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Peach Fuzz is the Pantone Colour of the Year for 2024.
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Spiritual sanctuary
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9 Jan 24
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A modern mosque is inspired by traditional architecture
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Great Yes, Great No
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13 Dec 23
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New William Kentridge drawings and sculptures on show in Cape Town
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Design in motion
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13 Dec 23
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A wearable sleeve helps those with neuromuscular diagnoses gain mobility.
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Best of the best
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13 Dec 23
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The 2023 World Architecture Festival winners have been announced.
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City in a city
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4 Dec 23
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This redesigned Tokyo district is a modern urban village.
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Not just another brick in the wall
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4 Dec 23
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Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean.
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Lasting impressions
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4 Dec 23
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Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS takes home the top prize at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023.
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Outside the box
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28 Nov 23
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Tadao Ando’s first Australian structure, MP10, is topped with a giant aluminium disc.
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Eye of the beholder
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28 Nov 23
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Zeitz MOCAA ushers in the summer season with two new lens-based exhibitions.
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Defining tomorrow
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28 Nov 23
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The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced.
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Down to earth
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24 Nov 23
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An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape
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Tied together
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24 Nov 23
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From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran.
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Caring home
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23 Nov 23
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A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role.
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Bodily exchange
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16 Nov 23
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This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
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Pyramid scheme
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16 Nov 23
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The third annual Art D'Égypte exhibition sets contemporary art against the pyramids.
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Yinka Ilori’s New 20-Piece Homeware Collection Merges African and English Customs
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Design Indaba Speaker Yinka Ilori’s bright and colourful new homeware incorporates his signature motifs.
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Sweden’s Onmateria Imagines a Future for the Hotel Industry hat’s Lighter on the Planet
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26 Apr 21
Green Box – an innovative biodegradable system of hotel amenities.
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The Ideal City – A Crowd-Sourced Recipe for Building the Cities of the Future
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26 Apr 21
SPACE10 and gestalten’s new book release asks experts how to create better cities.
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Neri Oxman’s Silk Pavilion II Turns Metamorphosis into Art
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Built by silkworms – a cross-species collaboration.
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