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Head above water
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24 Oct 22
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Kenyaa Mzee’s latest visual collection is exhibiting at Youngblood Gallery, Cape Town in October.
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Parking off
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24 Oct 22
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Design Indaba, Beefeater Gin and I Love The Dough collaborated on turning a pavement into a community-minded parklet.
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Modern classics
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24 Oct 22
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Iconic furniture design studio Herman Miller collaborated with Danish design brand HAY on a collection that reimagines the classic Eames collection.
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Come home again
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17 Oct 22
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British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species.
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Tulip fever
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17 Oct 22
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The biggest design event in Northern Europe is taking place in Eindhoven between 22 and 30 October 2022.
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Babe in arms
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17 Oct 22
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Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition.
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Creative business
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10 Oct 22
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Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator.
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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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It's HERE! #DI2020 speaker programme announced
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21 Feb 20
Come experience the magic! Here’s your 3-Day programme for the 2020 Design Indaba Conference.
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Measurable impact | Robert Wong explores humanity’s possible futures at Google
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4 Feb 20
Chief creative officer of Google Creative Lab, Robert Wong spoke at Design Indaba 2020.
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The Most Beautiful Object in South Africa
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3 Feb 20
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Exploring the connection between aromas and our memory
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6 Dec 19
“It’s really important for us to make emotion that could differentiate smell in how something makes you feel when you smell it.”
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