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#DI Emerging Creative Chifunilo Mulusa talks to #DI on giving back & African luxury

A timeless aesthetic is Milan-trained Chifunilo Mulusa’s design foundation >
Exploring Woven Cosmos, Kenyan biophilia, music’s mavericks, & our newest multimedia-ists

New worlds >
We interview #DI Emerging Creative Alizwa Mnyatheli on her otherworldly art

Self-taught artist Alizwa Mnyatheli’s work poetically explores various mediums. >
Discover how #DI Emerging Creative Nhlakanipho Mashinini explores difficult subject matter in our exclusive interview with the young digital artist

As a way to make sense of chaos, Nhlakanipho Mashinini layers different artistic techniques. >
Why KoolKiel’s cool, Kenya’s new CAMO-flage, proud LGBTQIA+ garb, & more!

A shot of Expression >
Denouncing plastic, hair as art, African spirituality & the Bouroullec Brothers’s latest…

Design for people, by people. >
Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary

We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion. >
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography

#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft >
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art

Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart. >
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art

Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices. >
Reframing specs, a sustainable high-speed train, and adaptable materials

Seeing into the future. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios

Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet. >
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: Having drawn since childhood, Robert Mapomane now hopes to compete on a global stage

Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme. >
All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!

A Better Built Environment >
MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale

Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution. >
#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail

The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest. >
Every day is Africa Day

Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity >
The Handmade's Tale

Honouring the beauty of the handmade. >
CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike

Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching. >
Art Beyond Boundaries

These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. . >
Graphic Content Ahead!

Designing for Life. >
Communicating with the Ancestors: Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative and MBOISA Nominee Thebe Magugu Draws on African Spirituality for his Alchemy AW21 Collection

Acclaimed fashion designer Thebe Magugu’s AW21 garments, campaign and short film explore African spirituality and global textile traditions. >
We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection

A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent. >
The Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library by Sir David Adjaye will form a Nexus of African Discourse and Excellence in Johannesburg

DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye’s new design reveals a space dedicated to the African Renaissance. >

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