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#DI Alumnus Snøhetta takes Green Building One Step further by Developing Sustainable Concrete
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Norwegian studio Snøhetta’s pioneering new forms of concrete will change the urban landscape for the better.
14 Jun 21
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#DI Speaker Sir David Adjaye Showcases his Sculpture alongside Painting by Adam Pendleton
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Art & Photography
Pace Gallery’s dynamic two-person show explores identity and language.
14 Jun 21
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#DI Speaker Bjarke Ingels’ O-Tower Combines Architectural Prowess and Cutting-Edge Sustainability
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Architecture & Interiors
This future landmark by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) embodies design elegance and innovative technology.
14 Jun 21
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South African Firm Counterspace’s Much-Anticipated Serpentine Pavilion Finally Opens to the Public
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Architecture & Interiors
Postponed to 2021, Counterspace’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion celebrates places of meeting.
14 Jun 21
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Get design’s latest: Louvre’s 1st female leader, PoAD opens, & Heatherwick floats Little Island…
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Urban & Landscape Design
Innovation, engagement, and leadership are our watchwords this week.
10 Jun 21
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Souped Up Salone – Milano’s Innovative Response to a Year without its Furniture Fair
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Urban & Landscape Design
Salone del Mobile announces the ‘Supersalone’ for September 2021.
7 Jun 21
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All the news from Biennale Architettura, NIROX, and more!
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Urban & Landscape Design
A Better Built Environment
7 Jun 21
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#DI Speaker Thomas Heatherwick Creates Two Acres of Public Park above New York’s Hudson River
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Urban & Landscape Design
Little Island is an innovative space encouraging biodiversity, performance and public engagement
7 Jun 21
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#DI Global Graduate Ini Archibong Launches Travelling Pavilion at London Design Biennale, Directed by #DI Speaker Es Devlin
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Architecture & Interiors
Pavilion of the African Diaspora is a travelling installation in three phases.
7 Jun 21
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Curating a New Future – the Louvre gets its First Female Leader in 228 Years
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Laurence des Cars, new director of the Louvre, plans to take it into a new era.
7 Jun 21
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MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale
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Art & Photography
Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution.
31 May 21
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Designer Agnieszka Białek’s Enclaves on Vistula River is a Peaceful but Engaging Alternative to WFH
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Urban & Landscape Design
Organically inspired, but using high-tech techniques, Enclaves is a new co-working design.
31 May 21
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In its 17th iteration, the Venice Architecture Biennale Includes 112 Participants from Around the Globe
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Architecture & Interiors
Building a better world – the Biennale Architettura answers, ‘how will we live together?’
31 May 21
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#DI Alumni to Bring the Mother City to Life on Inaugural Cape Town Design Trail
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The Cape Town Design Trail lays out a route of the city’s best and brightest.
31 May 21
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Every day is Africa Day
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Africa’s Standout Creatives Highlight the Continent’s Creativity
26 May 21
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The Handmade's Tale
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Honouring the beauty of the handmade.
26 May 21
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Nendo’s Oki Sato’s N02 Chair Embodies the Future-Forward Ethos of Fritz Hansen
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A “Japandi” triumph, the Fritz Hansen N02 is made of recycled household waste.
24 May 21
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#DI Speaker Hanif Kara’s Latest London Project, The Tide
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Tide, a feat of engineering, architecture, and art, transforms an industrial area.
24 May 21
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CAKE Electric Motorcycles joins Forces with Sustainability Partners to Produce an Anti-Poaching Bike
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Product Design
Innovation and collaboration come together to combat poaching.
24 May 21
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EFFEKT Designs a Community where Trees and Houses Live in Harmony
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Urban & Landscape Design
A progressive Nature Village in Denmark proposes a new approach to housing.
24 May 21
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MBOISA-Nominee Igshaan Adams’ New Body of Work Maps the Histories of his Community
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Art & Photography
Bridging past, present and future, Igshaan Adams weaves narratives into his Veld Wen show.
17 May 21
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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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19 Chairs challenges design stars to create one-of-a-kind custom chairs for COVID-19 charity auction.
17 May 21
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Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Andile Dyalvane Mounts 2nd Ceramics Solo Show in New York
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Ceramicist Andile Dyalvane’s iThongo communes with the ancestors via symbolic seating.
17 May 21
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Art Beyond Boundaries
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These Young Artists are Drawing on Myriad Tools to Make Magic. .
13 May 21
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Swedish clinic designed with the country's refugee population in mind
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Rejecting the traditional strict clean lines typical of medical centers, the design team explored the concept of a bright facade with an unusual 3D effect.
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Journalists are fighting censorship using streaming sites like Spotify and Deezer
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The Uncensored Playlist uses a streaming loophole to get censored news to the public in repressed countries.
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On transforming diarrhoea treatment in Zambia with a simple solution
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The award-winning innovator, Simon Berry says he hopes in the next ten years there won’t be a need for ColaLife to exist.
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LEGO is rolling out its first plant-based plastic blocks
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The popular toy brand is making vast strides towards a more sustainable future.
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