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The Bridge House
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Architecture & Interiors
An inhabitable bridge by Wallmakers
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Hypershell
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Interaction Design
The wearable aiming to redefine human mobility
19 Nov 25
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Architecture for Trees
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Architecture & Interiors
Earthen, 3D printed architecture for young trees
18 Nov 25
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The Less Awkward Project
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Design Thinking
An innovative approach to designing confident childhoods
14 Nov 25
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OnCue
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Interaction Design
An assistive keyboard to help people living with Parkinson’s type.
14 Nov 25
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A HomeMore Project
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Design Activism
San Francisco based The HomeMore Project develops a shelter aid for homeless individuals
14 Nov 25
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Distant Family Dinner
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Art & Photography
A performative dining experience exploring connection and distance
7 Nov 25
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David Rubenstein Treehouse
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Architecture & Interiors
Studio Gang’s mass timber conference centre redefines Harvard’s campus architecture
7 Nov 25
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Project Amplify
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Product Design
Nike in partnership with Dephy shapes the future of movement with their Amplify project.
5 Nov 25
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Love Letter to the Subway
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Design Thinking
Giorgia Lupi in partnership with MTA and Design have transformed the Fulton Centre into a tribute to the subway system.
24 Oct 25
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Mother Vérité
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Design Thinking
A monument to motherhood and the “everywoman”
24 Oct 25
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Natural Movement
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Award finalist revolutionising Mobility: SOLE¹ is an AI powered, soft robotic wearable to improve motion.
24 Oct 25
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Impulse Purchase
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Information Design
OK Go turns a music video into an open-source playground for design and animation
17 Oct 25
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A Grand Gesture
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Information Design
“Dear New York” Transforms Grand Central into a sweeping art installation.
17 Oct 25
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Urify
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Information Design
Ambient health screening by Yidan Xu shortlisted for the James Dyson Awards 2025.
17 Oct 25
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Ocean Bonds
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Design Activism
Designing finance for the planet, Bonds for Ocean Conservation reimagines debt as a tool for conservation.
9 Oct 25
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Upcycled Tower
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Architecture & Interiors
Quay Quarter Tower, The World’s First Upcycled Skyscraper
9 Oct 25
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Care-wear
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Coperni pushes the fashion boundary with new line of regenerative wear.
9 Oct 25
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Radically Human
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Architecture & Interiors
Thomas Heatherwick, director of the 2025 Seoul Architecture Biennale sets a provocative mission: make cities radically human.
3 Oct 25
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Lensare, wearable for harmful light stimuli
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Product Design
Student designed wearable for harmful light stimuli
3 Oct 25
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Rahmah Library
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Design Activism
Designed by The MAAK with support from the Rotary Club of Newlands and the Otto Foundation, the library serves 500 learners in District Six, Cape Town.
3 Oct 25
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Baghdad Sustainable Forests
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Architecture & Interiors
A Master Plan for Urban Renewal & Ecology
25 Sep 25
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ZHA’s Marine Habitats
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Architecture & Interiors
Unveiled at the World Design Congress 2025, Nereid by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
25 Sep 25
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Transparent Happiness
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Architecture & Interiors
Yinka Ilori Designs for Public Joy
25 Sep 25
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Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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Mr Sandman
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Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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