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Babe in arms

Design News > Design Thinking

Ogilvy Africa, RotoTanks and the Ministry of Health Kenya partnered on a project aimed at educating young mothers to prevent malnutrition.

17 Oct 22
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Dressed to the nines

Q&A > African Design

SAFW award-winning menswear designer Samkelo Boyde Xaba is a Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022.

17 Oct 22
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Creative business

Design News > African Design

Multidisciplinary artist Nene Mahlangu is the 2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative programme curator.

10 Oct 22
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Ringing the changes

Design News > Craft

The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896

10 Oct 22
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Into the woods

Q&A > Craft

The pandemic inspired UK-based artist Oliver Chalk’s move from creating fabric installations to sculpting wood

10 Oct 22
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Architecture’s best

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the six winners of its 15th award cycle (2020-2022)

10 Oct 22
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Tapping in

Design News > Design Activism

Austrian industrial design company Salz tackles water heating in emerging markets with a solar water heater.

3 Oct 22
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A woven story

Q&A > African Design

2022 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Leila Walter used a life-changing experience in India as inspiration for her own weaving studio.

3 Oct 22
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On the seashore

Design News > Design Thinking

A collaborative design from Barcode Architects and the Bjarke Ingels Group, the Sluishuis residential building slants over the water in Amsterdam.

3 Oct 22
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London Calling

Design News > Design Thinking

The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.

3 Oct 22
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High Tide

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

SeaPods, the latest innovation from Ocean Builders, imagines a living space that floats in the middle of the ocean.

26 Sep 22
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Sitting pretty

Q&A > Craft

The creative director of furniture brand Bōpa Mmuso, Lindiwe Gugushe is a young creative in pursuit of design in all its forms.

26 Sep 22
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Memento Mori

Design News > Art & Photography

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei unveiled his first glass sculpture exhibition at Venice’s Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore.

26 Sep 22
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On the dot

Design News > Design Activism

Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.

26 Sep 22
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Living Space

Design News > Architecture & Interiors

Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.

19 Sep 22
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Veni, vidi, vici

Q&A > Design Thinking

Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall

18 Sep 22
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Steel Works

Q&A > Architecture & Interiors

Johannesburg-based interior architect Daniella Kilpatrick designs steel furniture that marries form and function

18 Sep 22
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The language of plants

Design News > Urban & Landscape Design

The 23rd Triennale Milano features a futuristic greenhouse where visitors can experience plants' reactions to their surroundings

18 Sep 22
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Golden touch

Q&A > Art & Photography

Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022

9 Sep 22
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Dokter’s orders

Design News > Product Design

Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.

9 Sep 22
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The anatomy of art

Design News > Product Design

New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items

9 Sep 22
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‘A’ Okay

Design News > Design Thinking

Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.

9 Sep 22
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The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!

Design News > Product Design

Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!

7 Sep 22
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Less is more

Q&A > Graphic Design & Illustration

Johannesburg-based illustrator and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022, Naomi Zwane believes that portraits have power.

6 Sep 22

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