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The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show offers a glimpse into the future of technology.
23 Jan 24
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2030 vision
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IKEA uses artificial intelligence to visualise how humans will be living in 2030.
23 Jan 24
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Meet the makers
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative Jessie Zinn highlights South African fashion icons in a new video series.
22 Jan 24
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Take a look at five of the most-anticipated buildings set for completion in 2024.
15 Jan 24
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‘Sidewalks to See’ helps the visually impaired to navigate city streets.
15 Jan 24
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Interaction Design
Light installations play among natural vistas in Abu Dhabi.
15 Jan 24
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The worm turns
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Edel Rodriguez illustrates his own life for the first time.
9 Jan 24
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Peachy keen
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Peach Fuzz is the Pantone Colour of the Year for 2024.
9 Jan 24
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Spiritual sanctuary
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Architecture & Interiors
A modern mosque is inspired by traditional architecture
9 Jan 24
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Great Yes, Great No
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Graphic Design & Illustration
New William Kentridge drawings and sculptures on show in Cape Town
13 Dec 23
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Design in motion
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Product Design
A wearable sleeve helps those with neuromuscular diagnoses gain mobility.
13 Dec 23
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Best of the best
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The 2023 World Architecture Festival winners have been announced.
13 Dec 23
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City in a city
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Design Thinking
This redesigned Tokyo district is a modern urban village.
4 Dec 23
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Not just another brick in the wall
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Striking murals across Cape Town ask viewers to consider the ocean.
4 Dec 23
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Lasting impressions
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Thando Ntuli of MUNKUS takes home the top prize at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023.
4 Dec 23
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Outside the box
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Architecture & Interiors
Tadao Ando’s first Australian structure, MP10, is topped with a giant aluminium disc.
28 Nov 23
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Eye of the beholder
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Art & Photography
Zeitz MOCAA ushers in the summer season with two new lens-based exhibitions.
28 Nov 23
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Defining tomorrow
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Design Thinking
The 2023 James Dyson Award winners have been announced.
28 Nov 23
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Down to earth
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Design Thinking
An immersive exhibition five metres underground opens in the Western Cape
24 Nov 23
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Tied together
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Design Thinking
From headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation is a cry for gender equality in Iran.
24 Nov 23
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Caring home
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A daycare centre in Japan plays a unique community role.
23 Nov 23
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Bodily exchange
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Product Design
This store makes consumers rethink the concept of ‘product’.
16 Nov 23
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Pyramid scheme
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African Design
The third annual Art D'Égypte exhibition sets contemporary art against the pyramids.
16 Nov 23
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Talent show
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi has won a prestigious international fashion prize.
16 Nov 23
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The new frontiers in health
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The children and education design of the future
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23 Nov 20
Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson
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19 Nov 20
Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.
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Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions
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19 Nov 20
Yinka Ilori explores how seating systems shape human interactions with his A Trifle of Colour project.
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