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Timeless timber
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Architecture & Interiors
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion designer.
5 Dec 22
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Tickled pink
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alum Morag Myerscough has transformed a courtyard at Sheffield Children's Hospital into a kaleidoscope of colour.
5 Dec 22
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Practical science
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Creative Economy
The VIZIUM Science and Innovation Centre in Latvia was designed by Audrius Ambrasas Architects as a merging of landscape and architecture.
5 Dec 22
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My, oh, Miami!
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Product Design
The 18th edition of Design Miami is taking place between 30 November and 4 December 2022.
28 Nov 22
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Fashion forward
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African Design
Ten local designers and brands were awarded for their sustainability practices at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022.
28 Nov 22
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Necessity is the mother of invention
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Product Design
Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter win the 2022 James Dyson Award for SmartHEAL.
28 Nov 22
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Power up
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Architecture & Interiors
Lift 109, the latest revamped feature of Battersea Power Station, opened to the public earlier in November.
28 Nov 22
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Carbon neutral
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Architecture & Interiors
A short film about carbon-absorbing buildings premiered at the UN’s Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt.
21 Nov 22
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Tracking changes
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Architecture & Interiors
The world-famous train known as the Orient Express is getting a nostalgia-inspired makeover.
21 Nov 22
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The language of precarity
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Craft
Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London.
21 Nov 22
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Arabian dreams
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Graphic Design & Illustration
The largest creative festival in the Middle East took place between 8 – 13 November 2022.
21 Nov 22
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African consciousness illuminated
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Craft
A dynamic new exhibition probes the way black culture wishes to represent itself.
14 Nov 22
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Pointed Polish giant
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Architecture & Interiors
A new landmark is drawing pedestrians’ gazes in Poland’s capital city.
14 Nov 22
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Colour as word-free language
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African Design
Over two years in the making, an expansive project commissioned by Google Arts & Culture and conceived by Design Indaba plots the immense creativity of Africa.
14 Nov 22
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Cable me home
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Design Thinking
Future city transport looks personalised, clean and intelligent.
14 Nov 22
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Art-itecture
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African Design
A Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022, Noxolo Thando Masuku is navigating the symbiotic relationship between art and architecture.
7 Nov 22
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Land on Water
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Architecture & Interiors
As interest in building on water grows, MAST has come up with a flatpack modular system that will allow for floating homes.
7 Nov 22
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Filling in the gaps
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Film & Animation
Studio DRIFT employs drones to vividly reimagine history’s architectural masterpieces.
7 Nov 22
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Telling stories through colour
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba partners with Google to showcase the continent's creatives through "Colours of Africa".
3 Nov 22
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Hands-on
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Craft
“The Seeing Hands” by Katie Schwab is a large-scale interactive exhibition that invites tactile engagement by kids.
31 Oct 22
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Read all about it
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Architecture & Interiors
The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner.
31 Oct 22
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Pretty ugly
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Art & Photography
Georgina Gratrix’s new exhibition converses with Irma Stern’s artworks at the iconic painter’s former home.
31 Oct 22
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Building blocks
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Design Thinking
Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Lehlogonolo Carol Khaas has been passionate about architecture since an early age.
31 Oct 22
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Hopeful romantic
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Blurring disciplinary boundaries, Cape Town-based creative Mikhailia Petersen builds intricate narratives in her photo series.
24 Oct 22
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