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Rebuilding Kharkiv
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Urban & Landscape Design
British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up
16 May 22
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Bioplastic fantastic
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Product Design
Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS
16 May 22
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Ghana’s national pavilion
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Urban & Landscape Design
How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale
8 May 22
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Liberian centre celebrates women
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Architecture & Interiors
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has partnered with leading African architects
8 May 22
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Smooth operator
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Music & Sound Design
Lundi Mlonyeni, aka Dave Monday, is a muso with a mission
8 May 22
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Changing the narrative
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Art & Photography
Naba AboLova and actor Bonko Khoza bring hope to unemployed township youth
8 May 22
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At (type)face value
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Graphic Design & Illustration
British author Simon Garfield’s classic publication, ‘Just My Type’, turns us all into fervent font-spotters
8 May 22
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Time flies
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Product Design
Design Indaba alumnus Neil Harbisson is ready to live Einstein’s theory of relativity with the help of a new wing-shaped sense organ
1 May 22
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Skyfall
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Urban & Landscape Design
A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower
1 May 22
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The multipotentialite side of life
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Nuraan Khan wants to make beautiful, functional design accessible to everyone
1 May 22
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Where science and fiction meet
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Product Design
Kuang-Yi Ku, a former dentist turned speculative designer and artist, explores a fictional future where termites and humans live in harmony
1 May 22
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Frugal science
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Product Design
Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions
24 Apr 22
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Design thinking writ large
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive
24 Apr 22
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Mi casa es su casa
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Architecture & Interiors
Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé
24 Apr 22
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Pavilions on a pedestal
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Urban & Landscape Design
Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
17 Apr 22
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The sound of silence
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Architecture & Interiors
Two Dutch designers create 'silent rooms' where care-home inhabitants can process the experience of loss
17 Apr 22
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A virtual leap for the lab
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Interaction Design
Self-taught game developer Mbangiso Mabaso employs augmented and virtual reality to enliven the science lab for learners
17 Apr 22
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Art across time
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Craft
Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
17 Apr 22
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Handle with care
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Art & Photography
Nandipha Yanta’s artwork focuses on self-care for Black women
10 Apr 22
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Outer peace
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design Indaba Alumnus Shigeru Ban designs a wellness retreat on Japan’s Awaji Island
10 Apr 22
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Text messaging
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Art & Photography
‘Tentative Words Change Everything’ is a new outdoor sculpture exhibition by British artist Nathan Coley
10 Apr 22
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Art for art’s sake
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Urban & Landscape Design
A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike
10 Apr 22
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Black Coffee, the crème de la crème
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Music & Sound Design
Design Indaba congratulates Black Coffee for his Best Dance/Electronic Album win at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards
6 Apr 22
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Futureworld
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Kyle Kemink’s typo/graphic artwork pushes the boundaries of creative exploration
3 Apr 22
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Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer, visual storyteller and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022
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Dokter’s orders
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9 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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The anatomy of art
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New York-based artist Michael Mapes creates fragmented portraits out of collected items
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‘A’ Okay
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Swedish architecture firm Naturvillan designed an A-framed ‘greenhouse’ that is entirely self-sufficient.
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