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Issey Miyake’s experimental paper furniture >

Designing Play for Displaced Children >

In a world of ignored ads, Rick Brim explores how bold, simple ideas rooted in human emotion can cut through noise and truly connect. >

Through “chanting biography,” Nhlanhla Mahlangu uses voice, movement and memory to confront history. >

Designing for urgent care access, Mazbahul Islam reimagines ambulances with Safewheel >

Blending nature and technology, Lonneke Gordijn explores how kinetic installations can evoke wonder, reconnect us to nature, and create moments of awe. >

A keychain microscope aiming to democratise access to STEM education. >

Reframing engineering as creative and critical, Hanif Kara explores how collaboration, sustainability and equity can reshape the future of the built environment >

Redesigning a Century-Old Object for a New Urban Reality. >

A call to reclaim African storytelling, Sunu Gonera explores film as a powerful tool to reshape narratives and build authentic voices. >

Exploring design as experience, Satyajit Das transforms architecture into interactive, participatory environments >

Designing for life beyond Earth, Anna Talvi explores microgravity garments that help the human body adapt, stay strong, and thrive in space environments. >

Designer and Design Indaba Alumnus Olafur Elisasson unveils A Symphony of Disappearing Sounds for the Great Salt Lake City >

Davina Atallah’s House Humbaba Wooden playset for inclusive play >

Olimpia Zagnoli uses bold, playful colour to convey emotion, celebrate diversity, and inspire through joyful, intuitive illustration and subtle activism. >

A rethinking of monumentality, using reclaimed materials to reveal hidden histories of labour, trade and colonialism through large-scale installations. >

A playful, provocative performance reframing food as design, challenging how and why we eat while exposing the systems shaping everyday consumption. >

Designer Yizhuo Guo’s Wasteland Nomad project aids ecological restoration >

A creative app for music production >

A powerful reflection on design in a complex world, urging creatives to shape human-centred futures through empathy, curiosity and meaningful questions. >

A groundbreaking rethink of waste, transforming human urine into sustainable building material while challenging how we define value and innovation >

A reflective talk on creativity, identity and resilience, urging designers to embrace imperfection. >

Paul Cocksedge explores how curiosity and experimentation transform everyday phenomena into immersive, wonder-driven design experiences. >

New York City has launched Blue Highways, an initiative to rethink urban freight by using waterways to move goods more efficiently. >

Red Bull’s GamePop have released a playable magazine cover for the publication’s latest issue. >