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Visions from the future
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Product Design
Concept T explores the future of communications and connectivity.
14 Mar 24
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Parks and recreation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Urban parks bring nature to cities.
14 Mar 24
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Wishes for peace
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Art & Photography
Yoko Ono’s instructional pieces invite viewers to involve themselves in her exhibition.
14 Mar 24
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Turn over a new leaf
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Architecture & Interiors
The Beijing City Library reinstates the relevance of the library in the digital age.
5 Mar 24
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Art that captivates the present and the future
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African Design
Boemo Diale is the latest recipient of the Tomorrows/Today Prize for emerging artists.
5 Mar 24
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C(hair)
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African Design
The Patewo Chair is inspired by the intricate beauty of the Patewo hairstyle.
5 Mar 24
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Need for speed
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Product Design
A new book tracks South African auto-designer Keith Helfet’s career in design.
28 Feb 24
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Prize-winning portal
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African Design
Amina Agueznay is the winner of the 2024 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize.
28 Feb 24
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Pain phone
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Design Thinking
The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
28 Feb 24
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Africa is now
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Graphic Design & Illustration
‘African design is reshaping the world’s cultural stage and sport shows us how.’
22 Feb 24
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The shoulders of giants
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Graphic Design & Illustration
A monumental retrospective tracks Esther Mahlangu’s lifelong pursuit of the arts.
22 Feb 24
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Fabric of the future
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Product Design
Biofluff’s Savian is the ‘world’s first plant-based fur’.
22 Feb 24
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Building bridges
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Architecture & Interiors
This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks.
13 Feb 24
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Unravelled
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African Design
Textile artworks from the 1960s to today challenge structures of power.
13 Feb 24
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Sideways skyscraper
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Architecture & Interiors
The Link in the UAE is the world’s longest cantilever.
13 Feb 24
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Stand by me
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Product Design
A Segway-style ‘invisible’ wheelchair.
6 Feb 24
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Ancestral threads
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Hakopike’s new solo exhibition expresses the artist’s vivid visions of ancestry.
6 Feb 24
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Reinventing the wheel
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Design Thinking
The first spokeless Ferris wheel will also be the second-tallest in the world.
6 Feb 24
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Gold standard
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Architecture & Interiors
Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko has won architecture’s Royal Gold Medal.
29 Jan 24
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Cool pool
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Design Thinking
The +POOL offers a clean and safe way for the public to swim in New York’s waters.
29 Jan 24
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No man is an island
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Architecture & Interiors
The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion architect has been announced.
29 Jan 24
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Tech trends
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Product Design
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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Information Design
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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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Emerging Creative Jessie Zinn highlights South African fashion icons in a new video series.
22 Jan 24
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"A comprehensive, 300 page, limited edition art book on contemporary African surf culture."
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"A limited edition 270 page Coffee Table Book packed with beautiful images from the oceans around the world."
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Orizon Mirror
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11 Feb 21
The Orizon mirror is part wall art and part functional decoration."
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The Climate crisis font
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The OpenType variable font visualises the effect of climate change on Arctic sea ice
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