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No place like home
A quirky family home in Dorset, England, is the Royal Institute of British Architects’ House of the Year.
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Earth first
The winners of the second Earthshot Prize were announced on 2 December 2022.
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Timeless timber
Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has been announced as the 22nd Serpentine Pavilion designer.
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Tickled pink
Design Indaba alum Morag Myerscough has transformed a courtyard at Sheffield Children's Hospital into a kaleidoscope of colour.
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Power up
Lift 109, the latest revamped feature of Battersea Power Station, opened to the public earlier in November.
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The language of precarity
Raw Nerves, running until 14 January 2023, is the latest exhibition at Hannah Barry Gallery in London.
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Hands-on
“The Seeing Hands” by Katie Schwab is a large-scale interactive exhibition that invites tactile engagement by kids.
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Read all about it
The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the New Library at Magdalene College as the 26th Stirling Prize winner.
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Come home again
British designer Es Devlin created a cathedral-like structure illustrated with pencil drawings of London’s 243 endangered flora and fauna species.
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Ringing the changes
The International Olympic Committee revealed a new brand identity for the Olympics, the first since the games began in 1896
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London Calling
The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
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On the dot
Postgraduate students at the Royal College of Art created Dotplot – a handheld device that helps monitor at-home breast checks.
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Veni, vidi, vici
Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall
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Contemporary commute
Layer Design’s latest creation is a commuter bike designed to make personal transport a more effortless and convenient task
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Mr Sandman
Recent graduate Archie Read designed an off-grid, ‘flushable’ toilet that aims to provide a dignified solution to unsafe sanitary conditions
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A march through time
London design studio and Design Indaba alumnus NB Studio created stamps celebrating 50 years since the first Pride march in London
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Jewel In The Crown
Heatherwick Studio unveils a unique kinetic greenhouse in West Sussex
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Design World Mourns
Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism”
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Home and away
The new Africa Centre in Southwark is poised to unveil a permanent collection of contemporary African art, following a much-anticipated refurbishment
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Photographic memory
Influential post-war Japanese photographer’s solo exhibition highlights the pathos of the past
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Bioplastic fantastic
Designer Luke Pearson closes the production loop with the collaborative product bFRIENDS
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At (type)face value
British author Simon Garfield’s classic publication, ‘Just My Type’, turns us all into fervent font-spotters
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Art across time
Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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Text messaging
‘Tentative Words Change Everything’ is a new outdoor sculpture exhibition by British artist Nathan Coley
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