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Trees meet tech
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11 Sep 23
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A unique creative space in the Mexican jungle is shaped around natural structures.
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A feast for the senses
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2 Sep 23
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Three South African venues have been shortlisted for the 2023 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.
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Open minds
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2 Sep 23
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Global leaders in graphic design gather for the biggest conference of its kind in the world.
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Playing the game
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2 Sep 23
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Meet the game women never wanted to play!
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Life’s good
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2 Sep 23
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This Wolff Olins logo overhaul ‘brings a smile back to the world of technology’.
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Art at its peak
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28 Aug 23
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Artists used land as their canvas in the highest exhibition of land art in Asia.
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Ter-reef-ic
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28 Aug 23
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This thermo-responsive gel has the potential to stop coral bleaching.
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Bridge of steel
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28 Aug 23
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Sculptural steel arches protect this bridge from extreme weather conditions.
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Eye of the beholder
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28 Aug 23
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This hand-painted video game took seven years to complete.
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Women in art
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20 Aug 23
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Nada Baraka is the winner of the 2023 ANNA Award recognising women artists from Africa.
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Let the light in
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20 Aug 23
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A cross cut into the roof of this meditation pavilion allows sunlight to gently bathe the interior.
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Es-sential reading
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11 Aug 23
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A colossal book captures Design Indaba alum Es Devlin’s 30-year multidisciplinary career.
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Second chances
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11 Aug 23
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Adaptive reuse breathes new life into old buildings.
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Guiding light
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11 Aug 23
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The Olympic torch for the 2024 games has been unveiled.
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Let them eat cake
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11 Aug 23
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This spectacular wedding-cake pavilion is a celebration of love.
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Threads that bind us
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7 Aug 23
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A hand-embroidered South African scene was transformed into a wallpaper.
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Hard at work
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7 Aug 23
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The world’s biggest office building is a one-stop destination for over 60 000 professionals.
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Star tech
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7 Aug 23
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Turn your smartphone into a telescope.
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Ken’s dream house
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7 Aug 23
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A life-sized Barbie dream house gets a Ken-inspired Malibu makeover.
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Brooklyn, baby
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30 Jul 23
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A tribute to Jay-Z takes over a public library in New York.
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Goal oriented
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30 Jul 23
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative alum Thebe Magugu designed the new Orlando Pirates kit.
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In action
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30 Jul 23
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Four world-changing winners were announced at the 2023 UN SDG Action Awards.
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Seeing stars
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30 Jul 23
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Architecture firm Snøhetta designed a spiralling planetarium and observatory in France.
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An architecture icon
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24 Jul 23
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Pakistan’s first female architect has shown us how architecture can change lives for the better.
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Architet Natalie Dionne's Forest House
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Perched on 3-metre stilts, this natural retreat has been raised to meet the level of the striking boulders surrounding it.
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The new Eco Tourism
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5 Feb 21
‘’By uniting local identity with the landscape through forms still unseen in the region, the architect gave 48° Nord a unique architectural expression."
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Renewable Luxury
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5 Feb 21
La Forestale is a sustainable development hidden away in an Italian nature reserve.
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The Pet Project
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5 Feb 21
“We strive to find a solution that would preserve this unique atmosphere."
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