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African Design: Using a range of local materials – from recycled metal and coconut palms to canoes – and collaborating with local craftspeople, contemporary African designers are attracting international interest.
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The circular economy: Upcycling, recycling, and using unusual natural products – designers are pushing boundaries in their quest for sustainability.
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Scandinavian Collectible Design: If you think Nordic design is about sobriety and function, think again – a new generation of designers is breaking free of their predecessors.
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Contemporary Studio Glass: Glass is having its moment, argues Grant Gibson.
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Travel by Design: Art hotels are burgeoning – and collectible design is as much part of the furniture as fine art.
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Art with Design: In displaying art with design in spaces configured to suggest domestic interiors rather than white cubes, galleries are blurring the distinction between the two.
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Growing Design: Meet the designers exploring a new frontier of biological processes.
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Curating Design: MAK’s bold move to hand over curatorship to contemporary artists has left a powerful legacy.
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Hand in Hand Designers are collaborating with artisans to realise unique work - sustaining traditional crafts in the process.
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Wide Horizons: The market for contemporary African design is evolving.
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