The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the launch of Design Week South Africa this October. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.
The new design week, Design Week South Africa, will be hosted in both Cape Town and Johannesburg and intends to showcase "a new wave" of local talent.
The festival seeks to continue the legacy of Cape Town's Design Indaba, a global design conference that hasn't been held since the coronavirus pandemic.
This week's newsletter also featured Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim's declaration that skyscrapers are no longer a priority for the country, Steelcase's release of two Frank-Lloyd Wright-informed furniture collections and Handel Architects' completion of "the largest Passive House building in Canada.
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