by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’ve rounded up: this year’s Design Indaba (DI) MBOISA nominations; studio visits with Cape Town and Joburg designers exhibiting at the DI Expo; a Google Hangout with Absa’s brand manager on its DI sponsorship; the inaugural GUILD Design Fair; #CreativeHustles; interviewing Richard Finn Gregory on his upcoming film ‘The Boers at the End of the World’; and how to buy illustration prints from Take Me Home online!
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A better future though design at Design Indaba #designindaba
We look at the creative campaign behind Design Indaba 2014.
Ad of the Week: Toyota’s Prado battles border control
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Getting a brief to create a commercial campaign for a Land Cruiser must be any agency’s dream. This week, we look at the television advert for the new-look Toyota Prado Land Cruiser, which was revealed to South Africans by the media late last year but only launched here this year.
Ad of the Week: I see a different Brand Soweto
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Three Soweto residents named Vuyo Mpanthsa, Justice Mukheli and his twin brother Innocent, decided to do something about the unfair image Soweto has accrued with a project they call, “I See a Different You”. This isn’t, strictly speaking, an advertising campaign, but it has so much to teach marketers that it is worth looking at.
Design Annotator: Whimsical illustrations, hard-hitting art and exploding bicycles
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal). On Design Annotator this week, we’ve got: artworks by Gabrielle Alberts on exhibition at Brundyn+; Mieke van der Merwe’s ‘Greetings from South Africa’a sketchbook; prints of exploded bicycles; Driehoek’s ‘The Hungry Games’ illustrations; Jono Hall’s webcomic ‘Salmon-Wrestling in the Yemen’; Spoek Mathambo’s first music collaboration with tribal communities; KFC TVC ‘Tastes Like Home’; Design Indaba 2014 ticket guide; XooXity Festival; and Guru coffee shop in Parktown North.
Heroes & Zeros: Introducing Andy Rice’s best & worst ads of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst adverts of the week with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702 (@Radio702). Find out which brands feature in this week’s Heroes & Zeros webisode.
Ad of the Week: Give those ad makers a Bell’s!
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Yes, the Bell’s Whisky TVC “The Reader” is a sentimental advert, but it is so astutely crafted by King James and Greg Gray of Velocity Films that it comes across as completely authentic and heart-warming. And, considering the problem of adult illiteracy in the country, the Bell’s commercial proffers an inspiring message.
Design Annotator: Instagramers South Africa and daily drawings
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) For our weekly wrap-up, we’ve collected: ‘Take Me Home’ illustration expo photos; freelance writer, researcher and illustrator Catherine Green’s 12×30 Project; King James’ Do It Yourself Design initiative for Antalis’ 2014 Munken Journal; FoxP2’s ‘Shoes’ and ‘Sandton’ TVCs for Liberty; Connect ZA/British Council’s ‘Future Music’ web doc directed by Chris Saunders; Instagramers South Africa; and graphic designer Bruno Morphet.
Pinterest: Maison&Objet Paris Jan 2014 — Green & purple
by Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) PARIS, FRANCE: While wandering the halls of Maison&Objet Paris during January 2014, I was struck by the juxtaposition of green and purple, especially in the Cook+Design hall where it was most definitely a trend.
Design Annotator: Meet the Design Indaba 2014 Emerging Creatives
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) For our weekly wrap-up, we’ve collected: Mr Sakitumi and The Grrrl x Mercedes Benz; Bell’s Whisky ‘The Reader’ TVC from King James and Velocity Films; ‘Take Me Home’ print sale we’re having this First Thursday; ‘Broken Foot Drawings’ exhibition by Koos Groenwald on Instagram; meet the Design Indaba 2014 Emerging Creatives; wew work by graphic designer Thomas Pepler; Rebecca Haysom’s narrative pictures, wish-fulfillment and escape; photographer Ed Suter’s ‘Sharp Sharp Ghana’, and meet Knoffel, the saddest dog in the world, from a series of short films directed by Dave Meinert.