It seems like graphic designer John Bielenberg will not be defined solely by his creative credentials. And there are plenty of those, including arms-full of awards, exhibitions, honorary degrees and fellowships.
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Finding Cape Town’s Design Voice
Can Cape Town become to Johannesburg what Austin is to Dallas, Barcelona is to Madrid or San Francisco is to LosbAngeles – not as big, not as industrial but certainly more creative, entrepreneurial and tech-centric? Gavin Levinsohn, CEO of Ogilvy Cape Town asks the question, but already it seems rhetorical.
A case for creative technology and technological creativity
Team Derrick, Myles Hoppe, Mark Stead and Livio Tronchin, asks how innovation, technology,
creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit can come together to build a creative economy for Cape Town that is more than skin deep.
Building the proposition of Creative Cape Town is imperative to the city’s survival in business. The city is still fundamentally a fishing village/holiday destination and does lack the hard-working business, although the hard-working mentality certainly exists. In fact, from many people we know, we’ve heard that they work far harder and longer hours here than in Jo’burg.
Enjin: Data Art
Enjin Magazine reports the latest trends and technologies for design professionals seeking to stay up-to-date in the global economy. Check out their latest issue here.
It’s a (square) wrap #designindaba
by Herman Manson. Talk about visual overload and you are probably talking Design Indaba by day three of its annual conference.
The kids are alright #designindaba #daytwo
The group of graduate design students assembled by the 2011 Design Indaba conference, currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, for its Pecha Kucha presentations yesterday, Thursday, 24 February 2011, (where they run though their work in 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds), make up a remarkable collection of young design talent that represents a broad range of design interests.
Seven key design takeaways from #DesignIndaba #dayone
Here are seven key design takeaways from Wednesday, 23 February 2011, the first day of this year’s Design Indaba conference currently being held at the Cape Town International Conference Centre in Cape Town.
#DesignIndaba: contradictions in architecture
As riots and revolution rocks the Arab world, the rulers of Abu Dhabi are building yet another offshore island villa complex for the super-rich. Designer Dror Benshetrit, speaking on the first day of the annual Design Indaba conference, currently underway at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, admits he spent several minutes laughing loudly over the phone during the call in which he was told he’d won the design contract (admittedly approved before the current wage of rage swept the region) that he’d designed in only five weeks.
[Design Indaba 2011] Glittering er design lights
by Herman Manson. Fear not, glitter pork and cupcakes are not on the menu at this year’s Design Indaba Conference. Instead, delegates will be treated to a range of fascinating characters from the design world, sharing global design best practice in areas as diverse as architecture, service delivery and advertising.
Piyush Pandey ♥ Zoozoo
Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai creative director Piyush Pandey introduced South Africans to these Zoozoo characters created for Vodafone during last years IPL during a Design Indaba presentation. They were a huge hit in India as well as with the crowd at the Indaba.