by Emile Maurice. During the 1980s and 1990s, hundreds of ordinary people from all walks of life interrupted their daily roles to become makers of images that eventually helped revolutionise South Africa. Sixty of these powerful hand-made posters will be on display in Interruptions: Posters from the Community Arts Project Archive at the Cape Town Open Design Festival, 13-23 August 2014.
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Schabir Shaik: In or out?
Posters of convicted fraudster and special friend to President Zuma, Schabir Shaik, who has been in and out of jail a number of times, were placed behind and in front of railings around Cape Town. The headline asks: ‘In or Out?’
2010 FIFA World Cup host city posters launched
FIFA has released the city posters for the host cities of the 2010 World Cup. The Cape Town poster, depicting the world famous Table Mountain celebrates diversity among its people while Durban shows off its character with bright colours and abundant ‘vibe’. For Johannesburg, prosperity is the inspiration behind the city’s poster but the city also made sure it included support for the national football team, Bafana Bafana, with green and gold as the colours. Mark thinks Bloem did the best design job while Nelspruit did something different.
Drink coffee. Design. Repeat.
Ian Jepson is a designer for vida e caffe. Mark enjoys his playful style and decided to showcase some of his design work & illustrations.