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19 November 2010

And they’re off! World Design Capital 2014 bidding now open

Cape Town – a global design Capital? You bet.  And we’re now bidding for it. Let’s work together to show the world why we deserve to be awarded World Design Capital 2014. The bidding process  is now officially open for the designation of World Design Capital 2014, according to the International Council for Societies of Industrial [...]

19 November 2010

Intrepid entrepreneurs on the airwaves

Starting your own business is easy. Keeping it going is not.  Everybody’s first Facebook friend, Mark Zuckerberg, knows this. The social media site he co-founded in 2004 now has over 500 million users spending over 700 billion minutes on the site every month. The site is estimated to be worth $33 billion, yet in its [...]

19 November 2010

CT Architecture 2010– not just another brick in the wall

A new wave of Cape Town architecture graduates is spreading its wings to welcome the world to their work. In a bold move, 2010 Master of Architecture thesis students at UCT are inviting everybody to their coming-of-age exhibition in the East city- a showcase of their design projects for the course.  It’s quite a contrast [...]

19 November 2010

Art about town – the Michaelis and CPUT 2010 Graduate Shows

It’s year end. Time to take stock, take a break, or take a compliment. To that end (or, rather, beginning) Cape Town graduate exhibitions have become one of the earliest signs that summer has started. Trust art and design students to start something like a whole career in December. The annual Michaelis end-of-year exhibition is [...]

19 November 2010

Art of Good Hope– reaching out

That strange, star shaped building that houses the military is also home to a whole host of other militant types, but these ones protect expression and creativity on a daily basis. Good Hope Art Studios is a conscientious, collaborative space that cares about its artists.  One of their more poignant projects looks at meaning, memory [...]