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26 October 2010

The City Hall is Ready to Share – Prêt à Partager and The UCT Architectural Grad Show

From photography to new facades, The City Hall is embracing art, architecture and its citizens in the coming weeks… Prêt à Partager exhibition It’s been travelling Africa for two years straight, but one thing the Prêt à Partager exhibition cannot be called is tired. From evocative fashion shoots in vivid city streets to hand-edited tabloid [...]

26 October 2010

New Design Network Committee

They’re volunteers and they’re passionate, but they’re also professionals and they mean business. Meet a few members of the new Cape Town Design Network (CTDN) interim committee. Design in Cape Town is diverse and, all too often, ill-defined. While it includes all things aesthetic, from art to architecture, it also encompasses the wider mechanisms of [...]

26 October 2010

Creative Week Cape Town 2010 – Cape Town Shows Its True Colours

It’s not often that the whole city gets to show off, showcase and show visitors and residents a good time, but we did it in (true Cape Town) style in September/October… Hosted in part by Creative Cape Town and in part by the citizens of Cape Town, the city opened its arms to one and [...]

18 October 2010

The new Cape Town Design Network interim committee speaks out

Design in Cape Town is diverse and, all too often, ill-defined. While it includes all things aesthetic, from art to architecture, it also encompasses the wider mechanisms of a society solving its own problems. “Design does not belong in galleries and in corporate car parks,” says Christo Maritz, Cape Town Design Network committee member and [...]

12 October 2010

One Small Seed in one beautiful space : Picture This launch

@Daddy Cool Bar, Grand Daddy Hotel, Long St 28th September 2010 Picture it. You’re standing on a black carpet leading into the calm hotel foyer. Take a quick trip in the antique lift that doesn’t make a sound, into passage with ambient lighting and flat screens flashing smart, arty photography. To the one side, a [...]