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    • WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL 2014 CT’S bid is one for Africa

      This week the International Council for Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) launched the World Design Capital 2014 competition and Cape Town formally registered the intention to bid. Here, Kenyan-born and educated Mugendi M’Rithaa, a professor of Industrial Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and Adrienne Viljoen, Manager of the Design Institute at the South African Bureau of Design (SABS) in Pretoria speak about why Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital is important for …

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      • “Culture is about what human beings create for the broad social good. Nothing that is described as culture or cultural is hidden from view. What is culture is open, exposed and works its life according to the wisdom of the Zulu proverb: the best tapestry is woven in public. What is culture or cultural is shared.”

      ~ Njabulo Ndebele

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    1. Connecting in a dynamic, open and non-prescriptive manner. 2. Developing awareness on design for multi-stakeholder partnerships. 3. Focussing on projects, and not just commentary. 4. Providing internal and external accessibility. 5. Exploring all technologies and digital experiments. 6. Maintaining an easy rhythm amongst key stakeholders. 7. Broadcasting a positive public presence.

  • CONTRIBUTORS / INTERVIEWEES

    Rosalind Gater, Vahid Monadjem, Saki Mafundikwa, Dr Ralph Borland, Geoff Visser, Nadine Christians, Janice Muthui, Prof Edgar Pieterse, Dilki de Silva, Terry Kurgan, Ukpong Ed’ Ukpong, Prof Mugendi M'Rithaa, Adrienne Viljoen, Jessica Lin, Iain Harris, Byron Qually, Mokena Makeka, Marlon Parker, Marc Nicolson, Lyall Sprong, Lorelle Bell, Richard Perez, Michael Mwai, Kara Pecknold, Roelf Mulder, Emmanuel Funtih, Hugo Van Vuuren, and Thys de Beer

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Design With Africa (DWA) is an authoritative and authentic platform, founded by ... XYZ Design to provide an accessible and collaborative domain for the advancement of design in Africa
Founders: Prof Mugendi M’Rithaa, Byron Qually, Roelf Mulder, Richard Perez and Hugo Van Vuuren
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