South Africa’s premier design event, Design Indaba runs in Cape Town from 27 February to 1 March, with the Conference running from 25 to 27 March. A number of top speakers will be focusing on how design pushes the boundaries of communication while the Expo will show how ordinary people can come up with extraordinary ideas.
Public service broadcaster SABC has not only renewed its sponsorship of Design Indaba but will, for the third year running, sponsor a “by invitation only’ master class on 26 February. The master class will be headed by Lynda Relph-Knight, who has been the editor of Design Week since 1989. The role encompasses editing the world’s first and only weekly design magazine and its daily website, as well as overseeing the Design Week Awards and Benchmarks prize scheme for branding.
The Loerie Awards Travelling Exhibition – a local and international road show showcasing award-winning communication work in Africa, will once again be sponsored by the SABC. The launch of The Loerie Awards Annual publication and Travelling Exhibition takes place at Design Indaba on 25 February.
Design Indaba last year partnered with the Creative Circle and The Loerie Awards to form the Creative Alliance and announced the SOUTH Award and exhibition, sponsored by the SABC. The SOUTH exhibition will celebrate legends who have pioneered the upswing in a display of top South African creative icons of the past few years.
The SOUTH exhibition and competition finalists will debut at the 2009 Design Indaba and three SOUTH winners will receive cash prizes to the value of R100,000, R50,000 and R25,000. The SOUTH exhibition will later travel the country and also internationally.
