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Prototyping low-tech, low-cost housing solutions in Shanghai 19 Oct 2012 | 04:01 pm
Self-taught social designer Stephen Lamb of Touching the Earth Lightly together with artist Andrew Lord created a mesmerising upside-down bamboo forest sprouting mushrooms for the Manila-based Litre o...
What if Africa? Talking toilets with Marika Shioiri-Clark 9 Oct 2012 | 11:21 am
At TEDxStellenbosch 2011, social impact designer Marika Shioiri-Clark spoke about empathic architecture and her experience working on the Butaro Hospital in Rwanda. One year and an IDEO.org fellowship...
Discovering South African design in Helsinki 7 Sep 2012 | 06:31 pm
This week in Helsinki saw the opening of the International Design House Exhibition, a World Design Capital 2012 signature event, titled Everyday Discoveries. Housed in Helsinki’s old power station, Ka...
Deadline for World Design Capital 2014 board nominations extended 18 Jul 2012 | 09:04 pm
The closing date for the nomination of candidates for the board of the World Design Capital 2014 implementation company – the organisation mandated to oversee the planning, coordination and rollout of...
Video: Celebrating Cape Town’s journey to 2014 13 Jul 2012 | 05:07 pm
It’s official… Cape Town is World Design Capital 2014, following the signing of the Host City Agreement between the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) on 29 June 2012, a d...
Call for Board Nominations for World Design Capital 2014 Implementation Company 1 Jul 2012 | 03:12 pm
This week marks the official signing of the World Design Capital 2014 Host City Agreement in Cape Town on Friday 29 June 2012. In terms of the agreement, the City of Cape Town has mandated an independ...
Expert Selection Committee to appoint World Design Capital 2014 Board 1 Jul 2012 | 02:15 pm
The City of Cape Town has mandated an independent World Design Capital 2014 (WDC2014) implementation company to oversee the planning, coordination and rollout of Cape Town’s WDC2014 programme. A not-...
It’s official! Watch the World Design Capital 2014 Signing Ceremony 30 Jun 2012 | 07:24 pm
On Friday 29 June 2012, Cape Town’s designation as World Design Capital 2014 was made official: The signing of the Host City Agreement between the City of Cape Town and the International Council of So...
Video: Celebrating Cape Town’s journey to 2014 30 Jun 2012 | 05:07 pm
It’s official … Cape Town is World Design Capital 2014, following the signing of the Host City Agreement between the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) on 29 June 2012, a ...
Five innovative ideas from TEDxBinnenhof 29 Jun 2012 | 11:07 pm
On Monday 25 June 2012, in a complex of buildings in The Hague, great minds gathered to talk about ten groundbreaking ideas coming out of the Netherlands. At a design centre in Cape Town at the same t...
