Design
A Taste of Sónar presents Massive Attack
By Editor at February 28, 2012 | 4:25 pm | 2 Comments
Massive Attack have been added to the Bill and we could not be more excited! The deets 2 March 2012 - 7:00pm - 3 March 2012 - 4:00am Venue: City Hall, Cape Town Design Indaba, in association with MTN, presents “A Taste of Sónar” at Cape Town’s City Hall on Friday 2 March 2012. This electronic event, which is open to the public, features an exceptional more...
Design , Events , Exhibitions , Music
SUZAAN HEYNS NOMINATED IN DESIGN INDABA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL OBJECT IN SA 2012 AWARD
By Editor at February 28, 2012 | 2:30 pm | 0 Comment
This year SUZAAN HEYNS will exhibit at Design Indaba, a global event that commemorates all the creative sectors including graphic design, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, and more. SUZAAN HEYNS will participate in the commercial platform 'Design Indaba Expo' as an exhibitor where the brand shall be introduced to influential international buyers more...
Barnacles Creative
By Editor at February 20, 2012 | 7:39 am | 0 Comment
Barnacles Creative is made up of two really creative and talented dudes based in Cape Town who specialise, mainly, in 3D animation and illustration. By combining movement, light, shape, colour and passion, Brandon and Marcelle strive to constantly push their style and develop their techniques to create unique and customised artwork and animation... If you like what more...
Hugo Flear does futuristic fantasy
By Editor at November 23, 2011 | 9:39 am | 0 Comment
Designer Hugo Flear is at the very beginning of his career and if his latest range is anything to go by he’s definitely one to watch for avant garde style. I shot with him a few weeks ago and asked a few questions. YM: You've been designing for a few years (how many?) now; how did you get into it? HF: I have been studying design for the past six years. I first more...
Art , Design , Fashion , Photography
Cape Town FTW!!
By Editor at October 26, 2011 | 2:35 pm | 0 Comment
Today, Cape Town was named World Design Capital for 2014 at the International Design Alliance (IDA) Congress in Taipei. The Mother City out bid fellow short-listed cities Dublin and Bilbao. The World Design Capital title is awarded bi-annually by ICSID to give global prominence to cities that use design for their social, economic and cultural development. Founded in more...
Ray-Ban NEVER HIDE compilation album
By Editor at October 21, 2011 | 11:44 am | 0 Comment
Last week I attended the Ray Ban NEVER HIDE Playlist Summer Launch; for the love of South African music, Ray-Ban has put together a compilation CD, which includes original music from some of SA’s most influential bands and artists. The NEVER HIDE Playlist album features aKING, Die Heuwels Fantasties, JR, Lark, Locnville, The Dirty Skirts, Thieve and Van Coke Kartel. more...
R.I.P Steve Jobs!
By Editor at October 6, 2011 | 9:22 am | 0 Comment
Steve Jobs, widely hailed as one of the greatest CEO's in history, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. The world renowned legend created a series of seminal electronics products, reinvented several industries, and built Apple into a $350 billion enterprise. Although Jobs handed the reins over to longtime operations chief Tim Cook in August, his more...
Springleap Design Competition
By Editor at September 26, 2011 | 1:42 pm | 0 Comment
Online apparel brand Springleap together with the Cape Town Fashion Council are inviting talented designers and illustrators to submit a design that encapsulates the courage needed to overcome HIV stigma and that embodies the Positive Heroes concept of 'ordinary people living extraordinary lives'. The winning design will be awarded a R10 000 cash prize, be featured on more...
THE 33RD ANNUAL LOERIE AWARDS – DONT HATE. CREATE.
By Editor at September 5, 2011 | 1:33 pm | 0 Comment
The Loerie Awards encompass all areas of brand communication including television, radio and print, communication design (including brand identity, architecture & interior design, package & publication design, motion graphic design), direct marketing, PR Communication, non-broadcast video, live events, sponsorship, digital communication and integrated campaigns. This more...
Feature: What is Design?
By Editor at August 29, 2011 | 2:01 pm | 0 Comment
Design is many things to many people. Mostly, it’s a word used to describe the thought process before the finished product. It hints back to a plan, starting with a blank A4 sheet and a blunt pencil, which evolved into a piece of what, is essentially, functioning art. However, while a design process is the basis of anything visual, be it automotive, graphic or fashion, more...
