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Creative ideas everywhere!Last week was one of complete creative immersion for our team as we covered all three days of the annual Design Indaba extravaganza. Click through to our special section to browse our daily highlights, favourite talks and galleries of the best moments and quotes from the 54 speakers that kept us entertained, inspired and on the edge of our seats. Also keep an eye on your inbox for our special edition Design Indaba newsletter later today! Speaking of special edition newsletters, we sent out our #BizTrends2017 comprehensive overview last week, encouraging you to download the full PDF and take your time going through the top trends set to shape the industry over the coming months. Do so now if you didn't get around to it last week. On the topic of creative inspiration, you can look forward to feedback from Scan Display, attending EuroShop live in Germany from 5 to 9 March – it's held every three years and is the largest retail trade fair, with daily keynotes and global speaker sessions. There's also my exclusive interview on the importance of true diversity with FCB's global CCO, Susan Credle, who was in town last week for the agency network's Global Leadership Conference. We also find out all about the new, independent Ideas/Idees magazine, which is back on shelf and goes on sale under new ownership from today, Monday, 6 March. Lastly, don't forget that March is #BrandManagerMonth on Biz, so you can expect tips and insights from those at the forefront of marketing excellence. Pour yourself a cuppa and get stuck in! Comment online in our Ed's Column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Weekly top stories |
| | Scan Display is one of many retailers showcasing their product at the global retail trade fair, EuroShop, in Düsseldorf, Germany from 5 to 9 March 2017. Attendee Paul Hugo says so far they've seen, “new ideas, new trends, creativity and wow,” at EuroShop 2017... read |
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Danette Breitenbach The industry has expressed its appetite for research such as the All Media and Products Survey (AMPS) and 80% of marketers are saying they're willing to contribute to funding such research, so the decision to go ahead with a new marketing research currency or not will be made within the next four weeks... Read | Terry Levin Terry Levin of Bizcommunity chats to Brian Collins, CCO of award-winning design and experience company Collins – 'the brand consultancy for the Convergence Era', based in New York and San Francisco... Read | The new, independent Ideas/Idees magazine goes on sale under new ownership on Monday, 6 March. “This provides readers with an almost seamless transition from the final Media24 edition, which has been on the shelves for the first months of the year,” says new owner-publisher Terena le Roux... Read |
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| | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophobe – yes, really – Paul Raphaely, director at NOMU... read | | | Leigh Andrews Ann Nurock, who normally does the interviewing for us as roving reporter at local and international creative award shows like Cannes Lions, One Show and the Loeries, is also Africa partner for Relationship Audits and Management or RAM's Radar. Here, Nurock shares more about her day job and how Radar clarifies agencies' understanding of their relationships with clients... read | |
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| | | | Louise Marsland Designer and coder, Ekene Ijeoma, is one of the creative minds behind The Refugee Project, and advocates design with empathy… read | | | Terry Levin A full house last session saw Craig Edward Dykers founding partner of Norwegian architecture and landscape design firm Snøhetta share some of their project, including the reconstruction of The Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, the Times Square reconstruction and the expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art... read | | | Terry Levin The discipline of design is increasingly the place where data and the drawing board collide, with almost all of the designers on stage at Design Indaba 2017 touching on, one way or another, how they apply their skills to help make sense of an info-saturated world... read | | | Louise Marsland A clear thread of emphasising tolerance towards all cultures emerged from speakers at this year's Design Indaba Festival. Here are the trends and key themes that emerged this year... read | | | Ilse van den Berg On day three at Design Indaba 2017, Carina Bonse, an art director and design graduate from Red & Yellow, introduced attendees to Swimming In It (Sii)... read | | | Ilse van den Berg If we're going to be designing for the future, shouldn't we maybe challenge ourselves to design beyond human augmentation? How do we design inclusively? read | | | Ilse van den Berg Dubbed as "the creators of cool", Dutch artists and filmmakers, Lernert & Sander (Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug) had the Design Indaba audience in stitches with their presentation, "Copycats"... read | | | Leigh Andrews Global graduates Kamila Izykowicz and Thandiwe Msebenzi, from Poland and SA respectively, left Design Indaba 2017's final day attendees filled with the message that females are stronger than we think... read | | | Ilse van den Berg Joe Gebbia, entrepreneur and co-fouder of Airbnb, was a highlight of day two at Design Indaba 2017. The company is currently worth US$30bn dollars with 2 million listings in over 191 countries... read | | | Terry Levin Having attended over a decade of Design Indaba conferences, I can attest to the fact that the standard of speakers and the relevance of topics hardly ever wavers from excellent, however, the second day of the 21st Design Indaba might be remembered for having showcased one of the coolest speaker lineups ever... read | | | Pasqua Heard Information designer Giorgia Lupi, and Brooklyn-based musician, Kaki King, took to the stage to share their recent project: an attempt to visually portray King's self-described “unconventional” way of playing music through data... read | | | Leigh Andrews Sydney Mbhele, chief marketing officer of Liberty, used his Design Indaba 2017 opening address to welcome the creative juggernauts, dreamers and doers, in his rich voice calling the 22nd rendition of Design Indaba the global zeitgeist from the frontlines of design, creativity and innovation across the globe... read | | | Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort is back at Design Indaba to present her annual trend seminar on fashion, textiles, bio-engineering, home and interior and design empathy. The seminar will take place on Saturday at the Artscape from 10-3pm... read | | | Leigh Andrews Global design students Bo-Won Keum of the Rhode Island School of Design affectionately known as ‘Risdee' (RISD) and Rhys Jones of Canada's Carleton University of Industrial Design, enthralled attendees at the second day of Design Indaba 2017 with their use of design to make the world a better place... read | | | Ilse van den Berg It is the bushmen and their paintings as well as the community's reliance on storytelling in the form of colourful murals that has become Robin Rhode's motivation and inspiration for his art... read | | | Pasqua Heard Design Indaba attendees will never see clocks, wall frames and shoes in the same way again, having witnessed Pauline Saglio share about interactive design and the endless possibilities that this can have on analogue objects... read | | | Leigh Andrews Before the second morning of Design Indaba kicked off, the tiny yet functional, open-plan IKEA house built at the Artscape's entrance saw the typically tall, blonde, blue-eyed Scandinavian representatives you'd expect shake hands and sit down with a handful of media representatives for a non-typical press conference... read | | | Ann Nurock I had the pleasure of attending Nedbank's official launch of its new brand repositioning during the first day of Design Indaba. The bank's new tagline challenges clients and society to ‘see money differently'. And this it does... read | | | Terry Levin ‘Thinking outside the box' a business term from the 1970s, is still occasionally heard by those in the pursuit of elusive creative solutions deemed to exist somewhere outside the bounds of corporate dry walling... read | | | Leigh Andrews Technology designer Chris Sheldrick lit up the afternoon session on the first day of Design Indaba 2017 with his talk on tech startup What3words and used small words with big numbers to explain how it is quite literally changing the world for the better... read | | | Pasqua Heard Don't let the title mislead you: as always, the Design Indaba has been anything but dull. Rather, this refers to an informative talk presented by Marko Ahtisaari who shared about the undeniable connection between music and relaxation, sleep, anxiety and even pain... read | | | Pasqua Heard Birsel+Seck's Ayse Birsel gave a thought-provoking presentation at Design Indaba, which included a worksheet and homework activity for conference attendees to practice designing the life they love... read | | | Cape Town's nightlife is being transported to another level at Design Indaba this week, with Nightscape offering an eclectic mix of live music, exhibitions and design installations... read | | | Leigh Andrews In the final session before tea on the first day of Design Indaba 2017, Chilean gt2P and SA's own Andile Dyalvane left attendees spellbound and a little shell-shocked at the implications of their work that unravels the DNA of design and respirals it to scale... read | | | Speakers from Google, Airbnb, MIT and other tech startups will share their future visions with design graduates and others from 1-3 March 2017... read | | | Beauty is subjective. Something beautiful is not merely visually pleasing to the eye, but when design attributes such as social significance, economic impact, usability, sustainability and even humour are taken into consideration, this meaning is often what makes that thing truly beautiful... read | | | The Happy Film, Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, Ants on a Shrimp, Design that Heals, Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future, and William Kentridge: The Collaborative Artist are to be premiered at Design Indaba's FilmFest from Wednesday, 1 March to Friday, 3 March at the Artscape's Arena... read | | | Ruth Cooper Lauren Dixon-Paver is a plush toy crafter, rising Youtube personality and one of Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives. We chat to her about her handmade plush creatures, video tutorials and being proud of your craft for #DesignMonth. read | | More... | | |
| The IAB Digital Summit, powered by Accenture Interactive, is where digital, business, advertising and content converge. On 16 March 2017 at The Galleria in Sandton, a heavy-hitting panel of local and international experts in each field will gather to have a dynamic, interactive discussion on the future and influence of digital in our country... read | | Issued by Egg Films | | | Alexandra Salomon A career in digital holds rich potential for success and growth in the information age. Our technology evolves by the second, yet the real potential lies in the people behind the technology. As digital impacts the lives of every human being in some way, it is essential that our engineers, managers, developers and marketers are as diverse as the society they serve... read | |
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| Louise Marsland Bizcommunity.com's 17 trends for 2017 from BizTrends2017 trend analyst, curator and editor, Louise Marsland… read | |
| | Leigh Andrews Suné Stassen, festival director for the Open Design Festival, is heavily involved in the country's design education movement. Here, she shares how your business can pick up the baton to take the movement forward... read | | More ... | | |
Nick Sarnadas, Issued by Madex | | | | | Pasqua Heard Personalised marketing extends beyond friendly digital greetings, such as “Welcome back!” and “We missed you”. Zubair Noor, Takealot.com's head of digital marketing, recently shared a trove of helpful insights... read | | |
Issued by Ninety9Cents | | | Leigh Andrews FCB's leaders from across the globe are in Cape Town for their Global Leadership Conference, currently unfolding at the Belmond Mount Nelson. I sat down with FCB's global CCO, Susan Credle, for her insights into the importance of changing the statement from ‘Where are the women' to ‘Here are the women' and more… read | | Issued by FCB Africa | | | The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards has announced the initial selection of 12 members of the executive jury for the 2017 awards... read | | | Maria Berrios-Carter “Taste tomorrow today.” I can just picture the voice-over artist in the dimly lit studio, headphones on, as he delivers the line for the sixth time. This time with more voice and more conviction, while wondering to himself what the hell he's saying... read | | | Bjorn Annegarn I was fortunate to visit the bush a lot as a kid. My parents and family instilled in me a passion for the outdoors. A passion I explored after school by completing a course in game ranging and lodge management and working at Makalali, a private reserve near Hoedspruit... read | | | Brendan Seery A sure way to get the attention of many soft suburban people for your marketing pitch is to go the cute route. This has worked very well for Toyota over the years, with Buddy the Boxer endearing himself to people across the country, which can have done the brand no harm at all... read | |
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| The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) has launched a new digital portal, Peek, geared to become South Africa's biggest online platform dedicated to showcasing craft and design products made in South Africa... read | | | Ilse van den Berg Kicking off Design Indaba 2017 was husband-and-wife team Adriaan Hugo and Katy Taplin of the multidisciplinary product design company Dokter and Misses (DAM)... read | | |
| | | Lauren Hartzenberg If your business does not have digital intelligence at its core by 2020 you may as well go home. This is according to James McCormick... read | | | AccuWeather's ‘Video First' strategy has driven a 160% video audience growth, as proprietary destination content, mobile growth and significant platform expansion contribute to record gains for global mobile leader... read | | Issued by Techsys Digital | | Issued by CopperTable | | Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library | | | Virtual Reality (VR) has extended from VR games to interior designers using it to plan spaces and as medical treatments for autism and amputees. It made its debut in 2014 with no more than 2,000 users... read | | |
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Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library | | Issued by Topco Media | | Issued by espAfrika | | Issued by Topco Media | | | The 2017 D&AD Festival, being held 25-27 April, has confirmed Armando Bo, Oscar-winning filmmaker, and Joaquín Cubría, VP/ECD at DAVID Buenos Aires, as the two new industry-leading additions to the festival's headline speakers... read | | | Adding to its three wins at the 2017 World Press Photo Awards, seven AFP photojournalists have won awards at the 74th Pictures of the Year International (POYi)... read | | | | |
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| According to the latest Kingston Smith survey, which analyses the annual performance of over 250 marketing service companies globally, five out of the eight sectors surveyed saw operating profit margins fall... read | | | South African Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan delivered the South African National Budget Speech for 2017 this week. This event attracts plenty of press and advertiser involvement annually, so here are the top business sites in South Africa for last month... read | | | In December 2016, Oracle launched its research finding in a report titled, Can Virtual Experiences Replace Reality... read | | |
| Primi has introduced an interactive mobile device game making use of an innovative one-click engagement platform. Collaborating with Smirnoff... read | | |
| Brands are increasingly in the spotlight on social media and it is important for businesses to be able to track conversations and mentions about their brands... read | | | JP Kloppers Analysis of sentiment based social media points to the unpopularity of proposed Trump policies – such as the border wall and the so-called ‘Muslim ban' – contrary to findings of traditional polling... read | | | Matt Foster Instagram's user base is growing at speed passing the 600m follower mark back in December 2016. Since it was first introduced five years ago, it has overtaken Twitter to become the social media's rising star for businesses. So how can you use this platform to your advantage as a small business? read | | |
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Issued by M-Net Magic in Motion | | | Mike Sharman The brainstorming space is an incredibly malleable one. Not all ideas are manufactured within the confines of four glass walls of the boardroom. Some of them are composed – with theme tune – in the shower. In this instance, however, the organic, creative process used client-agency voice notes as the catalyst... read | | | Julia Breakey YouTube announced yesterday that its live TV service, set to take on cable, was officially a-go... read | | | Executive producer Clare Pizey and series editor Alex Renton talk about what we can expect from the new series and the fresh, exciting changes that have been introduced to Top Gear... read | | | | |
| Sibanye does not expect a delay in its Stillwater deal, despite CFIUS investigation... read | | | Part of a dental clinic at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital has been cordoned off because part of a ceiling that collapsed in January has still not been repaired... read | |
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| Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced deputy director: corporate brand identity (Ref. AKK/070/0217). Applications close 10 March 2017. Read more >> |
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