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Do Design Indaba

This year's Design Indaba aims to offer visitors a high curatorial standard with its all-South African products that are original, contemporary and innovative. Its packed programme is designed to encourage visitors to experience advertising, architecture, craft, décor, film, fashion, graphic design, interior design, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design and visual media.
Do Design Indaba

Kids are catered for at the Design for Kids workshops, where kids, students and parents can unleash their creative potential through hands-on activities led by creative professionals.

Vote for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa

The 12 finalists in the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) will be exhibiting their entries so that the public visiting the expo can vote on what is beautiful by viewing the objects and sending an SMS.

Finalists


  • Frank Bohm Studio: Frank Bohm - W-Table
  • Snapp Design: Jonathan Fundudis - Twi-light Table Lamp
  • ALPACAFelt: Jan Jamieson - Fibre in Motion
  • Anatomy Design - Lab Light
  • 1010 Creative: Darren Lyon - Emotive Series: Love Table
  • Haldane Martin - Polyhedra Modular Coffee Table System
  • David Krut Publishing - Handspring Puppet Company
  • Khumbulani Craft - Luhle!
  • Emma Anne Jewellery - Flow Ring
  • Tsai Design Studio - Ostrich Barstool
  • Urban Africa - The Tulip
  • DK: David Krynauw - Wooden Chandelier

Magazine

Visitors to the Design Indaba can obtain the latest Design Indaba magazine, including an in-depth focus on ‘Twenty Ten' as well as a novel pop-up cover or subscribe at www.designindaba.com to get exclusive online content.

Sponsors

The Design Indaba main sponsors are Woolworths, ABSA, DSTV, Grolsch; its development partner - The City of Cape Town; suppliers - Jupiter Drawing Room, SAPPI, BizCommunity, South African Tourism, Chaywa, One&Only, Foodcorp; and associates - Nampak, Anglo Platinum, Cape Town Partnership and Paarl Media, Kulula.

Expo highlights

All-day fashion shows, a short-film festival showing South Africa's best short films, music videos and animations shown in between the fashion shows in the arena, a suave designer bar, tantalising designer food and daily Pecha Kucha presentations by leading local creatives are just some of the highlights to look forward to from 26-28 February 2010 at the CTICC. For details on operating hours and entrance fees visit www.designindaba.com/news-snippet/design-indaba-expo-2010-visitors-guide.

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