Entries open for Emerging Creatives at Design Indaba 2017

Using the established platform and network of support provided by Design Indaba and its associates, 40 creatives, with newly established small businesses, are taken under the wing and given access to sought-after resources that allow them to cement their footing in the creative world and give them a platform to grow from.

Next year’s competition will also feature a new format: an extended class of Emerging Creatives, featuring an extra 40 young designers and artists from Durban and Johannesburg, will receive the opportunity to exhibit their work in their hometown, at the Design Indaba Simulcast.

Entry criteria

• Applications are open to current students and recent graduates (you must have graduated from a tertiary institute within the last two years).
  
• Emerging Creatives is primarily a student programme; therefore, preference will be given to applicants between the ages of 17-30 years old. If, however, you have changed career paths and are a mature student or novice just entering the industry, you are still welcome to apply.
  
• If already within the design industry, applicants must not have had an established business for more than 12 months at the time of applying.
  
• Applications are accepted from South African citizens only.
  
• Products must be created and manufactured in South Africa.

Applications for the main class of 2017, which will be hosted in Cape Town, closes at midnight on 31 October 2016. Applications for the extended class will be sourced until 25 November 2016 and will feature only candidates from Johannesburg and Durban.

For more information on how to apply, click here.