Student wins 2006 Design Achievers Award

From the left: Kurt Campbell, chairperson of the judging panel; Lauren Alexander, Design Achievers winner of 2005; Sandile Nkosi, Design Achievers winner of 2006; Martha Bateman, patron of the award scheme; and Martin Kuscus, CEO of the SABS.

Sandile Nkosi, a twenty-three year old graphic design student from the University of Johannesburg, is the winner of the 2006 Design Achievers Award, which forms part of the SABS Design Institute's initiative to promote design leadership amongst the youth. Nkosi's prize is to represent South Africa at an international design workshop in Stuttgart, Germany for two weeks in August, sponsored by the SABS Design Institute.