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Terry Levin Terry Levin lists the highlights of this year's Design Indaba Festival...read |
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Leigh Andrews Lebo Mashile on African females as the future of humanity, the importance of having a mentor in the industry and honouring the legacy of Hugh Masekela...read | 
Lynette Hundermark Location-based marketing has been a hyped-up trend, especially with the advent of apps, but what is it exactly?...read | 
Jason Snyman MultiChoice has announced that DStv subscription fees will see another hike this year. Starting in April, expect to pay more. For nothing...read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The 23rd Design Indaba conference, taking place at the Artscape from 21 to 23 February 2018, kicked off with a reminder not to film proceedings and to keep phones on silent. Tweeting, Facebook check-ins and Instagram tagging were allowed - clearly, as it's all about sharing the inspiration... read | |  | Thabisa Mjo's Tutu 2.0 light judged has been named the 'Most Beautiful Object in South Africa' by public vote at Design Indaba 2018... read | |  | Ann Nurock For most South Africans, Thomas Heatherwick has become a household name for his design of the Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town. But there is so much more to this man, which he revealed in his talk at Design Indaba... read | |  | Louise Marsland The Design Indaba stage was a cathartic moment for the first speaker of day one, Zimbabwean-born filmmaker, Sunu Gonera, who told Bizcommunity.com that it was a "coming of age moment" for him to tell his own story to his peers and have it well received... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Dutch trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort presented her latest trend books for 2019, namely Goddesses (trends S/S 2019), On Safari (activewear S/S 2019) and Spiritual House (home and lifestyle 2019), as part of Design Indaba 2018 at Lisof in Johannesburg yesterday... read | |  | Jessica Tennant This a continuation of Dutch trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's presentation at Lisof, on her latest trend book, Goddesses for spring/summer 2019... read | |  | Terry Levin While admiring the work of Edel Rodriguez and Morag Myerscough at Design Indaba 2018, Terry Levin contemplates if perhaps the value of any graphic design may be determined by how effective it is in influencing a desired outcome, provoking a specific mental or emotional response in the viewer... read | |  | Sue Disler Academic, rockstar or DJ? This was one of the questions Sue Disler had for artist and educator - creative coder, Zachery Lieberman in her interview with him on Day 1 of Design Indaba 2018... read | |  | Jessica Tennant New York-based Fashion Institute of Technology graduate and biomaterials research company AlgiKnit co-founder and COO Aleksandra Gosiewski gave a thought-provoking presentation at Design Indaba on Wednesday on why they, at AlgiKnit, believe that biology is the future of fashion and their revolutionary work in their search for a sustainable product... read | |  | Louise Marsland Design Indaba showcased the work of Leroy Mawasaru, a Kenyan teenager who is changing the world and showing how Afrofuturism can unfold for the continent... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Weaving her lyrical way through history, the ultimate lyrical female linguist, Lebo Mashile unpacked the power of design language... read | |  | Jessica Tennant The moment designer Lonny van Ryswyck took her shoes off on the Design Indaba stage, she opened many eyes to see the same thing in a different way. Isn't that what design is really about? read | |  | Sue Disler Dr William Mapham, an ophthalmologist hailing from the Eastern Cape, who conceived the Vula app, whilst working at the Vula Emehlo Eye Clinic in rural Swaziland and experiencing first-hand the difficulties faced by rural health workers in need of specialist advice, spoke on Day 2 of Design Indaba and received a standing ovation... read | |  | Louise Marsland How Egyptian fashion designer Amna Elshandaweely uses social activism in her fashion to address issues of culture and identity... read | |  | Sue Disler Neri Oxman, architect, inventor, engineer, designer, scientist and founding director of the Mediated Matter Group at MIT Media Lab, who spoke on Day 3, thanked Design Indaba's founder, Ravi Nadoo for letting her be "suntanned by the Mother City's spirit... read | |  | Jessica Tennant Brothers and co-founders (or 'partners by design' as they call themselves) Sam and Rob Paddock, CEO and chief of strategic partnerships at GetSmarter addressed Design Indaba delegates yesterday on how partnering at the student level as well as the employee and executive level has not only increased their course completion rate but resulted in the turnaround of the business... read | |  | Louise Marsland Design Indaba speaker Mark Kamau is a Kenyan on a mission to connect everyone in Africa, and then the rest of the world, to the internet... read | |  | Leigh Andrews You know you're in for a treat when the final speaker reaches the Design Indaba conference stage, they tend to save the best for last. Here's how 'kinetic stage sculptor' Es Devlin wowed us in sharing how she makes global musical performances more visually appealing... read | |    
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster To understand something about living in Malta, you need a little architectural history. Actually you need a lot of architectural history, but I'll go gently... read |
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 | Brendan Seery Advertising has sometimes been described as the art of enticing people into buying things they don't need and they can't afford. In the car business, especially, it is often dreams which are being sold... sadly, those sort of dreams which can get people into big financial trouble eventually... read |
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 | The members of the 2018 Package and Product Design Live Session grand jury has been announced by the New York Festivals (NYF) International Advertising Awards... read |
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 | New York Festivals AME Awards, for the World's Best Advertising and Marketing Effectiveness, announced the shortlist for the 2018 competition... read |
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 | Mpho Mpofu In a job of mining meaningful insights that truly grow brands, a certain level of intimacy in connecting with consumers is required... read |
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 | John Sinclair Tourism Australia has resurrected Crocodile Dundee in a new Super Bowl commercial that has already reached hundreds of millions on the day and through social media. Some may have cringed at ad reinforcing stereotypes about Australians as hospitable bush-dwellers, but this is actually a good strategy... read |
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 | Andy Walker While the City of Cape Town is using apps, Twitter campaigns and Mmusi Maimane's bucket delegation skills to remind South Africans to save water, the nation's Department of Water and Sanitation is taking a - ahem - different approach... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg Newly appointed as head of customer interaction and marketing at Spree, Esther Hoogstad will be taking charge of the online retailer's end to end customer experience... read |
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 | With economic conditions in South Africa likely to remain weak, the apparel retail industry growth forecast for 2018 is muted... read |
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 | Facebook has announced a three-year partnership to support The Nelson Mandela archive, based at the Nelson Mandela Foundation... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg Nthathi Mthembu is the founder of Live Connected, an app that helps parents manage their tribe's schedules easily... read |
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 | Jon Ratcliffe Jon Ratcliffe writes about why he believes that the best way to communicate marketing messages today is through data-driven social video on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram... read |
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 | Danilo Acquisto Danilo Acquisto writes that brands should build a YouTube presence now, to begin producing content that is relevant and consumable and to avoid the shotgun approach of gaining eyeballs alone... read |
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 | Adam Howatson Digital marketing services have exploded over the past decade. You may be embracing the change, attempting to evade it, or perhaps you're just exhausted by it, but the next tranche of advancements may bring some relief... read |
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 | "Recent research by the National Convention Bureau shows that up to 60% of international delegates who have come to South Africa will come back within the next five years with their family - creating a ripple effect in the economy..." read |
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 | How Africa is influencing Hollywood movies showcased on 'CNN Marketplace Africa'... read |
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 | Discovery Channels is renewing its partnership with the Jozi Film Festival once again to find its next great African filmmaker... read |
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 | Gau Narayanan How South Africa can be used as a hub for growing into the rest of Africa, using South Africa as a launch pad for talking to Africans in Africa... read |
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 | Gary Mortimer Dale Carnegie's line from his bestseller book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' rings especially true in the retail sector... read |
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 | Ben Leo Rural areas are arguably the most overlooked spaces in Africa, in terms of government services as well as corporate attention. It's a mistake to rule out rural spaces and consumers, especially in Africa. Global commerce is fiercely competitive, with business leaders and investors still waking to the vast potential of Africa's burgeoning consumer market. The continent, now home to more than 1.1 billion people, will account for one-fifth of the world's population by 2025... read |
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 | Claire Denham-Dyson Historically, academia and marketing have remained distinctly separate domains. But over time, marketing as a commercial discipline has increasingly made use of human sciences such as psychology, sociology and anthropology to inform market research and strategy... read |
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 | Khangelani Dziba Khangelani Dziba writes that there's currently a shift taking place that's influencing how we do marketing and PR... read |
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 | South Africa's creative industries will be gathering at the University of Pretoria on Saturday, 24 February for the Creative Industry Imbizo where the practical effects of the proposed copyright amendment bill will be discussed... read |
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 | The Retail Loyalty Programmes in the UK 2018 survey has found that UK retail loyalty programme operators are struggling to bring fresh ideas to the programme benefit mix... read |
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 | Product of the Year - South Africa's largest independent consumer-voted survey - celebrated 10 years of rewarding innovation and excellence in the country at its annual awards gala ceremony... read |
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 | Mike Saunders While the digital age has been a blessing for brands, social media channels and communication is posing a very real problem for brands in presenting a single front to the customer that they can trust... read |
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 | Econet Media subsidiary and pan-African media company Kwesé, has announced its acquisition of the world's leading internet TV service for emerging markets, iflix, to form a new dynamic TV and mobile offering in sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | Following a dispute between fashion designer David Tlale and the original winner of his reality show The Intern, a young Limpopo designer has been announced as the new winner. read |
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 | Elizabeth de Stadler The long-awaited Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act regulations were published last year in September. They don't say much, but what they do say spells more than just sleepless nights for direct marketers... read | |  | Leigh Andrews How will the advertising industry adapt AI at a larger scale? Can we innovate with data analysis and profiling without creeping out customers? I discussed the possibilities and explored the power of digital with three of this year's scheduled female powerhouse speakers for the fourth IAB SA Digital Summit, taking place next week on 1 March 2018 at the Theatre on the Track... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we go behind the selfie with technophile Matt Ross, chief creative officer at King James Digital... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The recent State of the Nation Address, given just a day after coming to power by newly minted president Cyril Ramaphosa, left many SA netizens satisfied and optimistic about the future as he promised one where hard work would triumph over past inequalities... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Independent music company Robroy Music's founder, Rob Schroder, lets us in on their successes on the award track and the intricacies of composing music and sound design for all formats of advertising... read |
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 | Mike Archer There's plenty of money in Nigeria, but will it be enough to woo back brands, asks a creative director in Lagos...? read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, US - Google says its digital assistant software would be available in more than 30 languages by the end of the years as it steps up its artificial intelligence efforts against Amazon and others... read |
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 | Ilse van den Berg Over the past year, Nissan has been launching new and facelifted models at the speed of lightning. The most recent one being the upgraded #cityproof urban crossover, the Qashqai. read |
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 | Budget 2018 is an austerity budget. In a nutshell, the country has been spending more than it earns so we have to tighten our belt, and pay a bit more in tax... read |
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 | The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce & Industry is seeking to bridge the trade deficit between Kenya and Morocco and grow trade between the two countries... read |
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