In just a day before the official opening of the 2009 Design Indaba, Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies’ design lecturers (Brain Garman and Shalen Gajadhar) and 4th year design students left for Cape Town. They will be participating in this year’s edition of the premier design event held at the Cape Town Convention Centre annually. This event is taking place from 25-27 February 09.
Elegant lamps made of ostrich feathers, recycled milk bottle caps assembled together in flower mobile, funky jewellery made from old fashioned silverware; sophisticated laptop bags crafted from old billboard vinyls, these are some of the ideas that have wowed the crowds over the past years in the previous Design Indaba.
In addition to the main conference there will be the design expo, South legends competition, Western Cape Furniture design competition and the Young designers simulcast. Young Designers Simulcast is catering for young designers and students under the age of 25. This is a live broadcast from the main plenary session to a second auditorium and our students will be amongst some of the participants.