Welcome to the Vernissage of the Sustainable Design Showcase, South Africa

Tid 7 Mars 2012 18:00 – 21:00

Plats City Hall, Cape Town South Africa

The Sustainable Design Showcase is an interactive experience that shows sustainable design as the precursor to social, environmental and economic well-being. Sharing culture, knowledge, attitudes and experiences between South African and Scandinavian participants, the exhibition is like a traveling story-teller. The Sustainable Design Showcase is produced by the Eco Design Initiative in collaboration with the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation and INDEX: Design to Improve Life and is supported by the South African Department of Arts & Culture, the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Arts Council and the City of Malmö.

Kategorier

  • eco design initiative
  • eko design
  • hållbar design
  • design
  • hållbar utveckling
  • kaapstaden
  • kultur
  • kunskapsutveckling
  • no kak
  • no shit
  • svensk industridesign
  • sydafrika
  • ung design
  • vernissage
  • utbytesprogram
  • utställningen
  • internationellt kulturutbyte

Kontakter

Janine Johnston

Founder & CEO +46 732 033 938

Relaterad media

Introducing the Eco Design Initiative
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Eyes on the Prize: Exchanging skills and culture for sustainability

The Eco Design initiative is an action-orientated skills development and culture exchange between designers for sustainability from across South Africa and Sweden. The Eco Design Initiative will host the Fresh Talent Workshop and the launch of Sustainable Design Showcase at Cape Town City Hall and the social design intervention at Sakumlandela Primary School in Khayelitsha, 7 – 16 March 2012.

World class collaborations for sustainable design

The Eco Design Initiative is pioneering the sustainable movement for South Africa by engaging global youth in a sustainable design program that includes an annual competition, the development of educational content, workshops, exhibitions and international exchanges. The Eco Design Initiative connects South African and Swedish organizations in a knowledge and culture exchange programme.

Eco Design Competition calls South African youth to design their hearts out

By 2050, the Earth’s population is expected to reach 9 billion people, putting pressure on the “comforts of home” we have become accustomed to. The annual Eco Design Competition, hosted in South Africa asks young creatives for new ways in which to create products and services that will allow for harmonious developments and continuous growth. The Competition is themed Home is where the heat is...

Social Design for Sustainability - with the kids of Sakumlandela

Young learners at Skumlandela Primary School in Khayelitsha are actively involved in the planning and preparation of the social design action that's to take place in Cape Town in March 2012 as part of the Eco Design Initiative. Armed with specially designed investigative tool-kits, the young learners have been documenting information about their lives at home, school and in their communities.

Relaterade event

Eco Design Initiative showcases Fresh Talent Competition designs at The Green Hub.

Tid 1 Augusti 2012 16:30 – 31 Augusti 2012 16:00

Plats The Green Hub, 31 Stiebel Place, Durban, South Africa