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Monday, 29 February 2016
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Saturday, 27 February 2016
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Thursday, 25 February 2016
Wine Label Design Awards
Wine Label Design Awards
2015 saw the inaugural 'Wine Label Design Awards' in South Africa. What will continue as an annual event has been created by Winemag.co.za and sponsored by label supplier Rotolabel to help promote excellence within the field of wine label package design in South Africa. Its hoped ...
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016
3 High Profile Tech Giants Rebrand
3 High Profile Tech Giants Rebrand
Over the past months we have seen some very high profile brand redesigns within the tech sector, including the likes off Google, Opera and Lenovo. To this end, I thought that it would be interesting to take a brief look behind the scenes at some of the agencies, processes and rationales ...
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Monday, 22 February 2016
The Design Masters
The Design Masters
In another new series, I wanted to write about some of histories design icons. Everything around us has at some point been designed. The designers who produce the worlds most recognised symbols, branding and packaging, play a role in our daily lives, but the designers themselves ...
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Sunday, 21 February 2016
William Kentridge - Refuse The Hour
William Kentridge - Refuse The Hour
A huge thanks to my company CTTC Design and Nedbank for the invitation to the premier of 'Refuse the Hour", a chamber opera (performance art) by South Africa's most internationally acclaimed artist, William Kenteridge.The venue for the evenings performance was the Cape Town City ...
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Thursday, 18 February 2016
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
The Origin of Branding
The Origin of Branding
In today's world of business a brand is likely to be a corporation’s most valuable asset. It's the DNA of most companies and represents everything that a business or its products stand for. An example of this is Apple's minimalist branding that depicts quality and craftsmanship ...
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Monday, 15 February 2016
My Interest In Vintage Design
My Interest In Vintage Design
This is my first post featuring my deep interest for vintage branding and packaging design. My fascination began whilst a student where we would often visit the Robert Opie museum of vintage packaging at the Gloucester Docks in England. From that point on I was hooked and it's since ...
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Thursday, 11 February 2016
Design Educators Seminar - 3 Years later
Design Educators Seminar - 3 Years later
In 2013 I attended the Design Educators Indaba, which endeavoured to create a forum for educators within design to engage with each other and to increase their knowledge of creative education. The event followed the three-day Design Indaba conference in Cape Town. The seminar was ...
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Wednesday, 10 February 2016
The Art of the Brick - Nathan Sawaya
The Art of the Brick - Nathan Sawaya
My family and I recently visited 'The Art of the Brick' exhibition which is currently on show in Cape Town. The exhibition by artist Nathan Sawaya is unique in that it's constructed completely from Lego blocks!There's a short film as you enter the exhibition, where Sawaya tells ...
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Tuesday, 9 February 2016
20 Years of Design Indaba
20 Years of Design Indaba
The World-renowned 'design Indaba' conference takes place each year in February at Cape Town’s CTICC conference centre. The event sits at the top of the design community’s calendar with the three-day program including presentations and insight from both the worlds most established ...
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Monday, 8 February 2016
Thinking Differently
Thinking Differently
Just the other day I had a realisation that its been over 20 years since I left university! Two decade's later I still feel so fortunate to be able to do a job that I love so much and that challenges me on a daily bases, thanks in part to some of the fantastic teachers, lecturers ...
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Sunday, 7 February 2016
Addicted To Chaos - Inspiration From Dan Wieden
Addicted To Chaos - Inspiration From Dan Wieden
Last year Dan Wieden spoke at Cape Town's Design Indaba conference. Wieden's words have inspired me for many years, so it was a rare opportunity to hear one of the most respected authorities on advertising and creative thinking speak in person.Wieden is probably best know for co-founding ...
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