Open arms

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Problem Solving: New designs on our lives

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Well Wheeled

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Creating a scene

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Former prisoner steps up to help young people

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Local schools take top spot in Cape Town design festival

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I love the nightlife!

While there are more than 50 events taking place during Open Design 2017, you won’t want to miss what’s happening in the evenings and at night.

5K Product Launch
(Thu 24 @ 6pm – 8:30pm)

The 5K project requires BTech Industrial Design Students at CPUT to develop, market and sell a product that will make at least R5000,- profit before the end of their final year. This year the students have formed 4 companies, and each company will launch a product at the event.

Architectural Open Studios
(Tue 22 @ 5pm – 7pm)

Attention aspiring architecture students, young architects and people with an interest in the built environment: on the evening of 22 August, 12 of Cape Town’s leading architecture studios will be opening their doors to the public. It’s an opportunity to see how architects work, experience the diverse spaces they work in, and talk to them about their projects and design process.

SOUP Night!
Community-Based in Cape Town
(Tues 22 @ 5pm – 8:30pm)
at 75 Harrington Street 

Hosted by Designers for Change, join and participate in Design for the City on a Community level – plus have tasty soup together! Designers for Change invites you to spend an evening sharing a meal, and hearing visions from passionate community members that see a way to make a better future for Cape Town. And… you could actually contribute to making them happen. Your entrance plus your vote helps kick start one or more of the ideas! There will be live entertainment throughout the night. So also come along for some good food, good vibes and a chance to network. Tickets R60 for soup and vote (Some reduced price community tickets available for R30). Facilitators will be on hand to support English, isiXhosa and Afrikaans speakers**

Art Deco Tour – Culture Connect SA
(Tue 22 @ 5:15pm – 8pm)

Led by heritage architect, Prof Andre van Graan, our architectural tour focuses on outstanding examples of moderne architecture in Cape Town’s centre. We’ll visit a range of buildings, from Mutual Heights (the tallest building in Africa when it was built, 1939) to Mullers shop which is still an optometrist, its original purpose.

Meeting point: Mullers, 104 Longmarket Street
Pre-booking is essential: R275 per person
Call or Whatsapp Kate Crane Briggs on 072 377 8014 or Email kate@cultureconnectsa.com
Website: www.cultureconnectsa.com
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Designing The Future

The Open Design Cape Town Festival will explore how creative approaches to problem solving and sustainable design can benefit South Africa.
And this year the Mother City’s most dynamic design and innovation festival will offer a programme packed with design and educational elements for learners, students, professionals and people from all walks of life.

Aurecon’s Design Thinking
Workshop for Engineers 

Book your seat for one of two design thinking workshops presented and hosted by Aurecon, one of the most prominent engineering companies in Africa. Workshops last three hours and take place on Wednesday 16 August at the Cape Town City Hall. The Aurecon Master Class: Design Thinking For Engineers workshop has 15 seats available for professional engineers. The Aurecon Master Class: Design Thinking For Student Engineers has space for 24 students. The workshops will share Aurecon’s Design Thinking philosophy, and show how how they ensure the work they do stays relevant, realistic and sustainable.

Universal Design 

On Wednesday 16 August, Universal Design Africa will be hosting a workshop for architects, interior designers and planners about how to make spaces accessible for all, including people with disabilities, or functional, cognitive and physical limitations. This CPD-accredited full day workshop will introduce the fundamentals of Universal Design, and show how designers can contribute to a far more human friendly, accessible world. Bookings are essential. Buy your tickets here.
From a day spent designing, building and coding your own robot, to a masterclass for engineers, and study opportunities at some of the world’s top tertiary design schools, Open Design has a full schedule of workshops and educational events for young and old.

Experience Workshops 

From Tues 15 Aug until Sat 19 Aug the Experience Workshop from Finland will use play to integrate various skills across different learning areas to spark innovation and entrepreneurial skills. Hosted by Kristóf Fenyvesi, founder of the Experience Workshop initiative and a researcher in STEAM education at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, the free workshops will give kids a chance to apply their skills in mathematics, science, technology, engineering, art and design in a fun environment. Kids will build giant domes with 4D frames, make soccer and basket balls using giant molecules, and even build and code their own robots. There are fifteen workshops in total for learners from grades 1-12 to choose from. A few seats are still available, so bookings are essential. To book and for more details click here.

Designing Careers 

On Tues 15 Aug the Designing Careersshowcase at the Cape Town City Hall will host more than 10 top tertiary design schools, including the Istituto Europeo di Design – which will represent 11 campuses from Brazil, Italy and Spain, the Greenside Design Centre from Johannesburg, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Vega School, the Cape Town Creative Academy, the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, and more. The daylong event is aimed at high school learners between Grade 9 and 12, and includes talks by iconic SA designers like furniture and product designer Haldane Martin and architect Luyanda Mpahlwa. With only a few seats left, book now to avoid disappointment.
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Open Design hosts Africa’s first STEAM Symposium

The Mother City’s most dynamic design and innovation festival is set to host Africa’s first International STEAM Symposium at City Hall on Monday 14 August.

STEAM is a global movement that adds the creativity and vision of Art and Design thinking to the traditional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subjects.

Above: Kristóf Fenyvesi from Finland will be one of the speakers

Professor Mugendi K. M’Rithaa an industrial designer and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, President of the World Design Organization is one of the speakers at the Symposium. Among the other contributors at the symposium are:

  • Kristóf Fenyvesi, a STEAM researcher at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland
  • Abbas Jamie, director of innovation in Africa at engineering firm Aurecon
  • Richard Perez, the founding director of the UCT School of Design Thinking
  • Marco Rosa, managing director at Formula D.

See speaker line-up and bios here 

STEAM, a concept championed by the Rhode Island School of Design in the US under its STEM to STEAM motto, has three broad pillars. First, to transform research policy to place Art and Design at the centre of STEM learning. Second, to encourage the integration of Art and Design thinking into education across all learning areas from kindergarten to graduate degree level, and third, to influence employers to hire artists and designers to drive innovation and add significance and meaning to their business

The STEAM symposium is one of the platforms that Open Design uses to bring together an extended community of innovative thinkers, designers, entrepreneurs, educators, students and members of the public for a series of exciting experiences, talks, workshops, exhibitions and more. Open Design Cape Town, now in its fifth year, aims to illustrate and explore how creative and innovative solutions and sustainable design can benefit society and our economy.

Times, Dates and Tickets

Tickets for the Open Design International STEAM Symposium on Monday 14 August are on sale via Quicket at a price of R895. The symposium will be held at the main auditorium, Cape Town City Hall on Darling Street between 10am to 4pm.

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Top International Design School at Designing Careers

Attention all High Schools : top tertiary design schools are coming to the Open Design Cape Town Festival to be part of our popular Designing Careers event in August, to talk you through their study options and why you should consider an exciting career in the Creative Industry.

On Tuesday 15 August over 10 design schools, including the famous IED Istituto Europeo di Design Spa that will represent all 11 campuses from Italy, Spain and Brazil, the Greenside Design Centre from Johannesburg and the following schools from Cape Town will participate in the design education showcase at the main auditorium, Cape Town City Hall on Darling Street:

The daylong event is free for Grade 9 to 12 learners, but be sure to book seats.

Local design icons will also be giving talks on the day.

Learners will get to hear from internationally acclaimed SA architect Luyanda Mpahlwa of Cape Town-based firm Design Space Africa. Mpahlwa has designed the South African Embassy in Berlin, Germany, as well as the 10×10 low cost housing project in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, among other major projects.

Local designer Haldane Martin will also be giving a talk. He is the creator of the iconic Songololo Sofa with its multitude of legs, and the Zulu Mama Cafe Chair, which incorporates a seat based on indigenous Zulu basket-weaving design.

The event will also include a movie hour, and students and educators will be able to get something to eat at the festival’s food quarter.

Times and Dates

Designing Careers takes place in the Auditorium at City Hall on Tuesday 15 August, from 10h00 to 16h00. Entrance is free to learners in Grades 9 – 12, however, bookings for schools and educators is essential.

Click here for booking form.

Watch a video clip of Designing Careers 2016

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