Here is a great article on The Fringe – Cape Town’s Innovation District in Cape Town’s East City by Richard Holmes in the latest edition of Indwe Magazine, just in time for the announcement on Tuesday about the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist:
Mother City looks East
“The…
Read an update of Cape Town’s The Fringe Innovation District by project coordinator Yehuda Raff (Cape Argus, 09 May 2011)
In 2007, a group of forward-thinking people got together and talked about the need to establish an environment that would support innovation and development in the design, media…
If you are interested in design trends, you need to get the new Creative Cape Town Annual, produced by Bell Roberts Publishing in conjunction with Creative Cape Town. You can flip through the pages here, or get hold of a hard copy from the Cape Town Partnership offices in Bree…
One Saturday morning, a few weeks ago, I took my youngest son, Angelo, for a robotics lesson in the East City. Hidden behind a pair of small red doors in Buitenkant Street, we stumbled upon a magical world of creativity at the Open Innovation Studio.
“Work. Learn. Share. Change the World.” This is the…
The CT Station has been receiving its first major overhaul since it was built as an apartheid station in the early 1960s. I walked around the site a few days ago with colleagues from Intersite and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to look at the progress that
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We have some wonderful organisations supporting creative industries in Cape Town. One of them is the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI), based in the East City. Consider the following:
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Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
Cape Town’s Bid to host 2011 UN Climate Change Conference
For sure, freeways?
Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
Integrated Rapid Transport in Cape Town – no other alternative
Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
Cape Town shows the world how to street party
Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September
Looking for Africa
The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape
Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions?
Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development
Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town
Christo Fabricius: Knowledge, education and skills development should...
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I conduct a photo stream on Old Cape...
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Mark Dean Brown: Why doesn't the City offer some sort of tax incent...
Mark Dean Brown: It's unfortunate that the stunning original design...
James de Villiers: That's great but still these are only expectations...
Uhuru: 2.The strength of the visitor destination brand vs...
Socomo: I'm very keen to see the final design. It's a pity...
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