Many delegates to the recent Design Indaba conference in Cape Town have told me how impressed they were with the presentation by Alejandro Aravena, a Chilean architect, on the design and financing of affordable housing. I unfortunately missed the presentation, but here are two views worth reading: one by Bruce …
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Cape Town World Design Capital 2014?
As we head into the last 100 days to the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, a bunch of creative Capetonians have been looking at ways to sustain the momentum beyond 2010. One idea is a campaign to bid for Cape Town as World Design Capital in 2014 to be launched …
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Find out more about Cape Town's bid to win the title of World Design Capital in 2014
