World Design Capital

Architecture, design, innovation and toilets swirled together in separate international initiatives in Durban and Cape Town.

An eye-wateringly yellow drink is the Capital Cocktail to celebrate Cape Town’s status as World Design Capital.

From screenings to exhibitions and debates, the Cape Town Art Fair 2014 is a first for the city and heralds from the successful Hong Kong Art Fair.

Global icon Rossana Orlandi is more than a creative and an eclectic designer. She’s recently adopted the role of a nurturer for upcoming designers.

Design24 has launched a competition for designers to reimagine the Sanlam Centre in Cape Town, once the tallest building in Africa.

Designers must ensure that Cape Town’s 2014 award is not hijacked by business and tourism interests, says a member of the bid committee

Cape Town has been named World Design Capital for 2014, at the International Design Congress in Taipei, but there are dissenting voices back home.

Cape Town has trumped Bilbao and Dublin to be named Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

Cape Town has won a place on the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design’s short list for World Design Capital 2014.