Tag Archives: design
Manentine’s Day Launches Design Contest To Find “Manly Love”
Manentine’s Day, the holiday that takes place on March 14th and is like Valentine’s Day, but celebrates the man in the relationship, is launching a design contest to find the new signature Manentine’s Day contest design. The goal of this contest is to find a design that embodies the essence of what it means to [...]
Capetonian Architect 1st SA Woman To Receive International Lifetime Achievement Award
A Cape Town architect has become the first South African woman to receive top international lifetime achievement award for architecture. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) this week announced that Cape Town architect Anya van der Merwe will receive one of its highest honours, a lifetime honorary fellowship and medal for lifetime achievement in architecture. [...]
Are You Paying Too Much For Design?
Paying too much for a great design? You might be. An image is worth a thousand words but needn’t be at a cost of thousands of rands. Yet in the same breath, few people appreciate the importance of a solid company logo or corporate image. As with all public communications, it needs to be well [...]
The Power Of Design And User-Experience To Your Business
Design is an invisible force that surrounds us everywhere we go – it’s in the cars we drive, the programs we watch, the homes we live in and the breakfast cereals we eat. Since Cape Town has won its bid to be the Design Capital of the world in 2014, South Africans are going to [...]
Moving Tribute To Steve Jobs By Apple’s Chief Designer Jony Ive
Steve Jobs was not just a visionary; he was also a remarkable leader. One of his foremost (and somewhat forgotten) talents was to surround himself with extraordinary people. Jonathan Ive is one of those people. Responsible for much of Apple’s slick, functional beauty, Ive was Jobs’ confidante, right-hand man and best friend.
Watch this video [...]
Cape Town Named World Design Capital 2014: What It Means
This morning at around 6:20am South African time, the announcement came from Taipei that Cape Town has been awarded the crown of World Design Capital 2014. Since the announcement, it seems that half the people on SA social media circuit are jumping up and down celebrating, and the other half scratching their heads, asking “World [...]
World Design Capital 2014, The Countdown Begins!
By now, we’re all feeling the yellow buzz, and it’s not only the delicious summer sun sneak previews we’ve been catching over the weekend… Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014 and the announcement of the winning City is happening next Wednesday, the 26th of October at 7am.
Just to recap – The World Design Capital [...]
Catch The Yellow Fever: Calling All Capetonians To Support The City.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Cape Town has been nominated as a finalist in its bid to become the World Design Capital. The Mother City is competing against Dublin and Bilbao for the honour.
In case you’re wondering, this is a big deal. It means a greater awareness in the creative community; [...]
Designers: the 6th annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition is open for entries
Big Blue’s 6th annual Makhulu Polane design competition is open for entries. Over the years Ideate has supported the annual Makhulu Polane (Big Idea) t-shirt design competition and watched it grow from strength to strength. The initiative aims to find the best design talent in SA.
What is it?
Makhulu Polane started in 2006 and is [...]
What the Apple website would have looked like in 1983
The Heavy Chef Project website points us in the direction of this classic anachronistic design of what the Apple website would have looked like in 1983. This is geek smarts at its finest.
Nice one.
Fred Roed is the marketing guy in the Ideate crew. Fred is the CEO of web marketing company World Wide Creative and [...]
