AFRICA DESIGN DAYS
Africa Design Award is a platform of African design, a real melting pot where all the actors of design (designers, design agencies, companies have integrated the notion of design in their strategy of development, states, local communities, associations, architects, craftsmen, etc.), from the continent, to express it, know-how and highlight all their talent, creativity and vision in the service of Africa. Africa as an emerging and future-oriented continent is experiencing an ambitious economic and social tra
Prof. Mugendi K. M’Rithaa is an industrial designer, educator and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He studied in Kenya, the USA, India and South Africa and holds postgraduate qualifications in Industrial Design and Higher Education, as well as a doctorate in Universal Design. He is widely traveled and has taught in Kenya, Botswana, South Africa and Sweden and is passionate about various expressions of socially conscious (and responsible) design, including: Designerly Strategies for
Marva Griffin, Founder and Curator of Salone Satellite at Salone del Mobile, and International Press Relations of Fondazione Cosmit Eventi from Milan In 1999 designer Carlo Contin had the idea to arrange a group of uniform spokes into a simple geometric form. The result was an ingenious fruit bowl that caught the eye of Marva Griffin Wilshire, curator of the Salone Satellite, the showcase of young talent at Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan’s International Furniture Fair. Contin was invited to exhibit
AFRICA DESIGN DAYS