Afrique sur scène – Clap sur l'actualité culturelle africaine
AFRICA DESIGN AWARD 2017
Organized by Africa Design Days (ADD) and initiated by international designer Hicham Lahlou and the World Design Organization (WDO), this major pan-African and global continental event is an unprecedented showcase for the African innovation and design community as well as a privileged space for exchanges to develop collaborations between designers, policy makers, companies and citizens. More than 300 participants, including 70 influential international figures in the field of innovation through design will
Hicham Lahlou, an emblematic figure of the new design generation, has been part of the new design sphere for more than two decades. He works to position his country ‘the Kingdom of Morocco’ as a new hub of design on the Continent, his initiatives support the promotion of African design and have been very strongly distinguished with the establishment of FEMADE (the Moroccan Federation of Design) in 2009, followed by Africa Design Award and Africa Design Days + Morocco Design Week / Days and Awards. With his
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
Afrique sur scène – Clap sur l'actualité culturelle africaine
AFRICA DESIGN AWARD 2017