• Kids Programme 2011

    Design Indaba Expo 2011 welcomes back our youngest visitors to the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 25 to 27 February.

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Now in its second year, with presenters including Zapiro, Heath Nash and Brendan Bussy, the immensely popular Design Indaba Kids Programme presented by DStv is sure to yet again surprise, delight and inspire.

Design Indaba believes that nurturing and developing the creative spirit everyone is born with is essential for building a lively creative economy. For this reason Design Indaba Expo welcomes our young visitors with this special Kids Programme, which introduces them to the wonderful world, and endless possibilities, of design.

Prices include all materials.

All workshops take place at the DStv Kids Arena at the Design Indaba Expo at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

For more information contact Paul Vicars on +27 21 465 9966 or paul@interactiveafrica.com.

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Listen carefully to the sounds that define the world around you. With your own Kone Phone they will be crisp and clear.

Unleash the sound explorer within! Start by designing your own Kone Phone, a simple but really cool earphone designed to enhance the sounds of your world. Add your unique signature to the Kone Fone with funky decorations.

R110 per child. For ages 8 to 14.

Prices include all materials.


Draw it like you mean it! With the help of South Africa's very own Zapiro, you can also be a great cartoonist.

What’s your idea of cartooning? Is it comics? Political satire? Animation? Cartooning is as limitless as your imagination. Zapiro and Andy Mason would like to help you get going. Whether you want to be viciously satirical or simply hilarious, you’ll need to start with an idea. In this three-hour workshop they’ll show you how to brainstorm ideas and help you draw and write for cartoons and comics.

R200 per child. For ages 12 to 16.

Prices include all materials.


A picture is worth a thousand words, and KIKI are helping disadvantaged kids see the bigger picture.

Life’s special moments should be captured and treasured. The KIKI outreach workshop gives children in disadvantaged communities the opportunity to snap away, while teaching them basic camera and styling techniques.

Closed event.


Join us in making something pretty and practical - the coolest keyring you have ever seen!

Creativity knows no bounds in this fun, expressive workshop. Make the funkiest, weirdest or most beautiful monster-like keyring you can imagine.

R150 per child. For ages 12 to 16.

Prices include all materials.


Let your imagination run free... Create something funky and beautiful for your bedroom.

Make an interesting mobile to hang from the ceiling, a mixed medium canvas or create a striking mosaic artwork for yourself or a friend. Me-time is an activity centre offering creative children’s birthday parties, art and crafts classes, workshops, toddler activity groups, and fun holiday programmes.

R120 per child. For ages 4 to 13.

Prices include all materials.


Waste not, want not. Rather let Heath Nash show you how to make beautiful things using other people's rubbish.

Join celebrated South African product designer Heath Nash in a workshop where he will direct you on how to use your creativity to make beautiful things from rubbish.

R260 per child and parent pair. For ages 8 to 16.

Prices include all materials.


It's always more fun to do it yourself. Come and see how to make sure your creations are gorgeous and useful.

South African creatives Bianca Jade Packham from Lucky No9 Graphic Design & Styling and Anelle Steyn from Seven Swans Wedding Stationery demonstrate two fun and creative DIY projects. Think of all things beautiful, whimsical and inspiring.

R160 per child. For ages 8 to 16.

Prices include all materials.


It's always more fun to do it yourself. Come and see how to make sure your creations are gorgeous and useful.

South African creatives Bianca Jade Packham from Lucky No9 Graphic Design & Styling and Anelle Steyn from Seven Swans Wedding Stationery demonstrate two fun and creative DIY projects. Think of all things beautiful, whimsical and inspiring.

R160 per child. For ages 8 to 16.

Prices include all materials.


Welcome the future by making and programming your own robot, built with Lego.

Imagine a near-future where robots live among us. Then join us for a workshop where you will learn to build and programme a robot made of Lego. Not only will this be educational, but it also promises to be lots of fun.

R200 per child. For ages 7 to 10.

Prices include all materials.