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Design Indaba Expo is a celebration of local design distinction.
Presenting the very best of South African creativity, Design Indaba Expo is a showcase of exceptional design across all disciplines, including advertising, architecture, craft, décor, film, fashion, graphic design, interior design, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design, visual media and more.
Setting a high professional standard, each exhibitor is pre-approved by a curatorial panel of industry experts, ensuring that you will only see bespoke designs of the highest quality on the Design Indaba Expo floor.
WHY ALL THE FUSS?
- Design Indaba Expo is your all-in-one creative stop, recognising and celebrating local creative work across all fields.
- All designs are quintessentially South African – no derivatives, no imports.
- An influential contingent of local and international buyers consider Design Indaba one of their key shopping destinations, creating a platform for productive trade relationships.
- On the Design Indaba Expo floor you can catch all-day fashion shows, short films and Pecha Kucha presentation, chat to the designers or simply browse the gorgeous creations on display.
- Design Indaba Expo coincides with Design Indaba Conference, resulting in a week of creative rejuvenation.
THE DESIGN INDABA EXPO TAKES PLACE FROM 1 to 3 MARCH 2013 AT THE CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE.
OPENING HOURS:
Friday 1 March 2013 from 10h00 - 20h00 (On-site tickets sales close at 19h00)
Saturday 2 March 2013 from 10h00 - 20h00 (On-site tickets sales close at 19h00)
Sunday 3 March 2013 from 10h00 - 18h00 (On-site tickets sales close at 17h00)
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FLOOR?
DESIGN INDABA'S MOST CREATIVE STAND
This award recognises and celebrates exceptional stand design on the Design Indaba Expo floor. Judged for its innovation, interactivity and overall sexiness, the Most Creative Stand demonstrates the pleasure of taking a (creative) stand.
EMERGING CREATIVES
Sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, Emerging Creatives is a platform that recognises and promotes South Africa’s most ingenious young designers. Bearing testament to the success of this platform is John Edwards, Ian Kelynack, Justin Southey, Caleb Pedersen and Tarien Malherbe who all launched their creative careers as a Design Indaba Emerging Creative.
FASHION
All-day fashion shows on the Design Indaba Expo floor presents the creations of local trendsetters and statement-makers.
FOOD MARKET
While the gorgeous designer products on the Design Indaba Expo floor will feed your creative senses, the food market will ensure that your tummy is kept happy too. Enjoy the freshest selection of quality, local foods and beverages. There’s sure to be something to tickle everybody’s taste buds.
KIDS WORKSHOPS
The DSTV Kids Workshops are dedicated to promoting and nurturing creativity in childhood education. In addition to learning and having fun, the workshops also encourage participation and parent-child interaction.
MOST BEAUTIFUL OBJECT IN SA
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that’s why everybody has a say in what should be Design Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object in South Africa. Acknowledging that beauty can take any shape or size, the MBOISA applauds beauty that extends to social significance, sustainability and luxury, while remaining almost undefinable.
PECHA KUCHA
Catch designers and creatives talking about their work in a Pecha Kucha presentation on the Design Indaba Expo floor. Pecha Kucha presentations force speakers to be short and to the point by limiting them to 20 slides each shown for only 20 seconds.
SALON PRIVÉ
The Salon Privé at Design Indaba Expo is a separate exhibition area within the main exhibition focusing on premier South African design. Showing invite-only designers, Salon Privé is the ideal space in which to launch a new product or product range.
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E-mailDesign Indaba Expo takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Located along the city’s northern foreshore, the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) is the ideal space for Design Indaba Expo, with flexible facilities and a gorgeous view of Table Mountain.
Comfortably accommodating the almost 40 000 visitors that attend Design Indaba Expo over three days, the CTICC has some 1 400 secure, on-site parking bays for visitors. The complex is wheelchair friendly, has toilets for physically disabled persons and elevators with Braille inscriptions. Designated drop-off points also makes for easy access to the complex.
LOCATION
For more info on the CTICC call +27 (0) 21 410 5000 or visit www.cticc.co.za.
Apart from being the foremost design event in South Africa, Design Indaba Expo is the ideal opportunity to strut your creative stuff, network with clients and buyers, and join in the celebration of unique, high-quality design and innovation.
Under the spotlight
- Three days of trading
- 38 000 visitors through the doors
- Over 350 media representatives
- Media coverage to the tune of R29 million
- A listing in the Visitor’s Guide
Improved business savvy
- Over 400 local and international buyers
- R142 million in business sales
- Help contribute R261.5 million to the national GDP
- Online business profile with link to your website
- Exhibitor-only presentations by international speakers
Be seen all year
- Representation on the Cape Town Design Route map
- Insert in printed version of the Buyers Guide
- Additional earning potential throughout the year by selling on the Design Indaba online shop
- Discounted rates to advertise on www.designindaba.com
Just for exhibitors
- A free ticket to the bigger-than-big Design Indaba Party
- 20% discount on a Design Indaba Conference ticket
Who better to tell you about the advantages of exhibiting at Design Indaba Expo than our exhibitors themselves? Visit the Success tab to hear thier stories.
What are you waiting for? Book your space on the Design Indaba Expo 2012 floor now.
Take a look below at the different stand types and sizes available to you. Also find here information about the costs and payment options. Please don’t hesitate to contact us about any questions you may have about this process, or if you need advice on the type of stand that will work best for your designs.
Please download the PDF specific to your preferred stand type for more info
Custom Space
We provide floorspace only - A distribution board is compulsory for all custom stands at aproximately R950 ex VAT to be ordered directly from the CTICC. Stand drawings must be submitted and approved 3 weeks prior to build-up. 9m2 minimum stand size.
- R1925 per m2
Standard Package Stands
Incudes walls, 2 spotlights, 1 plug point (shared distribution board), carpeting and a fascia name board. 3, 4, 6 or 9m2 squared stands available
- R2150 per m2
Jewellery Package
Includes walls, 2 spotlights, 1 plug point (shared distribution board), carpeting, a fascia name board and extra security. 2 m2 stands available.
- R2000 per m2
Jewellery Shop Front
These stands include 2 Acrylic panels that look onto the main Expo floor. 2 m2 stands available.
- R2550 per m2
NOTE: There is a 5% levy on all corner stands and a 10% levy on all island spaces. Comparatively, Expo’s rate is very competitive and the event offers its exhibitors more benefits than any other trade or décor show in terms of reputation, infrastructure and a supportive environment. The majority of Expo exhibitors not only recoup their costs through sales, they also make a profit at the event.
CO-EXHIBITOR FEE
We do not encourage exhibitors to share stands as this results in a cluttered display and does not promote the individual brands effectively. There is thus a co-exhibitor fee of R900. In other words, if you share a stand with another exhibitor we will charge you an additional R900 for the extra accreditation, registration and administration costs.
To ensure that Design Indaba Expo maintains a high professional standard, each exhibitor is pre-approved by a curatorial panel of industry experts. The curatorial panel comprises industry leaders and experts in their field of design. The creative work of each potential exhibitor is evaluated to ensure that it meets the exacting standards set by Design Indaba, ensuring that each design is 100% homegrown and of the highest quality.
If you have never exhibited at the Design Indaba Expo before please Click here to apply to our curator panel.
Architecture
Tsai (Tsai Design Studio)
Craft
Erica Elk (CCDI ,Cape Town)
Marisa Fick-Jordaan (The Batshop, Durban)
Fashion
Jackie Burger/Stefanie Viera (CTFC, Cape Town)
Graphic Media, Advertising & Photography
Veejay Archary (Black, Johannesburg)
Richard Hart (Disturbance, Durban)
Jewellery
Geraldine Fenn (Tinsel, Johannesburg)
Verna Jooste (University of Stellenbosch)
Lifestyle & Product Design
Greg & Roche Dry (Egg Design, Durban)
Gerard Back (Mila, Cape Town)
Product & Industrial Design
Roelf Mulder (...xyz, Cape Town)
Strut your stuff at Design Indaba Expo 2012
Posted on September 13th 2011
So, you’ve got inspired ideas and brilliant designs — all you need now is the right platform from which to let the world know. Enter to be an Emerging Creative at Design Indaba Expo 2012 and we'll help you get there.
If you’re a student in a creative faculty at a tertiary institution in South Africa or a young designer in the process of establishing a design service or business, apply now.
The Design Indaba Expo 2012 Emerging Creatives Programme invites designers to apply for a spot on the Expo floor, alongside some of the biggest names in South African design.
The selected Emerging Creatives will have full sponsorship to showcase their creative work at Design Indaba Expo 2012, as well as a ticket to attend the Young Designers Simulcast of the Design Indaba Conference.
Emerging Creatives, sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, is one of the many ways that Design Indaba is committed to nurturing and promoting the creative talent of young South Africans. It serves as a developmental platform for the next generation of designers, whose work is all selected based on its quality, originality and ability to stand alongside world-class designs.
Emerging Creatives exposes young designers to the best in the business, including international buyers and media. Bearing testament to the success of this platform are the likes of Daniel Ting Chong, Lauren Fowler, Andile Dyalvane, Laduma Ngxokolo and Lyall Sprong, who all launched their design careers as an Emerging Creative.
To apply, contact Bev Cupido on 021 465 9966 or bev [at] interactiveafrica [dot] com (email Bev). The submission deadline is Tuesday 15 November 2011.
Design Indaba Expo 2012 to host first dedicated Trade Preview Day.
Source the latest and best in home-grown, high-end South African design at our exclusive full day Buyers and Media Preview on Thursday 1 March 2012, the day before the event opens to the public.
Meet our exhibitors (almost 400 in 2011) and browse their latest new designs at your leisure in this first, one-day event set aside specifically for international and local buyers and media.
The Buyer Registration Fee includes:
- Access to the Expo for four days
- Special accommodation rates
- Buyers Guide and handy info all in one Buyers Pack
- Accreditation by name, company and country for easy interaction
Register now for a hassle-free, stimulating Design Indaba experience! Click on Buyer Registration Tab above
For buyer information please contact Shaunnelle at shaunnelle [at] interactiveafrica [dot] com or +27 21 465 9966.
Design Indaba Expo has established itself as the premier design shopping destination in Africa. More than 400 buyers from around the world annually use Design Indaba Expo as their creative exploration ground.
The Design Indaba Expo is a dynamic international trade platfrom:
- 100% Homegrown
- More Inclusive than any other show, representing graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new media, publishing, radio & television and performing arts.
- Fully curated, representing the best of high-end, South African design talent.
- The fastest growing show in the country with over 379 exhibitors and more than 38 000 visitors.
- Over 400 local and international buyers made Design Indaba Expo a sourcing destination in 2011.
- Over 350 media representatives roamed the Expo floor in 2011, which generated media coverage to the tune of R29 million.
If you are new to Design Indaba, please feel free to browse around the site and watch the Design Indaba Expo promo video to get a better idea of what Design Indaba is all about. Looking forward to see you at Design Indaba Expo 2012. For more information contact diexpo [at] interactiveafrica [dot] com.
Buyers are encouraged to register as official Design Indaba Expo buyers to ensure the full benefit of the experience. Official buyers receive access to a variety of facilities to make their visit more convenient and pleasurable, to proceed, click on the Buyer Registration tab above.
BUYER QUOTES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
"I thoroughly enjoyed the Indaba with its great vibe and interesting people and products!"
Yebo Style, Germany"Overall the calibre of the exhibitors was excellent and it has presented many new and exciting opportunities to grow my business."
Safari Fusion, Australia"Great show would not miss it!!!"
Snob, Canada"I feel priviledged to be part of such a High standard, seemingly successful, design group such as those South Africans exhibiting at Design Indaba."
Fat Tuesday, South Africa
"Innovative, real and inspirational! We love it!"
Isandi Konsept, Norway
Official Buyer Registration
Online Buyer Registration is now closed. Please note that you can still register on site. Please visit the Buyers Registration Desk at the Cape Town International Convention Centre for more information.
Buyers are encouraged to register as official Design Indaba Expo buyers to ensure the full benefit of the experience. Official buyers receive access to a variety of facilities to make their visit more convenient and pleasurable. There is a registration fee of R200 for official buyers but should your company send more than one person a discounted rate of R60 is offered to the additional members. This fee allows us to offer the following benefits:
- Accreditation by name, company and country to allow better interaction with exhibitors and media.
- Access to the Expo for 4 full days.
- Exclusive Buyer’s preview of the Design Indaba Expo floor on Thursday 1 March, from 10:00 - 19:00.
- A Buyer’s Pack with additional information and resources on the Design Indaba Exhibitors and the City of Cape Town.
- Special accommodation rates organised for Design Indaba.
- An opportunity to explore the Cape Town Design Route to visit the stores and studios of our Exhibitors.
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POSTAL ADDRESS Design Indaba Expo CONTACT DETAILS Ph: + 27 21 465 9966 |
INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS Kim Terblanche Beverley Cupido Maciek Dubla Jane Steel |
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