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The HistoryThe Design Indaba® has a special interest in the development of young designers in South Africa. Throughout the year, the organisers of Design Indaba, Interactive Africa, host workshops across the country at selected tertiary institutions. During this highly interactive 5 day theme-based workshop, participating lecturers and students will have an opportunity to work closely and interact with facilitating international / local leading designers on a specific brief. The end product is always a tangible piece of work that is produced ie: brochure/book/bags/posters etc. Its part of the growth of Design Indaba as an institution in South Africa. The Design Indaba's strategic development has gone beyond just inspiration, but includes education and training, as well as promotion of the economic growth of the creative industries. While the flagship Design Indaba event takes place in Cape Town at the end of February every year, we have always had the country at heart, and have chosen not to be parochial or provincial. This is part of taking Design Indaba across the country, with the workshops as the centerpiece, but also an important Seminar Series for design professionals. We are buoyed by the response of all the design educators nationwide. Its heartening that the exploits of our facilitators at the previous 11 workshops has been well met, and there is a need for more. We also learnt that it may be worthy to co-ordinate workshops for the lecturers, as well: Train the trainer could be the new refrain! These workshops will help in giving our students a world view, and assist in us benchmarking ourselves against best global practice. We have to up the tempo in South Africa, and start to make our industry one of the winners in the South African firmament. The biggest driver will have to be exports - As the creative industry, we will know we have arrived when our products and services are coveted by customers outside this country! These workshops are funded by the private sector, and are at no cost to the institution or the students. The inaugural seminar took place in Durban in late August 2001. Run by Vince Frost, the one-day workshop required students to create a magazine celebrating Durban as an African city. To date we have hosted eminent designers like Irma Boom (Professor of Design at Yale), Lucille Tenazas (President of American Institute of Graphic Arts), Oscar Pena (Creative Director at Philips), Paula Scher (of Pentagram, NY). In 2008 Design Indaba assisted by Vega: The Brand Communications School hosted tow graphic designers Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karllsson from New York to run workshops at the Vega Imagination Labs in townships on Johannesburg and Durban and at the campus in Cape Town. Should you require further details with reference to previous workshops, please call +27 21 418 6666 or email: shaunnelle@interactiveafrica.com  
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