One of the reasons why I love town planning as a profession and concept is that it can actually change the way people move through and understand space! Isn’t that incredible?! So much responsibility, and so much opportunity to use design to influence people’s lives!
Cape Town is a city that Apartheid planning has rendered hugely inefficient through spatial segregation, which is why it is such great news that after massive effort from the Cape Town Partnership, Creative Cape Town and other groups, Cape Town has been shortlisted as one of the three cities, out of 56 nominations, competing for the prestigious title of World Design Capital 2014 - the other two contenders being Dublin, Ireland and Bilbao, Spain.
The title of World Design Capital has been awarded biennially since 2008, by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to cities that are dedicated to using design for social, cultural and economic development. Coming in the top three puts Cape Town's creative and knowledge economies firmly on the map! The winning city will be announced in Taipei on the 26 October 2011.
May the most innovative city (*cough*Cape Town) win!
The title of World Design Capital has been awarded biennially since 2008, by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to cities that are dedicated to using design for social, cultural and economic development. Coming in the top three puts Cape Town's creative and knowledge economies firmly on the map! The winning city will be announced in Taipei on the 26 October 2011.
May the most innovative city (*cough*Cape Town) win!
Images: Cape Town World Design Capital, Pivot Dublin, Beating Design, Cape Town
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