Winner
WIAN VAN DER MERWE
BHC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
JACO LANDMAN & NICA MAREE
To me, the future of South African design is a growing collaboration of the creative minds across various industries. All fields of design breeds unique ideologies and interpretations of the creative journey. Small, emerging and big designers offering their brilliant minds in a shared space will result in a unified nation, strengthened by design.
2nd PLACE
ANINE NAUDÉ
CAD4ALL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ARCHITECTURE
GENÉ KEET
A design that is inclusive and which provides the next generation with an opportunity for growth. A design containing contextual awareness, local resources, and the use of local craftsmanship. A design that not only makes use of an alternative knowledge system but a design that creates an opportunity for co-development between nature and mankind.
3rd PLACE
NIELLE CRAFFORD
BHC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
JACO LANDMAN & NICA MAREE
Organic, sustainable, and inclusive to all South Africans. Using strong and raw materials and by bringing nature into design – this also means that design will be authentic and bold. Being energy efficient and mindful with re-usable or sustainable materials when designing means that we design for future generations.
Finalists
ALEXANDER MARÉ
UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
SANDRA FELIX & MELINDA SILVERMAN
Design shapes more than space, it shapes our experience and our possibilities – our shared future. Designing for the future means designing for the unexpected: for change, inclusion, participation, and resilience. Good design should thus be people-oriented, optimistic, and flexible.
ELANA COETZEE
BHC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
JACO LANDMAN & NICA MAREE
The future of South African design will incorporate culture with technology to cultivate spaces which encourage the progression of communication in our country. Creating unity using space. Utilising and reusing different materials through the process of upcycling, together with recycling, will become more intentional. Sustainability is South Africa’s future.
JEAN SWART
CAD4ALL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ARCHITECTURE
GENÉ KEET
South African design will embody a utopia centred around cultural, religious, economic, social and environmental needs. Our designs will contribute to more opportunities for indigenous knowledge systems and local labour. Indigenous knowledge systems will take its rightful place on the world stage, and South Africa’s philosophical & intellectual discourse will significantly contribute to the global narrative more so than ever before.
LUTHO SIGANAGANA
UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
SANDRA FELIX & MELINDA SILVERMAN
The future of South African design
is an expression of a true and honest South African identity. It is a form of design which aims to respond directly to the South African context through the intense study and application of indigenous South African methods and materials. It is a future of design which establishes newfound respect for indigenous South African methods which are still considered ‘primitive’ and ‘un-innovative’.
TAYLA PIENAAR
BHC SCHOOL OF DESIGN
JACO LANDMAN & NICA MAREE
The future of South African design relies on new upcoming designers to bring about change through creativity and uniqueness. Utilizing new technologies to enhance sustainable living while incorporating the heritage of South Africa and welcoming a bold new future in design.
VIVIAN CAMPBELL
CAD4ALL INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ARCHITECTURE
GENÉ KEET
It would be the incorporation of our South African Heritage, culture and preferred architectural styles into a new template that is designed specifically for our climate and takes into consideration the social, economic and environmental conditions – so we are better prepared for any challenges to come in the foreseeable future.
