The City of Cape Town's successful bid for World Design Capital 2014 was coordinated by the Cape Town Partnership, in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and supporters.
On Monday 25 June 2012, in a complex of buildings in The Hague, great minds gathered to talk about ten groundbreaking ideas coming out of the Netherlands. At a design centre in Cape Town at the same time, a crowd of local innovators gathered to listen in via livestream, and consider these ideas in the context of Africa.
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Another milestone in Cape Town's World Design Capital 2014 journey will be reached when Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille and International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) President Soon-in Lee sign the Host City Agreement in Cape Town on Friday 29 June 2012.
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The Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Alderman Patricia de Lille and International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) President Soon-in Lee will sign the World Design Capital 2014 Host City Agreement at an historic signing ceremony attended by media in Cape Town on Friday 29 June 2012.
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This week marks the official signing of the World Design Capital 2014 Host City Agreement in Cape Town on Friday 29 June 2012. In terms of the agreement, the City of Cape Town has mandated an independent World Design Capital 2014 implementation company to oversee the planning, coordination and rollout of Cape Town's World Design Capital 2014 programme.
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Cape Town, in bidding for World Design Capital 2014, committed itself to transforming lives by design - rebuilding community cohesion; reconnecting communities through infrastructural enhancement; and repositioning the city for the knowledge economy. A grand vision, no doubt, but how do we get designers and communities talking the same language and collectively solving pressing social problems to get us there?
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The Social Justice Coalition's problem statement, outlining the challenges of refuse collection and removal in the townships.
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This prestigious status is designated biennially by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to cities that are dedicated to using design for social, cultural and economic development.
This title will give Cape Town a chance to showcase its achievements and aspirations through a year-long programme of design-led events and activities as World Design Capital designees Seoul (2010) and Helsinki (2012) have done. The official World Design Capital logo is strictly prohibited from appearing on any platforms besides those used by the official World Design Capital. For more information, please visit www.worlddesigncapital.com.
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