ART AND DESIGN HELP IN AFRICA
In 2008 Leonard Shapiro met Italian artist Andrea Mariconti while in Milan and discussed the idea of holding an art workshop for vulnerable children in Cape Town, South Africa. Leonard has an organisation called ‘CRAFTSOUTHAFRICA‘. In 2009 Leonard organized the first workshop with kids in Gugulethu with Andrea facilitating the workshop. This is what is […]
July 19, 2011
Tags: art, cape town, DESIGN, south africa, workshop Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN 
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Mugendi M’Rithaa and African Design
I had a meeting with the highly sympathetic African design activist and educator Mugendi M’Rithaa in the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He operates in the Faculty of Design and Informatics. He is a co-founder of Design With Africa, a network for sharing a knowledge base and to be an open forum for debates and […]
April 22, 2011
Tags: academy, africa, DESIGN, design innovation, mozambique, social design, social innovation, south africa, Zimbabwe Posted in: ART, DESIGN, MOZAMBIQUE, PONDERINGS Comments Closed
EMPOWERMENT, INNOVATION, DESIGN, PRODUCTION
The township where the centers are located. I visited ENZA in Cape Town, or actually on the outskirts of the city. It is a registered non-profit and public benefit organization based in the Paarl/Wellington area near the city. It aims to empower underpriviledged women and girls to build a future. It is driven by the […]
April 21, 2011
Tags: aids, community centre, DESIGN, HIV, product, south africa Posted in: DESIGN Comments Closed
CROCODILE RIVER CONCENTRATION
Buffaloes in the heat of the day I went to this river to concentrate on two projects that I have to write. It is good to know of such places with tranquillity. They give you focus. I have many favourite places in my homecountry Iceland, windows to mountains or glaciers where I have drawn pictures […]
February 12, 2010
Tags: buffaloes, crocodile, DESIGN, kruger park, south africa Posted in: PONDERINGS Comments Closed
