“Help my trap!” -
In true Dutch style, cycling is part of their daily commute. John
Matthijs and Christianne Heselmans ran a roundtable discussion
on the Sustainable Mobility Project, hosted by Vega Cape
Town. The project focuses on making Cape Town more bicycle
friendly (yes, even with uphill battles and the blustery Cape
Doctor!).
Colleagues Dolf Nijsen and Bianca de Klerk joined Christianne,
where Dolf ran a roundtable discussion themed ‘Quality of Life in
Informal Settlements’ as part of the Craft and Design Institute’s
Better Living Challenge. Some of the proposed solutions will
now be tested to add real value to people’s lives.
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But what about the students I hear you ask? The Fontys
exchange students described their time with us as an amazing
experience where they learned a lot about themselves, made
new friends, and experienced their studies at Vega as a huge
plus to their current programmes.
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We are looking forward to welcoming the next four students in
February 2019, and wish our three Vega students best of luck
as they spend a semester at Fontys.
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I AM BECAUSE WE ARE
International Ubuntu Design Project
Several of our 3rd year Graphic Design students’ work was
co-exhibited in internationally recognised designer, Armando
Milani’s, exhibition in Milan. It was such a success that our
Consulate wants to bring the exhibition to South Africa next
year! Forza!
#17 Writers, designers, digital designers, entrepreneurs, and strategists
collaborate under one roof.
Cape Town was recently named as Africa’s first design city by
UNESCO, joining 180 cities in UNESCO’s global Creative Cities Network.
Vega School represents the educational sector (with Navigator Thys
de Beer serving as a steering committee member).
Our first challenge was to design a logo that would reflect the spirit
of this designation, and it came as no surprise that talented 3rd year
Graphic Design student, Alecea Basson’s logo was selected as the
official logo. According to Alecea she drew inspiration from both
natural and cultural spheres, and local African cultural elements such
as vibrant geometric pattern designs and rich colours as a creative
driving force. She used natural elements as symbolism to convey the
dynamic design ecosystem with sustainability as its foundation. The
overall identity conveys the vibrant and dynamic nature of Cape Town
as a city of design. We are very proud of you Alecea!
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Alecea and fellow Veganite, Bernadene (Bernz) Clausing, will be joining
the Offenbach University of Art and Design and the Leibniz Research
Alliance in January 2019 for a month-long team challenge themed
‘making crisis visible’, and will investigate how crises can be made
understandable and how their creative potential can be experienced
through design.
Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Auf Wiedersehen, Vaarwel!
Thys de Beer
Manager: Academic Projects and Collaborations