Press Release:

WDC 2014 INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS IN CAPE TOWN AND WITH



EXECUTIVE MAYOR PATRICIA DE LILLE



World Design Capital Cape Town 2014 (WDC 2014) International Advisory Council (IAC)



members today met with the Executive Mayor, Alderman Patricia de Lille, ahead of



reviewing the outcomes from the first call for public submissions vying for a spot in the



year-long programme under the WDC 2014 banner.



The Mayor met with the IAC members as part of her ongoing commitment to WDC 2014



and spoke with deep interest and passion about various projects currently underway



around Cape Town. Design, she believes, enables us to look at the city’s problems



through a different lens and fosters new, innovative solutions.



The IAC the best of local and international design thinking with recognized leaders in



their respective fields such as Trevyn McGowan, Kunlé Adeyemi, Ravi Naidoo, Srini



Srinivasen and Sean Carney (who was unable to travel due to a prior commitment).



“We are thrilled to host IAC members in Cape Town to review the rigorous curatorial



process we have followed thus far. We received 572 public submissions from the first



call and while it hasn’t been an easy process for our 39 curators, it has been incredibly



rewarding and uplifting to see so many fantastic ideas coming through for design-led



transformation in Cape Town,” said Cape Town Design CEO, Alayne Reesberg.



The breakdown of public submissions received across the four themes for 2014



programme is:



ÿ African Innovation. Global conversation – 140 submissions



ÿ Beautiful Spaces. Beautiful Things – 124 submissions



ÿ Bridging the Divide - 184 submissions



ÿ Today for Tomorrow- 124 submissions



“As this is the first meeting of the IAC for WDC 2014, it is a great opportunity for them



to evaluate the efforts of our curators, and to infuse a global design perspective into the



2014 programme development process using their knowledge and expertise over the



next two days,” added Reesberg.



Icsid executive board member, Mugendi M’Rithaa said the presence of the IAC members



brings international and global visibility to the curation process that has been going on in



the past few weeks.



“The IAC members will assist the local efforts to articulate vision and plans on a global



stage, in their personal and professional capacity,” he added.



The IAC has three main roles: to assist the curatorial panel in placing submissions within



a global context; advise Cape Town Design NPC on programme development and to be



global ambassadors for WDC 2014.



The second call for public submissions opens on 1 July - 31 July 2013. Details will be



available closer to the time on www.wdccapetown2014.com while a series of public



information sessions have been planned in the lead up to the second call.



In addition follow @WDC2014 on Twitter and Like /WDC2014 on Facebook for regular



news and updates on WDC 2014.

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