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.
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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