Are there any designers in the house?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2005 by Cassandra in Design
Do South African’s suck as designers?
Sure, every year a whole whack of graphic designers and creative directors go to Cannes…drink alot, learn their lines and come back with an impressive number of trophies with funky names.
But….why then do the rest of the world not pay any attention to our creativity in industrial or product design. Where are our worldchamp architects, business process designers and artists.
There are a few like Roger Kaplan (his funky outdoor shower pictured here) and others who are clearly talented and make some headway into the world of design….but seriously, a country with so much natural raw talent and nobody seems to notice? What seems to be the problem?
My suggestion is that the structures that are put in place to promote the whole aspect of design need to be more design orientated themselves and get themselves up to speed with what they’re trying to promote. There are pockets that stand out for us (Creative industries: The sleeper in the SA economy), but to us, the whole concept of creativity and innovation is a bit of a buzzword that tends to get lost on the way to making business work.
