Archive for February, 2006
Design Indaba Expo 2006
Posted on 28. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
Design Indaba Expo 2006 was a showcase of all good things designed in SA. We went along and took some photographs and bring you a sample of what was on offer.
Design Indaba Expo 2006
Posted on 27. Feb, 2006 by Jonathan Cherry.
Sights and images from our visit to this year’s Design Indaba expo. It you missed it – slap yourself in the head with a wet snoek and make sure you check out the show next year.
If you’re a used car salesman and think it’s not really up your street – you’re probably right, stay home, drink beer.
If you can like our pictures – vote for us (Cherryflava pics in the Best South African photography blog) over at the SA blog awards. We’ll even throw in a public holiday tomorrow to ease your pain.
Is Oprah all about the ratings?
Posted on 27. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
In June last year Cherryflava reported on the story whirling around the US that Oprah had tested positive for being Zulu.
Seven months later Don4060 posted this gem of a comment:
I live in New York. Last night Oprah appeared on a PBS TV program
hosted by (Harvard University Chairman of African Studies) Louis Henry
Gates. Oprah’s DNA was tested and she was informed that she had no Zulu
in her whatsoever. She was matched with a West African tribe.
Oprah knew this when she made her comments the SA media. So she
lied. She does this alot. Noone second guesses Oprah in the US. Her
viewers obey her every command. If Oprah says McDonalds hamburgers have
mad cow disease, sell your McDonalds stock now. Oprah says read a book,
run to the bookstore now because it has already sold out. Oprah says
cruise ship travel is unsafe, ships will sail empty. Oprah is a problem.
Are cracks appearing in the Oprah brand? Are people questioning her integrity – has she endorsed one too many products?
Hell it was only the other day that we found out that DSTV’s Channel O wasn’t owned by Oprah.
Disappointing sure – but now that she lied about being Zulu?
Still chewing a designed pencil
Posted on 23. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
Cherryflava are still taking it all in at the Design Indaba.
We’ll be back in full force next week, but in the mean time – had a presentation from NY-based web trend guru Ze Frank at the indaba. He’s the guy that came up with that viral video called ‘How to dance properly’.
Check it out here…we did – and we’re going to put the moves to good use at tonight’s Red Bull DI9 afterparty.
Voting open
Posted on 22. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
Blogging live from the 9th Design Indaba in Cape Town…a sneak post on one of the swanky iMac’s displayed for ‘public’ use…to bring you the news that voting for the South African blog awards is now OPEN.
Shoot over to the main site here, check out the contenders and vote (once a day) from now until the 3rd of March.
Gotta go…
iPod’s Winter Olympics product placement
Posted on 21. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
If you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics in Italy, you’ll probably have noticed most of the competitors walking around with those annoying little white earphones plugged into their brains…getting into the right frame of mind with a touch of Metallica.
Why even we here at Cherryflava slap on a bit of Barbara Streisand to rev us up for a really big posting.
It’s almost as if Apple are a sponsor of the games the way the athletes are flaunting their products around the place.
Though Apple doesn’t specifically target athletes, Olympians from
figure skater Kimmie Meissner to snowboarder Shaun White have been
spotted using Apple’s little music device during their runs. Burton
Snowboards even designed outfits for the athletes to wear that have
pockets designed especially for the iPod. [via]
We have to agree with the sentiment going around that if Apple want to attract snowboarders – they should design a roach clip for the back of the iPod, team up with the guys from Atomic to amend the exterior design and let the carving begin.
Design Indaba 9
Posted on 20. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
It’s a beeeg week in Cape Town if you’re in anyway connected to an industry that has to think creatively.
Essentially that’s everyone….but if you are working for Eskom or the traffic department, we understand that thinking is not really your strong point and you’re excused from attending the 9th Design Indaba at the CTICC.
If you’re not lucky enough to attend the conference, make sure you go check out the Expo running from the 24th to the 26th.
We went last year – was well worth the effort. Check out our pics from the visit. Hopefully there will be power to light this year’s event, perhaps the organisors should consider a more first-world location going forward.
No Blow please
Posted on 16. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
Dutch authorities recently decided that they’d like to make it illegal to smoke a joint in certain parts of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam’s new street signs banning cannabis smoking in parts of
the city have, um, sparked quite an interest. Shortly after the
sign—which features a red circle around a joint in a cloud of smoke—was
installed, it was stolen. Suddenly, local officials realized they had a
new revenue stream: they would start selling the No Pot Smoking signs
for $108, excluding shipping.
If you like the sign and want to remind the pesky cops that hang out at your place not to smoke your stash, you can buy one here. [via]
Lusharazzi hooks up
Posted on 16. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
As useful as they are entertaining, the girls over at sister blog Lusharazzi have been busy, and it’s not only their growing fan base that’s taking notice.
Stepping up to the plate and positioning themselves as a pioneer in terms of South Africa blog advertising – the girls have launched ‘Lush Loves’ to accommodate sponsorship opportunities… and have promptly landed leading woman’s retailer Me Jane.
Not wanting to just carry banner ads that add nothing to reader enjoyment, Lusharazzi readers score a sweet 20% off their purchases at Me Jane….testing the whole concept of ‘tryvertising’.
So far, advertising on South African blogs has been very much a low-key affair, team Lusharazzi could be blazing a brand new blog media trail.
Incredible what’s up news map
Posted on 16. Feb, 2006 by Cassandra.
Watching Sky News or CNN is kind of old school now.
If you’re in a rush, and need to know what’s going down right now on planet earth….then here’s your solution.
A design graduate from Holland has put together What’s up – New stories are highlighted on the map, and a balloon appears with a
headline; clicking on the balloon sends you to the source of the story.
We agree with trendsite Coolhunting that the reader is not as good as the original Newsmap and the South African news stories seem a bit dated, but it beats the hell out of watching that weird guy with his false toothy smile on SABC 3….and we like the bubbles. It’s like an online lava lamp. [via]
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