SQUA.RE Creative Director Daniel Scheffler attends the conference as Design Critic.

‘Since 1995, Design Indaba has been committed to a vision that is built on the belief that creativity will fuel an economic revolution in South Africa.

As such, Design Indaba is a celebration of design in a country iconic of the triumph of the human spirit. By attracting the world’s brightest talent, Design Indaba has become a respected institution on the creative landscape and one of the few global events that celebrates all the creative sectors - graphic design, advertising, film, music, fashion design, industrial design, architecture, craft, visual art, new media, publishing, broadcasting and performing arts sector.’ Read the rest of this entry »

The prestigious Ivy League institution, Princeton University, will be offering a class on the personal life memoirs of models. The course, being taught next spring by Professor Wendy Belcher, is offered through the Comparative Literature and African-American Studies departments at Princeton. Its full title is “Model Memoirs: The Life Stories of International Fashion Models.”

Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad

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Gucci has announced its 5th anniversary charity campaign which will benefit the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This year creative director Frida Giannini and world known author and illustrator Michael Roberts will work together to create an original set of items which will be exclusively sold in over 200 Gucci stores worldwide and online at Gucci.com.

Headlining this initiative is a new children’s book by Michael Roberts called Snowman in Africa¸ which is a sequel to the wildly successful Snowman in Paradise. Between November 16th and December 31st the book will be sold only through Gucci and 100% of its revenue will be donated to UNICEF.

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