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Collaboration with Whatiftheworld

We are co-sponsors and patrons of Number Two, the second in a series of projects and events for emerging designers, presented by Whatiftheworld, which was voted in the Top 50 Emerging Galleries worldwide.

Event details:

Friday 5 October, 19h00, 208 Albert Rd, Albert Hall, Wood Stock The Number Events are an initiative started by Whatiftheworld in February 07. For an entire week furniture and product design exhibitions were held,culminating in a group fashion show of emerging fashion designers (Union of the Dull). The event was a huge success with many of the designers receiving international orders for their work.

This time things have been taken up a notch. Designers from Johannesburg have joined, to create an event that is more representative of design talent from a larger part of the country.

Expect to see product design installations by emerging industrial designers:

Adriaan Hugo Lyall Sprong Liam Mooney Xandre Kriel

A key element of the evening, from 21h00, will be The Nothing, a group fashion show, that will feature emerging talents:

Abraham + Louisa, by Suzaan Heyns – Abraham Louisa is a ladieswear label that explores the relationship between masculinity and femininty. Strict and stern versus soft and pliable. Black meets white. Sheer versus covered up. It is both strong and soft, innocent and jaded.

Dandy Savant, by Cameron Foden & Kerry Chaloner – Dandy Savant Spring Summer 2008 “This is a Summer of Violence”. Dandy Savant is a design collaboration between Cameron Foden and Kerry Chaloner. The menswear brand was conceived in December 2005 and showed for the first time at Whatiftheworld: Union of the Dull Autumn Winter 2007/2008. This, their second collection, draws inspiration from conflict. “This is an amorphous conflict, not political or personal, not necessarily definable. We are exploring isolated or fractured identities and the dual natures of protection/exposure and strength/fragility in conflict situations. We became obsessed by this theme, and how it draws negative or destructive connotations, but is a natural state. Conflict can signify or catalyse change and growth.”

White Noise, by Petro Steyn – White Noise will showcase a special neoprene project for Number Two, The Nothing. Its called something like Zonkey, a zebra and a Donkey its not street wear, avant-garde or Haute Couture, its nothing you cN WEAR something quite weird. Its abstract in shape and form.

Pwhoa, by Richard de Jager – This summer season pwhoa continues its signature organic tech feel in a ladies wear collection thats totally devoid of colour. Using the most mundane cable and rib knits the silhouette explodes in shapes that grows all over the knits reminiscent of fungi, sea anenome ,and local flora.Get ready for a new nightmare in craft!

Emerging jewellery designer DONNE BULLIVANT, will also be showing a selection of her newest work. All these installations will be on show on the first floor of the Albert Hall building on Albert Rd, Salt River.

For more information visit: Whatiftheworld

Aviary

Aviary is the company behind a new design tool created to put some ease into the lives of creatives.

Most people interested in design are daunted by the high cost of tools, Aviary seeks to overcome this by offering a free basic programme that offers enough features to provide a good opportunity to learn design.

The programme is web based, so there are no pesky, large downloads, and you keep the rights to your work. If you feel like going Pro, you can sign up for their Pro package for just $ 9.99.

If you fingers want to get to designing, or you want to peek at their product offering, visit their site http://aviary.com.

Bright New Thing - Idea Bounty

Idea Bounty is a recent concept within the marketing/design world initiated by Quirk eMarketing.

The process behind it is rather simple. Clients post a brief, describing the creative requirements for a particular project and in turn offer a reward for the wining submission (a bounty). The brief is displayed on the Idea Bounty site together with the “bounty” that is up for grabs.

Submissions are open to the general public, both professional and amateur. In doing so the client is broadening its scope for fresh, new ideas from a number of creative minds, and creatives get to present their work without the pressure of long-term commitments.

Websites:

www.ideabounty.com/

www.quirk.biz/