Ahead of the World Design Capital announcement at 06h00 on Wednesday, October 26, 2011, the Cape Town delegation arrived in Taipei this weekend.
Their visit to Taipei is not simply for the World Design Capital announcement but also to attend the 3-day IDA Congress.
The IDA Congress
The Congress is the leading international design conference, addressing issues of urbanism and design for better cities. The IDA Congress will see 3000 delegates, from 47 countries, attending this year.
The 2011 IDA Congress is being held in Asia for the first time. Taipei was selected as the 2011 Host City after an international competitive bid process.The congress is expected to attract 3,000 leading designers and a strong public sector presence from cities across the globe.
The delegation will make their way back to Cape Town at the end of the week, hopefully with the World Design Capital 2014 title.
- Extracts from the Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 Bid Book are available on www.capetown2014.co.za
- Other platforms for support include a Facebook page, a Twitter feed: @CapeTown2014 and the Twitter hash tag: #WDC2014
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IMAGE (Left to Right):
Bulelwa Makalima-Ngewana, MD of the Cape Town Partnership; Jo-Ann Johnston, Chief Director of Economic Development and Tourism, PGWC; Andrew Boraine, CEO of the Cape Town Partnership; Patricia de Lille, Executive Mayor, City of Cape Town; Alderman Conrad Sidego, Mayor of Stellenbosch Municipality; Councillor Grant Pascoe, Mayoral Committee Member for Tourism, Events and Marketing; Fritz Marx, Head of Protocol and Mayoral Events, City of Cape Town; Luyanda Mpahlwa, architect and World Design Capital Bid Committee Member; Michael Wolf, Chairperson of the Cape Town Design Network and Alan Cameron, Online Coordinator and Staff Writer for the Cape Town Partnership. Not pictured (because she’s behind the camera): Skye Grove, PR and Communications Manager of Cape Town Tourism.
Photo credit: Skye Grove, Cape Town Tourism