The funds for the bursaries were raised at the Design Indaba Charity Banquet last year. This is an annual event, attended by the world’s top designers. The proceeds of last year’s banquet amounted to a total of R138 000
This year 27 reputable South African designers donated their designs to the auction to raise money for design education in South Africa.
These designs will be auctioned at the banquet and sold to the highest bidder. Proceeds of the banquet and auction will go to public institutions that are considered leaders in creative and design education across South Africa.
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology is one of six institutions across South Africa that benefits from the trust. The bursaries are intended to support students in their quest for design excellence in their particular field. Students to whom bursaries are awarded are selected at the discretion of the University.
One of the recipients, Sarah Stafford, a third year Interior Design student said: “I felt shocked and dumbfounded when I found out I’d been chosen for the Graphic Design bursary. I think the Design Indaba Bursary Trust is a great idea, as it also thinks about the students other than the ‘big guys’ out there.”
Another recipient, Michelle van Wyk, a BTech Jewellery design student, said, “I was very excited when I found out about the bursary. I feel it gives me an opportunity to take my studies further. It inspires me to explore design more and makes me wish that more people got involved in design”.
When asked what she thought of the Design Indaba Bursary initiative she answered, “It’s a great opportunity, it helps motivate you to get out there and do the same as the top designers.”
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DESIGN INDABA TRUST BURSARY RECIPIENTS. From left: Eugene Baumeester (second year Architectural Technology), Ms Mel Hagen (Dean of Informatics and Design), Vusi Ngxande (BTech Graphic Design), Ms Zahira Asmal (Design Indaba), Sarah Stafford (third year Interior Design), Celeste Arendse (third year Fashion Design), Christian Walker (third year Interior Design) and Michelle van Wyk (BTech Jewellery Design). (Absent: Lisa Adams, third year Surface Design).
