The Design Education Forum of Southern Africa (DEFSA) is a professional organization of design educators, spanning most design disciplines such as industrial, graphic, interior, clothing, ceramic, textile, jewellery and commercial photography.

THE 12th NATIONAL DESIGN EDUCATION CONFERENCE
4th and 5th November 2009 (Graaf Reinet)

The Twelfth National Design Education Forum (DEFSA) conference was hosted by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in collaboration with the 2009 International Mohair Summit.

Presentations and abstracts from the 2009 conference will be made available for download on this website soon.

• Conference Proceedings
• Individual Conference Papers for download
  

Stellenbosch Academy of Design And Photography, South Africa has been accepted as one of the 120 institutions for the prestigious Sony World Photography Awards Student Focus 2010. The Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) has further expanded its student initiative creating a truly global competition to discover tomorrow’s professional photographers.

Higher Education in South Africa
(ISBN 978-1-920338-14-5)
Editor: Eli Bitzer
Publication date: October 2009

This title should be of considerable interest to higher education researchers outside South Africa. The researchers have engaged with research and writing from many parts of the world, which they have then applied to make sense of their own condition.

- Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University, UK