DEFSA Conferences
Design Educators and design professionals throughout South Africa are
invited to attend this multi-faceted design event which takes place annually.
The programme usually spans two days. The first day is devoted to invited
papers by well known personalities on topical design related issues. The
second day focuses on design educators' discussions. There is ample opportunity
for educators to interact with colleagues from other institutions, identify
new design trends in education and to plan strategically for the future.
2009
"Opening gates, between and
beyond design disciplines"
4th and 5th November 2009
Graaff Reinet - Eastern Cape
2007
"FLUX: Design Education in a Changing World"
3rd and 5th of October 2007
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
2006
"Redesigning Design Education"
21 and 22 September 2006
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,
Port Elizabeth
2005
"Design Education in a Creative Economy"
22-23 September 2005
SA Reserve Bank Conference Centre, Pretoria
2004
"Developing Design Leadership for Africa"
The 2004 DEFSA Conference broke away from the traditional approach of
design educators talking to one another. The focus was on strategic stakeholders
talking to educators about their requirements and views on design leadership
and clients of design.
2002
Design, Research and Development
Hosted by Technikon Free State in association with
Cranford Conference Co-ordinators
2001
Mapping New Territiories in Design Education
Hosted by Technikon Pretoria, Technikon Witwatersrand,
University of Pretoria and Vaal Triangle Technikon2000
2000
Reshaping South Africa by Design
Hosted by the Faculty of the Built Environment and Design
at the Cape Technikon
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