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FROM IDEA TO PRODUCT

As part of its initiative to support new product development, the SABS Design Institute presents the seminar on product development - FROM IDEA TO PRODUCT

The content of the seminar addresses the problems most commonly experienced in the following areas:

• Pitfalls in the development of a new product;
• The protection of intellectual property;
• Available financial incentives and how to access them;
• Available technical assistance and how to access it;
• The role of the industrial designer;
• Individual business strategy and entrepreneurship.

Experts from industry lead the discussions. 

On Thursday, 18 September 2008, the seminar will be presented at the Agri Mega week in Bredasdorp, Western Cape.

On Saturday, 4 October 2008, the seminar will be presented at the CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria, Gauteng.

For more information and to register for the event, click here

DEFSA CONGRATULATES ALLEN LEROUX

Allen Leroux, CEO and Academic Director of FEDISA (Pty) Ltd was recently admitted to the degree of Master of Education specialising in Teaching at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

His dissertation entitled “21st Century Tertiary Design Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Question of Quality” explores the relationship between the regulatory framework for Higher Education promulgated in the Higher Education Act of 1995 and its subsequent amendments and the life in classrooms as experienced by students and educators.

Allen is pictured here with Gerald Bird, COO of FEDISA at the awarding of his degree.

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AGM 2006

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The 2006 Design Achiever Award

The Design Achiever award is hosted by the Design Institute (a division of the SABS). It embraces the entrepreneurial spirit and leadership potential of student designers studying in any design field at a South African tertiary institution.

• The Award Scheme

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Designers and profession leaders from all over the world converged in Copenhagen from 25 September to 1 October to participate in ERA05.

ERA05 attracted more than 600 delegates from 46 countries and mong the 100 invited speakers were five South Africans: Esmé Kruger (Design Institute South Africa, SABS), Jacques Lange (Bluprint Design), Gcina Mhlophe (author and storyteller), Bart Verveckken (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) and Adrienne Viljoen (Design Institute South Africa , SABS).../more

Interdesign 2005
Designers and design students from 17 countries joined their South African counterparts in Rustenburg from to solve problems around sustainable rural transport. Interdesign 2005 is an initiative of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers (ICSID) and is organised locally by the Design Institute, a division of the SABS.

In the course of the two weeks, the designers worked in four groups, designing animal-drawn carts, bicycles and tricycles, alternative modes of transport and considering the communication aspects related to the issue of sustainable rural transport.

• more about Interdesign 2005