Interested in Game Design?
Interested in Game Design? Have a passion for wanting to create and foster fun interactive experiences, be it for entertainment, education or advertising? Friends of Design wants YOU to get involved. Join us in building a strong, local game design community through your input. Give us your input, endorse us or even give us your [...]
Read moreAdobe Muse, reviewed
How often has a small groan escaped your lips when presented with yet another creative brief with a web component? It’s daunting when faced with the apparent cross media skills required to meet such briefs and, whilst there is always the option of outsourcing the web aspects of a project to the nearest “propellor-head”, the [...]
Read moreCape Town – World Design Capital 2014
City of Cape Town wins World Design Capital 2014 Who of us haven’t been glued to the news and social network, waiting for the outcome of Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014? Every day has brought us one step closer to the prize, and with baited breath we hoped and crossed our thumbs [...]
Read moreAdobe Acrobat X: The Program of Choice for a Paperless Office
In the perfect office environment, there would be no need for cumbersome and extensive paperwork or lengthy to and fro exchanges of information. In the perfect office environment, you would be able to share, comment and collaborate on a project with your colleagues easily and without fuss. Sound impossible? Well, think again. Most people are [...]
Read moreGoing into the Digital Heart of Africa
Some of you may have attended the Workshop that Friends of Design held in March this year, in which Adobe’s® new Digital Publishing Suite was presented as the latest in cutting edge technology. Using Adobe® Indesign together with Adobe’s® Digital Publishing Suite to publish electronic media to mobile devices such as the iPad and Blackberry [...]
Read moreOne Small Change – A Blatant Expression of Passion
I first came across Deborah Rossouw‘s work (AKA One Small Change) quite by accident, when I stumbled upon a picture of myself at a summer festival, taken by Deborah. The picture itself was stunning, but it was the album that convinced me to look at the rest of her work. While looking at the pictures, [...]
Read moreLive Design. Transform Life.
There is so much that is special about Cape Town. From its picturesque, pristine nature, to its madly fun nightlife, Cape Town really has so much to offer in terms of diversity. And our creatives are no different – diverse, offbeat, original and brave. This, and many other reasons, is why Cape Town has bid [...]
Read moreDesign Bootcamp – The Final Stand Off
Well, it’s been quite a ride since the start of our “Design Bootcamp” competition! Beginning with just an idea, here we are 6 months later with great experiences behind us and a fantastic campaign that is looking to become a Friends of Design tradition. When we started out, we were looking for 4 exciting individuals [...]
Read moreDigitally Speaking – a glimpse into the future
We don’t really grow up. Sure, we may get jobs, have 3 kids, pay our accounts and do our tax returns but when confronted with something challenging, engaging and attractive, we cannot resist. It’s no surprise that popular modern gadgets such as cellphones, laptops, Wii’s, and iPods have become as indispensable as they are. We [...]
Read moreDiversity and Creativity – Hand in Hand
Change is something most of us resist with a passion, but is also something that some of us embrace wholeheartedly. The thing that we all have in common is that change is intimidating, and it depends on the individual as to how they handle it. Sometimes change is the only we way we can ensure [...]
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