Open Design: Moulding a better future

13 August 2015 - 02:04 By Andrea Nagel

Open Design Cape Town Festival is a 12-day city-wide festival that celebrates the impact of design and innovation on living conditions, job creation and human capital. The theme of the festival is Design is for Tomorrow - and it looks at topics such as whether a printer can print a pancake, whether children can design their own buildings, how intelligent clothing adapts to your environment and how fast-food restaurants can support local crafters.A number of extraordinary designers have flown in from all over the world to share their knowledge.The festival asks important questions like: What does our future look like? How will we feed, clothe, educate and move everybody on the planet? Do we have enough to sustain future generations?One talk not to be missed is: "When Designing a Museum is Child's Play: How do you design a museum about childhood in 2015"?''The old rules no longer apply," says Eric Almore of the Centre for Early Childhood Development, the man behind next year's launch of the Cape Town Museum of Childhood, the only museum in Africa devoted to childhood. Almore will share his vision during a presentation alongside an exhibition featuring toys dating back to 1910.Julie Dufour Wiese is one of the international speakers. She is a design innovator and architect from Denmark, who will talk about the design of Copenhagen's Ama'r Children's Culture House, a space designed by children for children.Entrance is free. For the full programme see opendesignct.com..

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