Latest Posts From The Fringe
The Community 18 February 2013
Annelieke Bezemer, a visual art and design management student from Holland, recently completed a six-month internship in the Fringe. We interviewed her about the experience, and what it takes to be the next Fringe intern. Annelieke, why did you apply for an internship with the Fringe? To start, it was freezing... More »
The Community 4 January 2013
One of the key challenges facing South Africa is job creation. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role to play in creating and supporting more jobs, so it is essential that entrepreneurs and young business owners receive the right support to ensure they flourish. There are several initiatives in... More »
The Community 3 December 2012
Over the weekend of the 23-25 November, 36 design and social change enthusiasts gave up sleep (and a little bit of sanity) to participate in a 36-hour Design Can Do workshop to try and address social cohesion in The Fringe through design and design-thinking. (more...)
The Blog/ The Community 30 November 2012
What do the rooftops of London, Paris, New York and now Cape Town have in common? They are all home to hives of bees, thanks to the collective efforts of conscientious city dwellers. (more...)
The Community 2 November 2012
Self-made publications are the stars this Friday night at Zine Market, a celebration of locally-made, self-published publications at The Book Lounge. Everything from comics, photobooks, essays to origami guides will be up for grabs, with booklets priced around R10 and R20. The market is part of the Cape Town Zine... More »
The Community 23 October 2012
Serial entrepreneur Vuyisa Qabaka was born and bred in the Eastern Cape and moved here to study at UCT. Since then he’s incubated a number of successful business ventures and relocated his headquarters to The Hostel, a shared office environment in The Fringe. (more...)
The Community 8 October 2012
Urban agent Lindsay Bush reflects on a two-day design master class, during which The Fringe district was reimagined through the lens of 20+ designers and four different urban interventions. After the three full days of inspiring talks, films, exhibitions and tours that made up Architecture ZA’s 2012 conference,... More »
The Community 21 September 2012
Music aficionado Ma’or Harris settled in Cape Town ten years ago. Since then, he’s thrown some of the city’s most talked-about parties, coined the term Balkanology, and is busy planning a World Music Festival to be held in The Fringe, Cape Town’s east city and up-and-coming innovation district, this... More »
The Community 20 August 2012
A few blocks from the CCDI headquarters is African Home, a craft and design wholesaler on a busy street corner, manned by friendly and helpful staff. This one stop outlet caters for anyone from a major exporter of craft products, to a corporate marketing manager looking for unusual gifts for a major... More »
The Community 13 August 2012
Staff at the CCDI’s Creative Training Unit are just some of the many people who enjoy relaxing and working at the Barrack Street ground floor Field Office café. You can not only enjoy good coffee, sandwiches and cakes, but view the minimalist furniture of its founders, design duo Luke Pedersen and James... More »
