The NowNow Design Competition

The NowNow Design Competition is a Pan-African design competition platform focused on the future of public space, civic engagement, and shared urban life.

This event marks NowNow Design Competition’s first landing in Johannesburg — an early conversation ahead of NowNow’s 2027 design and advocacy competition focused on public space in the city centre.

Bringing together the authors of Public Interest Design, Carin Combrinck, Claire de Trevou and Tshepo Mokholo, the event explores the role of design in public life, civic engagement and alternative futures for South African cities.

Hosted at The Forge, Braamfontein — a space of hope, community, and a positivist outlook for a shared future in Johannesburg — the conversation brings the book’s themes into direct dialogue with the venue’s own spirit of progressive culture and collective thought.

Local residents, architects, designers, city-makers and students are invited with limited seats.

RSVP via the link to book your seat.