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SUMMARY:'MAPPING MEMORIES'\, INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION & CREATIVE WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nMore than just a landscape of places\, Joburg is a receptacle for the memories of millions of people. ‘Mapping Memories\,’ developed by writer Cate Otto and professor and graphic designer Rozina Vavetsi\, consists of two parts:\n\n\n\n• An interactive installation: a large-scale map of the city invites visitors to identify personal\, meaningful locations\, write a vivid memory\, and pin it on the map\, creating a colorful collective experience of Joburg’s vibrant essence. As more memories are added\, the map transforms into a living archive that becomes richer with every participant.\n\n\n\n• A creative workshop: memories are explored by combining writing\, design\, and crafts to delve into the textures\, tastes\, smells\, colors\, and sounds of remembrance. Through verbal and visual expression\, the workshop aims to create zines that showcase the collective and evolving portrait of the city’s identity and encourage participants to reflect and connect through the power of shared memory.\n\n\n\nBoth events are free\, but RSVPs are required for the exhibition opening and the workshop.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nJoining their creative forces\, writer Cate Otto (University of Johannesburg) and professor and graphic designer Rozina Vavetsi (New York Institute of Technology and University of Johannesburg) have developed the ‘Mapping Memories’ project\, celebrating Joburg’s contagious energy and vibrant spirit.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhere : AA Gallery\, 27 Boxes\, Melville \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Exhibition Opening\, Thursday\, 9 October from 6pm – 10pm \n\n\n\nRegister to attend. \n\n\n\nWorkshops\, Saturday\, 11 October and Sunday\, 12 October from 11:00 to 13:00 (Space limited to 15 people in each workshop.) \n\n\n\nRegister for Saturday\, 11 October here. \n\n\n\nRegister for Sunday\, 12 October here. \n\n\n\nInteractive exhibition\, Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday (9\, 10\, and 11 October) from 11am to 4pm \n\n\nExhibition\, Joburg\, Workshop
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/workshop-mapping-memories/
LOCATION:AA Gallery\, 27 Boxes\, Melville\, Johannesburg
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Joburg,Workshop
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SUMMARY:ZINE WORKSHOP WITH WUNDERS & LETTERHEAD / WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nJoining forces\, Heath Nash from the Wunders’ Mmake Sspace and Letterhead have created flat-pack zine stands exclusively for Design Week South Africa. Spot them in and around Johannesburg\, and grab your design-focused zine before heading to the Wunders showroom to make your own! Enjoy a morning of PLAY with Heath Nash\, using paper and highlighters to create your own custom hand-made colourful zine.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Brands\n\n\n\nWunders is a South African family-run furniture business\, supplying custom-made furniture – made from their Cape Town factory. Partnering with Heath Nash\, the brand has created Mmake Sspace\, a waste department that focuses exclusively on creatively up cycling the waste created in the production of each furniture piece.\n\n\n\nLetterhead is a One-Stop Words Shop. This is copywriting that says what’s on your mind with creativity\, precision and style.\n\n\n\n@wunders_ / @mmakesspace / @letterhead_is \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhere : Wunders Showroom\, 17 Commerce Crescent\, Kramerville \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\nWhen : Thursday\, 9 October from 10:00 – 11:00 \n\n\n\nBookings : Pre-register to attend here.
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/zine-workshop-with-wunders-letterhead-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Wunders\, 17 Commerce Cres\, Sandown\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Experience,Joburg,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251009T093000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251012T170000
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SUMMARY:AD OPEN STUDIO WITH ARTHUR DLAMINI / STUDIO VISIT
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nPhotographer Arthur Dlamini will open his studio to visitors throughout Design Week. Renowned for his striking portrait photography and powerful images of musicians\, Dlamini’s work captures human emotion\, love\, and identity with depth and honesty. His open studio offers a rare opportunity to step inside his creative space and experience his practice up close.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nThe process of discovering oneself through love is the heartbeat of Arthur Dlamini’s work as a visual artist.\n\n\n\nThe lens is his talisman – which opens up a world where he captures the sacred journey of the human experience. Armed with curiosity and a unique perspective of the Divine\, he navigates the domains of creating memory by exposing the authenticity of human emotion. \n\n\n\nHis source of inspiration comes from his soul\, his connection to music and the conversations he shares with everyday people. One cannot separate the cry for collective liberation and personal freedom from an Arthur Dlamini original. In a contemporary art space that often celebrates technique over message\, Dlamini has managed to challenge the standard by using the complexities of human emotion as his creative compass. Each piece brings with it a reverence for compassion\, vulnerability and honouring one’s divinity.\n\n\n\nWhere: AD Studio\, 44 Stanley \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\nWhen: Friday – Saturday\, 9:30 – 17:00 & Sunday\, 9.30 – 15:30 \n\n\n\nOpen to all \n\n\n\n@itsarthurdlamini
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/ad-open-studio-with-arthur-dlamini/
LOCATION:44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Joburg,Studio Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251009T093000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251012T170000
DTSTAMP:20260522T001133
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SUMMARY:AFRICAN TEXTILE TALKS WITH TWYG / EXHIBITION & DISCUSSION
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nCurated by Tandekile Mkize for Africa Textile Talks 2025\, Threads of Renewal II will unfold at The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember\, a sonic archive of African cultural memory curated by Kudzanai Chiurai. The exhibition draws focus on two interconnected themes: Memory & Ancestry and Healing & Resistance. Alongside the exhibition\, Twyg presents a programme of talks that reflect these themes.\n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nTwyg is a non-profit media platform based in Cape Town\, South Africa\, exploring sustainable living through fashion\, beauty\, travel and design.\n\n\n\nWhere: The Bioscope and The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember\, 44 Stanley  \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\nWhen :  \n\n\n\nTalks Programme\, Saturday 11 October\, 10:00 – 13:30 at The BioscopeExhibition Opening Hours\, 9 – 12 October\, 09:00 – 17:00 at The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember \n\n\n\nBooking : Exhibition open to all \n\n\n\nPre-book your spot at the talks here.
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/african-textile-talks-with-twyg-exhibition-discussion/
LOCATION:44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Experience,Joburg,Panel Discussion
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SUMMARY:FIELDS STORE LAUNCH / EXPERIENCE
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nJoin FIELDS founder Mikael Hanan in the brand’s first Johannesburg store this weekend for a look at the new space\, and a meet and greet with Mikael.\n\n\n\nA collaborative design process with interior designer Lei Lester\, the space invites conversation and slow exploration\, offering the brand’s full ready-to-wear collection\, accessories\, and seasonal drops\, alongside limited pieces created in collaboration with South African artists and artisans. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nFIELDS is for multifaceted men with our pieces embracing nuanced masculinity. The brand is organised into three lines: Soul\, encompassing contemplation\, purity\, connection and integrity; Art\, including impactful work\, creativity and leadership; Outdoor\, the tactile\, the natural environment and physicality. Crafted in sustainable\, natural fibres sourced and made throughout Southern Africa\, F I E L D S proudly showcases the exceptional quality our yarn and factory partners bring through their manufacturing. Every season we collaborate with an artist from across Africa\, translating their work into limited-edition pieces. By exhibiting the artists’ works as apparel\, we enable the wearers to express themselves profoundly by living in the art they so appreciate. FIELDS’ garments are created to be collected over the years\, to be shared in journeys from the home to the workspace\, from the streets to the outdoors and in cities across the world.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n@thefieldsstore \n\n\n\nWhere: 44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\nWhen: Thursday – Saturday 9:30 – 17:00 and Sunday 9:30 – 15:30 \n\n\n\nBookings: Open to all to attend
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/fields-store-launch-experience/
LOCATION:44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Experience,Joburg
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DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20251012T170000
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SUMMARY:WAT WAT STORE PRE-LAUNCH WINDOW DISPLAY / EXHIBITION
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nAhead of their imminent opening\, Wat Wat will present a special shop window installation during Design Week South Africa.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nWat Wat is a new collaborative platform by Johannesburg-based designers Joe Paine\, Makers of Stuff\, and Mema Design\, created to showcase their latest lighting designs and objects in a playful\, social way. With the aim of connecting with clients and design enthusiasts alike\, Wat Wat seeks to “make the circle bigger and brighter.” Wat now\, Wat ever.\n\n\n\n@watwatstore \n\n\n\nWhere: Wat Wat Store\, 44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark \n\n\n\nWhen: 9 – 12 October \n\n\n\nOpen to all \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/wat-wat-store-pre-launch-window-display-exhibition/
LOCATION:44 Stanley\, 44 Stanley Avenue\, Milpark\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Joburg
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SUMMARY:'BANKIE' EXHIBITION AND SHORT FILM AT WUNDERS / EXPERIENCE
DESCRIPTION:The Activation\n\n\n\nJoin the Wunders team in their Kramerville showroom and learn about the importance of people and heritage of the Wunders brand. A short film by Niel van Deventer from Palama Productions will be screened. Featuring the humble ‘bankie’ – an essential part of Wunders factory culture\, the latest version of which\, by Heath Nash\, will be on display.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Brand\n\n\n\nWunders is a South African family-run furniture business\, supplying custom-made furniture – made from their Cape Town factory. Partnering with Heath Nash\, the brand has created Mmake Sspace\, a waste department that focuses exclusively on creatively up cycling the waste created in the production of each furniture piece.\n\n\n\n@wunders_ / @mmakesspace \n\n\n\nWhere : Wunders\, 17 Commerce Crescent\, Kramerville \n\n\n\nOpen the Design Week South Africa map \n\n\n\nWhen : 9 October – 12 October from 9:00 – 16:00 \n\n\n\nBookings : Open to all to attend\, pre-register here.
URL:https://designweeksouthafrica.com/event/bankie-exhibition-and-short-film-at-wunders-experience/
LOCATION:Wunders\, 17 Commerce Cres\, Sandown\, Johannesburg\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Experience,Joburg
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