Cape Town wins WDC - Yahoooo!

The Hey Cherry girls congratulate our Mother City on winning World Design Capital for 2014. We have long felt that South Africa is chockful of innovative, talented, exciting designers producing everything from plastic lampshades to multi-story buildings, and we're so proud that Cape Town is the first African city to win this prestigious title.

A little on the WDC from Cape Town's WDC site:

The World Design Capital title is awarded bi-annually by the International Council for Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID) to give global prominence to cities that use design for their social, economic and cultural development. Founded in 1957 and active in 50 countries, ICSID has awarded the World Design Capital designation three times – to Torino, Italy (2008); Seoul, South Korea (2010) and Helsinki, Finland (designated for 2012).

The World Design Capital title is awarded in advance, allowing winning cities sufficient time to plan, develop and promote a year-long programme of World Design Capital-themed events for their designated year.

Cape Town’s World Design Capital 2014 bid concept, “Live Design, Transform Life”, focuses strongly on socially responsive design.