Following two years during which the annual brand summit focused on the evolving image of South Africa and its implications for socio-economic development, the hybrid 2020 event , now called the Africa Brand Summit, will pay more thematic attention to the evolving image of Africa, at a broad level, and seek to find answers to a series of questions that look at global perceptions about Africa and being African. Perceptions shape destination brand image. Africans should work harder at eliminating practices that inform negative perceptions over time while they also enhance things that inform positive perceptions, as it is the latter that attract investments, business and leisure tourists, as well as other foreign exchange earning opportunities, including rare, special skills....
Exhibitor Magazine announced the winners of the EuroShop 2020 Awards - which were sponsored by the International Federation of Exhibition & Event Services (IFES) - at an awards ceremony in Düsseldorf, Germany on 19 February 2020.
The Scan Display team has put together a gallery of the winning stands and some of the stands that received Honorable Mentions....
Interior and furniture designer Mia Senekal is part of this year’s Emerging Creatives class at the Design Indaba. She is the owner and head designer at murmur, a furniture design company catering for both local and international clients. The company creates unique furniture designs, seeing and creating each piece as a work of art. She shares her work and how being part of the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives will help her brand grow....
Fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo shares her design inspiration and career so far. She is best known for smoothly translating traditional Ndebele patterns into her modern fashion collections and has developed her own graphic language that has become the standout feature of her clothing line.
The 25th edition of the annual Design Indaba will take place at the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town from 26 to 29 February 2020. The event is set to attract hundreds of creative professionals and has received backing from the City of Cape Town.
The Scan Display team shares a selection of expo stand trends as seen on Day 2 of the EuroShop trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Exhibition stand designers and builders use their own expo stands to showcase their work and experiment with the latest design trends. This makes EuroShop the perfect place to see what's new in the exhibition industry....
The sixth Match in Africa took place at the Cape Town Stadium on 7 February 2020. The record breaking 51'945 fans witnessed history in action, when Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal went head-to-head raising USD 3.5 million (approximately R54.6 million) for the charitable Roger Federer Foundation. The Match in Africa also showcased a host of local talent in between the matches, including the legendary Ndlovu Youth Choir and the energetic Zip Zap Circus....
The 2019 Joburg Film Festival opened at Sandton's Nelson Mandela Square last night 19 November 2019. The festival opened with the South African premiere of local horror film, 8, starring Tshamano Sebe, Inge Beckmann, Garth Breytenbach & Chris April.
The winners of the 2019 Feathers Awards were recently announced in Johannesburg. The awards recognise South African personalities and institutions, activists, performing artists, sportspeople and media organisations that fly the LGBTIQ+ flag high.
