Design Indaba Conference will run from February 25 to 27, 2009, and the Design Indaba Expo will follow from February 27 to March 1 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

Designers are offered the opportunity to enter SOUTH, a travelling exhibition sponsored by the SABC and launched by Design Indaba in collaboration with the Creative Circle and the Loerie Awards. SOUTH is a celebration of the gloriously positive, ridiculously naïve and relentlessly spontaneous creativity inherent in our country. Prizes to the value of R175,000 are up for grabs. Submissions for SOUTH are open to creative practitioners of any genre over 21 years of age.

Selected centres will be receiving work in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth between November 13 and 15, 2008. For entry forms and more information visit www.designindaba.com/south.

The Emerging Creatives Programme, sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, gives young or up-and-coming designers the opportunity to exhibit at the Design Indaba Expo. The emerging creative can either be tertiary students or designers in the process of establishing their own design business. Participation in the Design Indaba Expo gives these participants a public platform where they have access and exposure to local and international media, agencies and companies. Participants are also invited to attend the first day of the Young Designers Simulcast.

More information from Beverley Cupido on 021 465 9966 or bev@interactiveafrica.com