The final judging for Project81 concluded last week, can we have a drum roll please, the top winning product of 2015 goes to Bashar Zapen from our Cape Town campus!
Congratulations on this awesome achievement, we are so proud of you! Bashar’s winning product ‘The Charging Sleeve’ has won him a range of prizes including; his 2015 tuition fees paid back to him in full and the opportunity to professionally develop his product into a prototype with PDTS.
We were able to capture his moment of excitement when he was announced as the winner! Well done Bashar you rock!
We are proud to announce that Hugo Van Niekerk from Inscape PTA has been selected as a finalist at the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. He will be exhibiting his artwork “Die Arsenaal” at the Pretoria Art Museum from 3rd September to 4th October 2015. Good luck Hugo!!!
Inscape is proud to announce that 4 of our 3rd year, Graphic Design students from the Durban campus have been chosen to participate in the Loeries Awards 2015. Students will be required to create a portfolio that will be showcased at a Creative Week to be held in August. We wish our students, Emily Hollis, Verushka Naidoo, Muhammad Amajee, and Caylee Botha guided by lecturer, Chantelle Warburton every success!!
It is with admiration that we report that Tiffany Onderstall, who is a first year BDes student from our Cape Town Campus, has been announced the overall winner of the magnificent 2015 Adobe Certified Associate South African Championship.
The emphasis of the design challenge was to create an A3 poster that “implores urgent change in empowering Africa’s Youth” using Adobe Photoshop, the purpose of which to make local as well as international individuals, leaders and companies want to invest in Africa’s youth due to its state of emergency. We are proud to announce that of the 15 entries that were received nationally, 8 of them were IEG Cape Town students. A special Thank You goes out to Netlearn and Certiport for allowing us this fantastic opportunity.
Tiffany we salute you on your achievement as you move on to represent Inscape and SA, in Dallas Texas at the Worldwide Championship to be held in August. Well done and Good Luck!!!!
http://www.certiport.com/…/htmlli…/ACAchampionship/home.html
It’s that time of the year again when the coveted Vodacom July horse racing day is hosted in Durban. An event of this magnitude is one of thee most sort after platforms to showcase Fashion Designers.
We have the honour of having one of our very own, represent Inscape Education Group, Clara Vach we commend you on being selected as a Finalist in the Young Designer Award. We wish you every success in this endeavour and will be routing for you all the way!
Clara is a final year Fashion Design student at our Durban Campus. If you are able to attend this phenomenal event that is taking place tomorrow at the Greyville Racecourse, please go out and show your support to her!
Homewood is running a competition to discover and promote South Africa’s emerging design talent. The competition brief is to design and create a ‘space’ of approximately 36 sq. metres (6 x 6) in the Homewood Kramerville showroom, using Homewood furniture, fabrics and papers from Hertex, soft goods and rugs from Hertex, paints and colours from Annie Sloan, and a R5000 budget to accessorize and complete the space. Spaces may be any room(s) or spaces (patios or gardens) in the home, office or a commercial environment.
Congratulations to Thabisa Mjo from Mash.T Design studio, who has been chosen as the June/July finalist in the 2015 Homewood Emerging Interior Designer competition. Thabisa Mjo is a Johannesburg Inscape Alumni who completed both her Interior Decorating and Architectural Draughting courses with us.
Full competition details are available at:homewood.co.za/designer2015.html
Inscape embarked on an exciting and new exchange programme with Thomas More University, Mechelen Belguim and welcomed our first exchange student on the 21st July 2014 at the Pretoria Inscape Campus for Term 3.
We are proud to announce that this year two of our students have been selected to take part in the exchange programme and will be attending classes on the Mechelen campus from September 2015 to February 2016 when they will return to complete their 3rd year and graduate.
Congratulations to Duren Moodley and Theophilus Mate, who were selected to take part in this prestigious and life changing event – we are proud of you and know that you will both enjoy and grow from this experience.
Duren Moodley
Theophilus Mate
If you are one of the few people who have your future all figured out, bravo and carry on!
If, however, you are still not sure what you want to do with your life – don’t stress, you’re not alone.
Many people are unsure of their future when leaving a tertiary institution. One of the reasons for this fear is the simple fact that you have to suddenly change your routine. You’ve gone to school, now you’ve studied for x-number of years, and the only thing left to do is to step out into the big, scary world out there and do something you’re not used to.
Lucky for you, Inscape ensures relevant experience with our true-life-projects from real designers, which means you won’t enter the industry unarmed!
But where should you apply? What position suits you? How long should you stay?
If you need help choosing your career path, feel free to visit the site Mapping Your Future {link to site: https://www.mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/match_career_results.cfm} or seek out the assistance of a guidance counselor. It would also do you good to speak to professionals in the industry.
Studies {link to site: http://gradireland.com/career-sectors/performing-and-creative-arts/art-and-design-graduates-what-to-expect-after-graduation} show that most designers enter short-term positions after graduating as they explore their options. This has an upside and downside – the upside is that you aren’t contractually bound to a permanent position, the downside is that you don’t have a secure income.
According to 40/20 Vision {link to site: http://4020vision.com/index.php/2012/09/20-something-question-how-often-should-i-change-jobs/}, it is desirable to stick to a long-term position while in your 20s, since this teaches you crucial skills. They propose that you use the ‘two-year rule’ to re-evaluate what you want.
The design industry is highly dynamic, however, and job-hopping is something which occurs much more frequently than in other industries. Staying with one company for too long may indicate to prospective employers that you have a lack of ambition or are set in your ways, so carefully consider your career choices.
In the words of Steve Jobs:
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next…
If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”
If you are ready to enter the market, try a specialist recruitment agency:
If you aren’t ready yet, consider taking some time off if your finances allow and also look at your freelancing options {link to site: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-freelance-job-sites-for-designers-programmers-best-of/} or working abroad (luckily there is a universal need for design).
Whatever your choice of position, remember that your success will depend on whether or not you are referable{link to site: http://business.tutsplus.com/articles/new-leads-2-how-to-get-more-referrals–fsw-88}.
Wishing you all the best for the future.
As an incubator for emerging creative talent, Decorex SA is firmly committed to corporate social investment and, this year, joins forces with Inscape Education Group, South Africa’s oldest, privately owned multi-disciplinary creative institution, to present the keenly awaited Decorex Spotlight on Talent showcase.
Inscape’s most promising third-year and graduate and alumni students will be given the opportunity to showcase their stand-out design talents, within all of the Decorex platforms (Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg), giving them the opportunity to gauge the market-suitability of their products and design concepts.
Decorex SA is South Africa’s largest décor, design and lifestyle exhibition. Founded in 1994, the award-winning Decorex SA portfolio continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the industry.
Well done to Sonal Mohanlal, Terri Booysen and Trevena Pillay (Inscape Durban Campus), Krystle Williams, Lesley-Ann Slaai and Zilungile Hanise (Inscape Cape Town Campus) and Noluthando Nkabinde, Mpho Vackier and Sinethemba Gogela (Inscape Johannesburg and Pretoria campus) for representing Inscape in this year’s Spotlight on talent showcase.