Crafting the beauty of design at Decorex
Seventeen of the Western Cape's leading craft producers and designer makers linked to the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) will showcase their unique and beautiful products at this year's SA Handmade Collection at Decorex Johannesburg, which runs in Midrand from Friday 5 August to Tuesday 9 August.
The handmade products will be in the Western Cape Pavilion, as part of the South African Handmade Collection.
The Western Cape craft products stand scooped both the gold medal for the best provincial stand, and the award for best sales, at the previous two Decorex shows, and this year's collection promises to be equally eye-catching. The overall colour theme is turquoise, oxblood red and mustard yellow, and noted stylist Calvin van Moerkerken has advised the craft producers on displaying their products optimally at their individual stands.
At last year's Decorex a beautiful hand-sewn bag made in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, won the Best Product Award at the SA Handmade Collection, and this year some stunning products will be for sale. They range from textured woven products from Barrydale Weavers to luxurious accessories made from soft natural and exotic leathers by Chimpel. Veldt Designers offers stylish accessories, clothing and homeware products inspired by indigenous fauna and flora, while Shirley's Rustic Frames uses recycled wood to make frames and mirrors.
The CCDI was set up in 2001 as a Section 21 company in a joint initiative by the Western Cape provincial government and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Its mission is to be a best practice institute developing people to build profitable enterprises with marketable products for global markets in an enabled environment. It is now a catalyst for sustainable enterprise development and one of the largest and most successful of government's Special Purpose Vehicles.
Issued by: Judy Bryant Communications
On behalf of: The Cape Craft and Design Institute
Contact: Judy Bryant judybryant@telkomsa.net |083 2867168
CCDI Communications Manager Marjorie Naidoo 021 461 1488 |
marjorie.naidoo@ccdi.org.za
CCDI Market Support Coordinator (domestic markets) Jo-lene Sathorar
021 461 1488 jolene.sathorar@ccdi.org.za
