A festival to foster creative, collaborative, problem solving, for a more integrated and just Cape Town.

socially engaged practise, participatory governanceZayd MintyAugust 9, 2018cultural space, culture, city, urban, research, cape town, innovation, social justice, interculturalComment

Crafting Crisis: How the State Undermines Creative Industries

Can a transformed South African creative economy ecosystem come to being without state investment in industry support bodies?

Creative IndustriesZayd MintyMay 31, 2018cape town, world design capital, design, crafts, creative industry, creative city, innovationComment

Cape Town's Two City Tale of Culture

Design and the Divided City: Culture and the transformative potential of Creativity. Part one in a series on Cape Town's journey to becoming World Design Capital 2014.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 30, 2017creative city, cape town, world design capital, culture, apartheid, urban, innovation, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, designComment

Anointed Creative: The UNESCO Creative Cities Network

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is a vital learning space, towards addressing sustainability challenges by mobilising culture, creativity and innovation.

creative citiesZayd MintyNovember 9, 2017UNESCO, sustainability, creative city, creativity, creative economy, creative industry, culture, urban development, city, urban, innovation, chiang mai, cape town, bandung, durbanComment

A Network of Indonesian Creative Cities

Scaling up an idea of what creative city could be, for a sustainable and just future in Indonesia, we meet a collective working nationally, but building from ground up.