The Design Joburg Summer Collective is a showcase held in the Kramerville District with 44 Stanley as one of two fringe districts.
As part ot the collective we’ll be hosting talks and conversations in the Bioscope by experts in our community.
See the full line-up below.
Thursday 28 Oct
12pm - Why Good Design Matters (The Bioscope)
Although we may not be aware of it, design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. It has been at the core of the 44 Stanley precinct since its inception and impacts every aspect of the community and the businesses within it. From spaces to experiences to products and how they are packaged and sold, the panel will look at good design and how it is essential to the success of all business going forward.
Bookings can be made here
Fri, 29 Oct
10am - I Love You, I Hate You by Love Jozi (The Bioscope)
Bradley Kirshenbaum presents a hugely entertaining fast-paced 40-minute talk that distills the ethos behind Love Jozi's unique imagery and how the city of Joburg, with all its inherent challenges and surprises, became the brand's distinctive muse.
Book your spot here
Sat, 30 Oct
10am - Made it to the life raft: art and fashion in a post covid moment (The Bioscope)
Visual artists Cintha Sifa Mulanga and Puleng Mongale in conversation with SA designer Lisa Jaffe of Guillotine Design about the intersection of contemporary art and fashion on the occasion of the new Latitudes Online x L’MAD collection of silk scarves.
Bookings made here
11am - Fashion is industry, style is culture by Blue Canvas Life’s Thando Made (The Bioscope)
Glenn O’Brien, American writer and GQ’s long standing ‘Style Guy’ wrote that ‘fashion is industry, style is culture. Ideas and themes, arts and rituals, the things that constitute culture.’ Together with fellow denim aficionado, Rodney Mudzengerere from IFUKU vintage denim and men’s store, Thando talks to how more people are looking at style as a form of self-expression and how communities are being created around this within 44 Stanley, Jozi and beyond.
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12pm - Triptych : Prayer Protest Peace a listening session presented by DJ Kenzhero (The Library of Things we forgot to Remember)
The Library is an interactive audio-visual archive of black resistance. It was founded in 2017 by Zimbabwean artist Kudzanai Chiurai, and includes his extensive vinyl record collection of music related to different liberation movements in southern Africa from the 1970s-80s. The library has travelled and hosted exhibitions in Harare, Cape Town, Kalmar, Södertälje, and Johannesburg and is heading to Paris.
DJ Kenzhero, veteran Johannesburg DJ and long-time friend and collaborator of Kudzanai will be presenting a listening session in the space.
Look out for DJC on social media #DJC21SUMMER.
