South Africa
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- fodcj
I am contemplating the idea of moving to South Africa... anyone here already live there and have experience of what the design industry is like?
- Bluejam0
forget the design industry, i hear there's a vacancy for president, apply now
- fodcj0
Not exactly my forte :)
- moth0
It's not Zuma's or Mbeki's either...
- moth0
Don't know about design - but I know there's lot of developers over there who do work for European companies/people. I guess if you can bill in euros or dollars over there you can live the high life.
- Jnr_Madison0
There's a well know SA design portal for some info, so well known in fact, I've forgotten the url.
- Think, think, think...if you can remember it I would appreciate the link :)fodcj
- http://www.swikiri.c…Jnr_Madison
- Cool, thanks Jnrfodcj
- fodcj0
That is interesting... I could bill in UK Sterling and then as you say Moth it would convert nicely :)
- Jnr_Madison0
Ah, it's not SA specific, but anyway...
- fodcj0
Is there seriously no south african designers on here?
- trooperbill0
my dad emigrated once... i only found out 6 months ago in a passing comment WTF lol.
- lowimpakt0
Design Indaba is a design conference in South Africa.
http://www.designindaba.com/inde…
they also just released a book with features on recent visitors to the conference.
Lucy Orta. Mark Farrow. Erik Spiekermann. Jonathan Barnbrook. Fernando Gutierrez. Stefan Sagmeister. Sir Terence Conran. Irma Boom. Stefano Giovannoni. Neville Brody. Karim Rashid. Mary Lewis. Shubhankar Ray. Kenya Hara. Ross Lovegrove. Peter Saville. Dan Pearson. Bob Sabiston. Shigeo Fukuda. Milton Glaser. Ron Arad. David Adjaye. Dieter Rams. Fernando and Humberto Campana. Michael Bierut. Tom Dixon. Inga Sempé. Christoph Niemann. Matali Crasset. Paul Priestman. Javier Mariscal. Tobias Frere-Jones. Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Yves Béhar.
http://www.davidkrutpublishing.c…
my boss was sent over in 2007 - he said it was great.
- lowimpakt0
my point being... maybe scope out contacts/the situation through them....
- lowimpakt0
i'd say it would be a great move.
- Dancer0
I work with a South African designer... she cam ein as a junior and said that there is not really a huge industry there... almost non exsistant infact... I/she may be wrong though
- Manitoba0
It's a much better quality of life (and weather) over there. But you've got to have a good work ethic.
- Manitoba0
Where in South Africa are you looking? Cape Town, Johannesburg?
- fodcj0
I was thinking about Wilderness. Absolutely love it there. Realise Cape Town would be better for work opportunities though but was thinking of freelancing and getting work over the web etc.
- jyfuncter0
I recently lived over there for 2 years. Working freelance for clients based in London but eventually had to move back in order to keep the order book full. There is a very small design industry over there, if you want to advance within the field then London is a much better place to be in the long run.
- fodcj0
Damn it, not what I wanted to hear. Perhaps I will just buy a guest house like every other Brit then... :(