DG Properties supports Cape Town world design capital - 2014

A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT - DG Properties would like to congratulate the Cape Town Partnership team on this great achievement, which under the auspices of the Creative Cape Town programme, co-ordinated the bid on behalf of the City of Cape Town.

World Design Capital (WDC) is a biannual honour, awarded by the International Council for Societies of Industrial Design, to cities across the globe to show their commitment to using design as a social, cultural and economic development tool. The City of Cape Town won the honour for 2014, and established a not-for-profit, independent implementing agency, Cape Town Design (CTD).

The City provides funds through a three-year grant to implement, run and wind down the 2014 programme; and CTD is tasked with raising additional funds through various private channels. The theme for WDC 2014 is "Live Design. Transform Life". As the winning city, Cape Town will plan, develop and promote a programme of events to run throughout 2014 focusing on using design as a development tool.

Residents have already pledged their support and engaged with the WDC 2014 programme through submitting ideas for design-driven projects that will help to transform our city. The city expects an increased flow of visitors throughout WDC 2014.

Urban tourism is a large segment of the global tourism market, and previous WDC titleholders have seen increased visitor numbers as a result of the designation. For up-to-date information on the visit the World Design Capital 2014 Facebook Page, or follow on Twitter at WDC2014, using the hash tag #WDC2014.