On Sunday 25th March DAF staff and students attended a kids fun day organised by the Star Foundation.  The Star Foundation is a non-profit organization helping the children of South Africa. They help a number of different orphanages (safe houses) that are in need of basic necessities.  Raising money, organising uplifting fun days and helping [...]

The Foschini Group came to DAF to present the brief on their exciting new gift card design competition.  The brief requires students to design 4 gift cards and 1 type of packaging to accompany them.  The gift cards need to incorporate the corporate identity of TFG while showing the designers original style.  This competition offers a fantastic opportunity [...]

SPICE GIRLS 90′S PARTY BY DAF THERE WILL BE SPICE GIRLS EVERYWHERE. THERE WILL BE MUSIC VIDEOS. THERE WILL BE UNION JACKS. THERE WILL BE PLATFORMS. THERE WILL BE R12 CARAMEL OR CHOCOLATE VODKA. DJS: We-Are-Awesome DJ Set Stone-Age Citizens RAFI R30 This party is a fundraiser for Design Academy of Fashion (DAF) for our [...]

Here are some shots of the DAF students and lecturers at work in the first term of 2012.

Every year DAF welcomes the new first years to the DAF family with a social/ice breaker event.  This year the LRC organised a picnic at De Waal park.  The day was a great success and the staff and students had a chance to meet, get to know each other, relax and eat treats.  Here are [...]

The 3rd years went on an outing to CPUT’s technology station in clothing and textiles.  Here they got to learn more about the processes, machinery and set-up of mass production lines.  Some of the students commented on how they had learnt alot about the different types of machinery available and how specific their functions are. [...]

Hannah Lavery won the design excellence award at the DAF graduate show 2011. The panel of judges for this award included:  Stiaan Louw, Sarah Jane Webber and David West.