<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Design News &#187; 2015/2016 awards</title>
	<atom:link href="https://designnews.co.za/tag/20152016-awards/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://designnews.co.za</link>
	<description>Scout PR &#38; Social Media</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:11:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Category Winners of SA’s Biggest Art and Design Prize are Announced!</title>
		<link>https://designnews.co.za/category-winners-of-sas-biggest-art-and-design-prize-are-announced/</link>
		<comments>https://designnews.co.za/category-winners-of-sas-biggest-art-and-design-prize-are-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 07:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Design News]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2015/2016 awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPC Imaginarium Awards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://designnews.co.za/?p=1306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The country’s richest art and design prize to support Emerging Creatives, the PPC Imaginarium Awards, has upped the ante by outstripping the inaugural round of its own competition, which was launched in 2014. The 2015/2016 awards not only garnered unprecedented attention from entrants, with a record number of 698 entries registered, but there has also been a noticeably marked improvement in the standard of the submissions. What’s more, the number of Finalists for 2015/2016 has more than doubled that of the initial year of the competition! A total of 47 regional Finalists were selected for 2015/2016 compared to the previous year’s tally of 21 finalists from 477 registered entries. Finalists were chosen in each of the 6 entry categories, namely, Film, Sculpture, Industrial Design, Architecture, Jewellery and Fashion. Submissions were judged by a regional panel of industry heavyweights, chosen for their notable achievements in their respective sectors. PPC Imaginarium Awards Director and well-known architect Daniel Van Der Merwe curated the regional judging panel, which toured the country to evaluate the physical, digital and film submissions in each region &#8211;  Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Cape Town. The regional judges included high-profile industry personalities such as Aaron Kohn of MOAD, artist Stephen Hobbs, Cathy O’Clery of Platform Creative Agency, artist Wilma Cruise, and others. These judges [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://designnews.co.za/category-winners-of-sas-biggest-art-and-design-prize-are-announced/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
