Ravi Naidoo

Ravi Naidoo
Born Ravi Naidoo
Durban, South Africa
Occupation CEO
Home town Cape Town
Children 2

Ravi Naidoo (born August 12, 1964) is the founder of Interactive Africa and Design Indaba, an annual three day design conference[1] hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, as well as a suite of events such as Design Commons, and antenna.

Career

Ravi Naidoo is the recipient of the 2015 Sir Misha Black Medal for innovation in design education.[2] The founder of Interactive Africa,[3] a Cape Town-based media and project management company responsible for the First African in Space[4] mission with Mark Shuttleworth in 2002, and the marketing bid to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup.[5]

In 2008, Naidoo launched a social impact design project through Design Indaba called the 10x10 Housing Project.[6] The project created 10 low-cost houses in Freedom Park in the Cape Flats. The buildings were made using sustainable materials such as sandbags.[7]

Naidoo has a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Physiology from the University of Cape Town and completed an MBA at the UCT GSB in 1994.[8]

Naidoo is a recognised thought leader and speaker in the field of creativity and design throughout Africa.[9] He sits on the jury of the INDEX Design Awards[10] in Copenhagen. In Amsterdam, he sits on the advisory board of THNK,[11] and is the Chairman of the 2017 IXDA Awards[12]

In 2017 Ravi commissioned the Arch for Arch project, a tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu that was constructed in the City of Cape Town.[13] Naidoo, in the same year, cofounded Design Commons with World Design Weeks founder Kari Korkman. Design Commons is known as a deconstructed design conference.[14] In 2016, Naidoo co-founded Rain, a South African data network, with Michael Jordaan and Paul Harris.[15] Naidoo was awarded the Design Prize in 2017, a design prize dedicated to design culture.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "100 World Class South Africans: Ravi Naidoo". News24. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Ravi Naidoo | Misha Black Awards". www.mishablackawards.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ↑ Dovey, Rachel (22 March 2017). "Fast Company Names 12 "World Changing Ideas" From Chicago to the Bay Area". Next City. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "about ravi naidoo". www.africaninspace.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ↑ "100 World Class South Africans: Ravi Naidoo". News24. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. ↑ "Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects | Dezeen". Dezeen. 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  7. ↑ Indaba, Design (2009-05-18), The 10x10 housing project, retrieved 2017-04-26
  8. ↑ "Meet Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo, the man who helped bring the World Cup to SA". 702. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  9. ↑ "Ravi Naidoo". GOOD Magazine. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  10. ↑ "INDEX: Design to Improve Life - INDEX: Award". award.designtoimprovelife.dk. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  11. ↑ "100 World Class South Africans: Ravi Naidoo". News24. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  12. ↑ "Ravi Naidoo/ 2017 Jury Chair/ IxD Awards". awards.ixda.org. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  13. ↑ "'Arch for Arch' tribute to Tutu planned for Cape Town". News24. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  14. ↑ "DesignCommons - Helsinki". designcommons.info. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  15. ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  16. ↑ "The Design prize 2017: the winners | Abitare". Abitare. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
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