ConclusionBefore this project I had been quick to criticize Zimbabwean design and comparing it with Western design. I had never considered the various factors which influence design. Factors which include economy, necessity, persecution, politics, competition, the market,...
Since there were no books on design in Zimbabwe all information had to come from interviews and stats were based on surveys I carried out on my own.
StatisicsFrom the information I was gathering...
Design education in Zimbabwe is the nucleus for the development of design in Zimbabwe. The more educated the community and designers are the higher the level of appreciation and value placed on design. In this chapter we...
It was necessary to give a context of the period running up to the Independence in 1980.
Before independent, Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia. - 1889 Great Britain recognised it as a self-governing territory. - ...
The following article is the foreword and introduction to a dissertation I wrote in my final year at Harare Polytechnic. It was a quest to investigate the development of Graphic design in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2000....
