Cape Town-- designing a better city. how technology and the silicon cape adds to one of the most beautiful cities in the world

1. capetown
designing a better city
Matthew Buckland
Managing Director
Creative Spark Interactive
IMG SRC: Flickr

3. making cape town a continental
technology hub like silicon valley

4. attract talent. encourage, support &
inspire entrepreneurial ventures

5. why cape town? infrastructure, compact,
existing internet companies

7. beautiful.

8. how the internet is
changing the world

9. age of entrepreneur
entrepreneurial activity like we have
never seen before as a result of low
barriers to entry on the internet

10. we are mobile
increased mobility: always connected,
can work anywhere. that’s why geeks
choose Silicon Valley, that’s why they
choose the “Silicon Cape”

11. a design revolution
technology & design are critical partners. we are seeing a
design revolution in technology. an entire industry created
called “usability”. and it’s no co-incidence that the world’s
biggest company has the most functional, beautiful
products.

13. evolving web
Browser: Web in your browser
Virtual: Web in virtual worlds
Augmented: Web “in the city”

14. the web as
part of Cape Town’s
streets

15. Cape Town’s design
is as much virtual as
it is real.

21. thank you!
www.creativespark.co.za