National Bandana Day design created by CPUT student
WINNERS: Melinda Van Der Merwe (right) designed the bandana for the 2015 National Bandana Day, Suzanne Swanepoel (left) came third
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Thousands of heads across the country will be adorned with the creation of CPUT Surface Design student Melinda Van Der Merwe soon.
Each year the Sunflower Fund runs a competition with design schools across the country to create the design for National Bandana Day.
This year CPUT won first and third place in the hotly contested competition. Melinda scored the top spot with her vivid green and yellow creation while Suzanne Swanepoel scored third place.
Surface Design lecturer Micah Chisholm says the key to both designs was simplicity.
“This time round the second-year students only had a week to complete their designs which means they worked instinctively and didn’t complicate it,” he says.
Melinda says her design was inspired by the strength that comes from unity.
“Around every cancer patient there is a support network and my design symbolises this,” she says.
Melinda’s bandana will go into production for the 2015 National Bandana Day on October 12.
The Sunflower Fund does critical work recruiting bone marrow donors for diseases like leukaemia and other blood disorders. A bone marrow test costs R2000 and National Bandanna Day is a key fundraising initiative for the organisation.
Apart from the pride of seeing her design go into production Melinda won a R5000 Pick n Pay voucher and Suzanne won one worth R2000.
Written by Lauren Kansley
Tel: +27 21 953 8646
Email: kansleyl@cput.ac.za
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