OUR WORKSHOP : Guga S’thebe, LANGA 7455

Injongo/Vision

Indawo apho ezukuphutlisa umsebenzi wezandla zomntu sisebenza sana siyibhumba kwiindawo enye kwaye nomphakathi kokuphanga leleyo nophutlisa nabantwana/nabantu abafuna ukuzi phutlise kusebenzi wezandla babene nyane.

 

A self-sustaining, free and supportive collaborative workspace that provides economic and creative stability through learning, skills development and honesty.

WE USE COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL DESIGN AS A METHOD FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING.

Our Workshop Is

  • A community-run NPO focused on intercultural creative professional development and upcycling
  • A free-to-use space in Langa, Cape Town
  • Collaboratively built by all members
  • A space for social design
  • A space for emergent design and innovation
  • Focussed on working with all types of ‘waste’ materials – fabric scraps, post-consumer plastic bottles, donated materials, second hand clothes, electronic waste etc.
  • A sister company to Our Workshop Projects 

 OUR AIM

  • To bridge cultural divides in the world’s most unequal city – by making things together
  • To create a collaborative support system for all members
  • To all benefit from the space we build together
  • To actively create a culture of inclusivity
  • To show how creativity can transform ‘waste’ materials into innovative design
  • To raise awareness about post consumer plastic waste as a valuable resource

 

WHAT WE’RE DOING

  • We’re making a space for intercultural exchange and sharing, contributing to nation building in post apartheid South Africa
  • We share a workshop in Langa: making things takes time and time shared is the best way to form close interpersonal bonds
  • We are a community of makers, designers and artists that empowers and supports each other through skill sharing and access to tools and materials
  • We’re using all sorts of waste streams to do innovative upcycling and thrifting
  • We’re trying to collaboratively grow a new type of NPO, based on the needs of the members – in as non-hierarchical a way as we can

ANNOUNCEMENT

HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

 

Donate to Our Workshop – 100% of your donations fund the day-to-day running of our collaborative, free-to-use workspace.

Help us build a community which encourages social design & a resourceful, creative practice