For children at Mlilo Comprehensive School in Rustplaas Village, eMkhondo (formerly Piet Retief), one of the main barriers to learning has been simple access to seating. The school, which has 258...
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How to: set up a homework space for kids at home
Children, like their parents, are spending more time working at home than ever before due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has fast become the norm to set up suitable and more permanent, dedicated...
2020 PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative winner announced
Johannesburg, 11 November 2020: On 11 November 2020, students, lecturers, industry professionals and the extended PG Bison family came together across the country for the first-ever digital awards...
Meet 2020’s 1.618 Judges: Phill Mashabane
The winner of 2020’s PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative will be announced on 11 November at our first-ever digital awards gala event. Like our Top Ten finalists, we wait with baited breath to find...
Meet 2020’s 1.618 Judges: Mardre Meyer
2020 has been a tough year, but the design students who entered this year’s PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative rose to the challenge, submitting innovative, well-thought-out entries, in spite of...
Meet 2020’s 1.618 Judges: Henk Marais
We are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winner of 2020’s PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative. In the meantime, we have been introducing you to our esteemed judges, and next up is Henk...
Meet the 2020 finalists
Congratulations to the 2020 top ten finalists in the PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative! The winner will be announced on 11 November, but before then we wanted to introduce you to our...
2019 winner – where is she now?
Where’s our 2019 winner now? Sanette de Villiers, an architecture student from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth, won the 2019 edition of the 1.618 Education Initiative. Her entry...
Meet 2020’s 1.618 Judges: Livia Coetzee-Stein
Currently in its 28th year, the PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative is once again offering design and architecture students the opportunity to partake in an intensive, distinguished design...
Meet 2020’s 1.618 Judges: Dale Friedman
On the 18th of September, entries closed for the annual PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative, which this year is celebrating its twenty-eighth year of offering South African design and architecture...