Book Review

Educating citizen designers in South Africa

Abstract

Today, with decolonisation on the rise in the West, comes a timely compendium titled Educating citizen designers in South Africa edited by Elmarie Costandius, an asso-ciate professor of Visual Arts and coordinator of the Master of Arts in Visual Arts (Art Education) at Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Herman Botes, acting director of the Visual Communication Department at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Educating citizen designers in South Africa proffers critical citizenship design education to confront the civic ramifications of historical colonialism and apartheid in contemporary South Africa.