From left back row: Jaco Blom and Banie Stafford
From left front row: Michael and Pascal Aengenvoort

The collaboration supports second-year students and STADIO’s ‘Photography in Practice’ module

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—As part of its commitment to community development, ROTOCON and its marketing and branding agency B Creative are collaborating with STADIO School of Media & Design for a series of projects with second year students enrolled in STADIO’s BA in Visual Arts in Visual Communication Design programme (VISCOM).

Earlier this month, Banie Stafford, owner of B Creative met with Dr. Willie Bouwer, Head of School for Media and Design at STADIO Higher Education Bellville Campus, lecturer Jaco Blom, and STADIO’s second-year students on campus in Bellville (Cape Town) for a briefing about the collaboration.

The first project that took place on March 27 was a photo shoot with Michael Aengenvoort, ROTOCON Group CEO and Pascal Aengenvoort, ROTOCON director and co-owner involving three defined photo layout categories. Awarded in each category for best photo will be R2,000 prize money. Additionally, B Creative will award R2,000 prize money for best ‘behind the scenes’ photo captured during the shoot.

The next project with STADIO’s students is a photo shoot on ROTOCON’s stand at Propak Cape 24 October – 26 October 2023 involving live photo capture during the show and a video compilation.

“The integral message of this initial project with STADIO for their ‘Photography in Practice’ module is that print is not dead,” said Stafford. “High quality visuals are vital to a company’s brand building. The winning photos captured by the 13 students participating in this project will be featured in ROTOCON’s online and printed marketing campaigns, so ensuring top quality is essential.”

“It is an honour to collaborate with STADIO and support local students in our community studying media and design,” said Michael Aengenvoort, ROTOCON Group CEO.