The Value of Local Craft and Design Retail in Cape Town
Mthente conducted research for the Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI), looking at the value of the local craft and design retail sector in the Cape Town Metropole. The research was informed by 60 interviews with design retailers, a spatial economy analysis that focused on design retailers in two nodes – the Watershed at the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and the Hout Bay Market, and in-depth case studies with two retailers within these nodes.
In conducting this research, the CCDI hoped to illustrate the link of this sector to the Tourism sector of the provonce, thereby showcasing the the importance of this sector to the economy of the Western Cape.












