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Recently we held our 8th annual Autostyle Motorshow in Umhlanga, Durban.    What started of as a simple meetup of car enthusiasts has now become an annual tradition for us and each year the even gets bigger and bigger.  This year unfortunately we could no longer host the event outside our store.  Luckily the helpful guys at Gateway Shopping Centre  partnered up with us and offered us full use of an entire parking lot.  A mere 300m away from our store. Check out photographs over here

The event was absolutely awesome with Durban showcasing some of the best automotive styling concepts and designs out there.   We commissioned FreeStyleFilms.co.za to shoot the event,  check out a trailer video of the days event.

Autostyle Expo Durban, South Africa from Freestyle Films on Vimeo.

One of those constant tasks that never seem to get done, carpenters tools and all of that.

This blog has been a bit neglected on the design site lately.  Luckily a few days ago Woothemes launched a free theme (which if it was premium I’d happily pay for!) Their layout, typesetting and overall look and feel fitted my needs like a glove.

Load it up and tweaked the .css styling a bit, added what is now my signature arabesque tiled background along with the big N logo and this is the end result.

You could call it an Eid gift for the blog.

I’m looking to get in touch with graphic designers, artists, illustrators and basically anyone in the creative arts field. Just one requirement is to have a leaning toward Islamic & Eastern designs.

I am working on www.NasihaDesign.com – an online store and design blog.

Initially it’ll be stocking T-Shirts, Armbands and hand crafted Ramadan greeting cards.  We plan on launching at least one new design tshirt per month.  I would like to get in touch with artists who would like an online showcase to sell and promote their works. I will also be commissioning projects to said artists on an ongoing basis.  The focus is not only on selling goods.  I would like to feature any Islamic & Eastern art worldwide on the blog, perhaps interview prominent designers, painters and so on. (more…)

A few days ago, after the last HeavyChef session, Fred from Ideate mailed me a short interview.

About Ideate: Fresh new ideas. It’s about small business. It’s about South Africa. It’s also about money, innovation, progress, and gob-smackingly brilliant concepts. Most importantly, it’s about the people who come up with these concepts. We aim to examine the crazy, hyper-charged world of the small business owner, the serial entrepreneur – and hopefully learn a few things on the way.

Read the full interview here
http://www.ideate.co.za/2009/04/09/1-min-with-a-superhero-naeem-mayet-from-autostylecoza/

Nice to see Jump Shopping, the guys behind the South African E commerce Awards, giving a physical recognition for winning an award.

Autostyle Motorsport has won the award for Best Automotive website in 2006, 2007  & 2008.
Will we win 2009? I sure hope so.

A layout overhaul is already underway and should be up in a few weeks time and and a few other plans are in the pipeline to keep us ahead of our competitors as well as grow our online presence.

March 2009 saw Autostyle receive its highest ever traffic, 144 000 visitors viewing 1.79million pages. I’m curious to see where we rank up on WASA (websites association of  South Africa)

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