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Latest design showcase from VISI magazine
Greeting cards with a difference.
Growing Paper produces handmade cards with a twist: the paper used for the greeting cards is embedded with flower seeds. So, you can plant your card in a sunny spot, water it and watch your written words come to life.
The handmade paper is made from waste paper that’s been re-processed. Since the paper-making process uses large amounts of water, Growing Paper reuses their waste water for farming activities on the Swartland farm where they’re situated.
Marcii Goose for everything
Marcii Goosen is an artist, designer and interior monkey.
Her art and design-making practice spans, diversely, over visual essays on fabric and paper, crafting intricate objects, through to producing extensive graphic stills and filmic installation projects.
She has most recently been involved in the creation of the adidas Originals Three Stories event as well as the Spier Contemporary 2010. She is also part of the Papergirl exhibition, and will be traveling to Berlin for the Papergirl international meeting next month.
Marcii remains captivated with observing and creating opaque codes through public and private praxis. With her involvement in projects such as Papergirl, she’s proving that she has her fist firmly pressed against the cultural heartbeat.
The work featured here was commissioned by Art South Africa. The brief was to create a window for their new magazine shop in Woodstock, Cape Town.
Find more on Marcii at www.marciigoose.com
or contact her measmyself@marciigoose.com
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Listen up – Loeries Young Creatives Awards 2010 info
Winning a Loeries Young Creatives Award kick-starts great things
For young creatives, the glory of winning the Loeries 2010 Young Creatives Award, at the start of their careers, is just the very beginning. The race is now on to find this year’s most talented duo.
Entrants have until 30th June to submit their portfolio.
The Young Creatives Award recognises outstanding achievement of individuals under the age of 27 working in any area of brand communication – Advertising, Communication Design or Experiential Media. Entrants submit a portfolio of their work and the winners receive a Gold Loerie, as well as an all-expenses paid trip to an international award show of their choice.
Exhibit your work over the World Cup at Royale Eatery
Life Is Awesome
Life is Awesome hails from the far land of Stellenbosch. Between majestic mountains, a shady patch of moss birthed a graphic design collaboration some time ago.
Life is Awesome has been around since Attila the Hun died of a nose bleed (caused by eating too much Danish blue cheese). You can even spot us in the backgrounds of some classical paintings pulling gangster poses. In other words, we have been around for ever.
Breathing life into design and corporate companies is our particular speciality. We offer services extending from very convincing corporate ids to sleek websites and outstanding print design. We also happen to make some serious sandwiches and potent coffee. And you’re always invited.
For more info visit our website
Design and Animation scholarships
The Open Window School of Visual Communication annually awards scholarships to deserving students and 2011 will be the same. Interested? Go to www.openwindow.co.za for info on application conditions and procedures.
Alistair Palmer – ordinary guy with big ideas
Alistair Palmer was born in Hermanus and lives in Cape Town. He takes inspiration from the world around him and enjoys the little things in life. He surfs, rides bicycles, and enjoys working with power tools and wood. Alistair likes beer and card games, camping, making coffee, organising things and collecting junk. Makes for a good creative foundation.
Constantly playing with colour and texture, Alistair’s work exists in both design and art, the line between the two becoming somewhat blurry. He likes this, because it means one idea can live many lives beyond the screen. Read more…
Bia van Deventer for Chew Magazine
Artwork Genie: Bia was asked to design the pop up book homepage for London based Artwork Genie. They create artworks for advertising and represent a artists from all arenas. www.artworkgenie.com
As someone that thrives on diversity, graphic designer Bia van Deventer enjoys to work in as many mediums and styles as possible, to keep her interest high and the challenge constant. Read more…
Renee Rossouw – I work by hand first
Renee Rossouw completed a Masters in Architecture at the University of Cape Town in 2009 and is currently doing a Masters in Product Design in Madrid.
Renee spends her spare time playing around with illustration work; these usually accompany a project that she is working on. Other times it just aims to document an event, space or idea. She is inspired by world cities and cultures, from extra large buildings to small tile details. She is also fascinated by the use of colour.
Read Renee’s Blog here: http://contemporarydesignandarchitecture.blogspot.com
View a stop animation done by Renee here at www.vimeo.com/9768245
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Joburg Design Collective SaysWho
Take Me Somewhere Nice : A flyer designed by SaysWho for an event on a rooftop in Johannesburg. The brief was completely open.
You may not have heard of the kids of SaysWho. They have not made a sex tape. They have not robbed any celebrity homes. They don’t even have their own reality TV show. What SaysWho has going for it, however, is a blooming business shared between three illustrators: Jarryd Kin, Lauren Schultz and Nicholas Christowitz. Read more…
