Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
How great use of psychology in design tripled my intended donation
First things first, apologies for the “could-have-been-better” quality of the photographs in this post. My camera decided to “call it a life”, so until I replace it my PDA will play the role of a photographer’s main tool-of-trade. I always try my level best to dedicate most part (if all is impossible) of my Fridays’...
18 inspirational quotes for fellow freelancers
We all know how challenging being self-employed can be, there is a time where you experience a period of very few to no billable projects. This often leads to most people questioning their decision to work for themselves and some even consider calling it quits, I’ve collected quotes that will help you keep your focus...
Letters are not just pretty faces, at times they can be such characters.
A while back, about 8 months or so I published a post on Forum of Black Journalists which was part of my personal project, words theater. After contemplating on the direction and future of the project, I decided to have a website solely dedicated to the project. I’m glad to announce that the website just...
Interview by Neo Dhlamini
I was recently approached by Neo Dhlamini, a graphic design student at Inscape Design College to be interviewed as part of his college assignment. Students were required to choose a professional South African graphic designer of their choice and ask them a few questions. And the interview went as follows: . 1. What process do...
Skout, for the love of designers
After long hours of labour, litres of caffeine and almost all my bandwidth I just jumped the first hurdle, the launch of Skout™. Skout™ is a bookmark sharing platform with design resources for designers by designers. Everybody is free to submit their sites to share with everybody. Skout™ aims at becoming a one stop resources...
How I kicked whites out of the Forum of Black Journalists without saying a word!
…And I’m not racist. I’m just a visual poet at work! There is currently a huge debate in the country on whether South Africans should condone how Forum of Black Journalists “kicked-out” their white colleagues at the forum’s function attended by The President of the ANC two weeks or so back. I played with letters...