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FATHER Coffee has been a side project of mine for a few months now. Myself and my 3 partners decided to create a coffee shop/roastery brand. This is what we created. We're located on the corner and Juta St. and De Beer St. in the heart of Johannesburg. Our main business is selling bulk beans, and the shop we created as a concept space to expose people to the brand. We designed the entire brand identity from Logo to interiors ourselves. We had a great team help with the shop-fitting. The light fittings we fabricated ourselves. We had custom ceramics made to suit the space. We created a wrapping paper for our coffee bags that includes an image of each of our father figures. The space serves as my new office too, which is kinda rad.Branding, Creative Direction, Interior Design2013 -
I created this space with Angie Batis. We were approached by Instant Grass and asked to design their new Johannesburg Office. The budget was tight and we had to take various specs into consideration. The company's motto is "good behaviour" and we created a street-facing mural with pyramid lights to express this ethos. The team consisted of 6 people at the time, but could increase to as many as 30 on certain days. We had hexagon stools made that could work as a coffee table if placed together and provide enough temporary seating if taken apart. We commissioned a street artist to paint a mural of the employees. We helped design the centre-piece table and the bike chandelier that sits above it. We created a crate/shelf wall that we filled with interesting objects and books, we left half of the crates empty for them to fill as they saw fit.Creative Direction, Interior Design2013 -
I was asked by Jason Cederwall to assist in the launch of his new project - Craft Liquor Merchants. They are already the biggest supplier of craft booze to Johannesburg, a milestone reached in a few short weeks. I created a classic logo and simple branding elements. Website and vehicle branding still to come.Branding, Graphic Design2013 -
I was approached by Matthew Marvin (founder of Anvil) to create a strong visual identity and logo for his property development company. He Pretty much knew exactly what he wanted... and sometimes it's just best to give a client what they want.Branding2013 -
A quick branding project I did for Battalion events. They were bought by a larger company right as we finalised everything so none of this will go into production. Was still fun to work on!Branding, Graphic Design2013 -
Craftsman and Crate do corporate gifting right. As the brainchild of Alan Yates, an ex-corporate bored by the weak offering of existing gifting agencies, C & C creates a new range of gifts for hi-end corporates to choose from. Crates are delivered to clients filled with premium goods such as craft beers, cured meats, ceramics and other locally designed and locally produced goods. I worked with Angie Batis to create a visual identity for this startup. Images of crates and the website to be added soon.Branding, Graphic Design2013 -
At this year's Sanlam Investments FoodWineDesign Fair Mastercard teamed up with some top chefs to create the Gourmet Theatre, a dining experience within the fair catering to Mastercard's premium clients.
It featured furniture by James Mudge and Make Furniture, Art by William Kentridge and L. F. Krige, and decor by Anatomy Design and Batch.
I was asked to design branding for this premium event. I was given insight to the paired-down look and feel and created a logo to fit the look and feel.
The guide was printed on 80gsm Cyclus Offset by PaperSmith
The branding was applied to the muted colour-pallette walls and wooden counters in black vinyl.Branding, Graphic Design2012 -
I was asked by Feiyue South Africa to go design the visuals for their new Mobile Unit. The truck (with a feiyue shop inside) is exclusive to JHB. I was asked to push the fact that the shoes are french, other than that I had complete free reign. I went with a completely overboard and ridiculous mixup of Jozi and french culture. Using Jozi barbershop paintings as the style guide.Illustration2012 -
Greg Rom, formely of Humanoid, formed Gentlemen Films. Johnny Kotze created the logo then Greg approached me to create collateral. We came up with the idea and I created stamps, showreels, the website, comp slips, letterheads. The illustrations are based around the concept of "A gentleman always..."Branding, Illustration2012 -
My brother (kinda), Alain asked me to design an owl tattoo for his back. This is what I did. Will add an image of the final tattoo once he gets it.Illustration2012 -
I was asked to create all the collateral for the Sanlam Investments Food Wine Design Fair. Using their current logo I had to create hundreds of elements of signage, invites, an A2 editorial hand-out, banners and billboards. The editorial design included laying out copy-heavy articles and creating illustrations for each oneEditorial Design, Graphic Design, Illustration2013 -
I was asked by Shane & Angie Durrant (Owners of Wolves cafe) to come up with a CI for their new noodle bar. This is what I did. The wallpaper was designed by Shane & Angie.Branding, Graphic Design2012 -
I teamed up with Angie Batis to create this Ci for Sergeant Pepper Clothing Co. - A clothing brand by Zak Venter.
He wanted something slick to represent his brand. The clothing is brilliantly made, on trend, and different from anything South Africa has seen on it's shelves. We designed the logo, website, labels, etc. We also conceptualised the lookbook shoot. Tink Pohotgraphy did the shoot seen belowBranding2012 -
We created 2 posters for Exclusive Books with Network BBDO.Graphic Design, Illustration2012 -
A small collection of some flyers I designed recently. © Nicholas ChristowitzDesign, Illustration2011 -
We were asked by Ogilvy to illustrate posters for a new show on Kyknet called Vloeksteen. The show is based around the blood diamond trade and the core concept of the posters is "nothing is what it seems". This is how we illustrated this duality.Illustration, Print Design2012 -
Wolves Cafe called upon 27 artists to create each letter of the alphabet (plus an ampersand) in any way they chose. The works are limited to 30 A2 prints each and are available for R350 at Wolves Cafe.
I was given the letter 'C'... So I made a C-SnakeIllustration, Typography2012 -
DDB Johannesburg gave us carte blanche on creating a billboard concept for Converse for JHB and Cape Town. We worked with Angie Batis and decided to build each city out of laser cut wood, inside UK size 17 Converse All Stars. We designed and assembled the shoes, had them photographed and DDB did the final billboard layout.Advertising, Art Direction2012 -
A small collection of recent Muerte-themed pieces.Illustration, Drawing2011 -
I created a series of posters based on 5 of my favorite quotes relating to creativity and design. I worked only with a few of my favorite fonts and kept the color palette very limited. All quotes and fonts are credited underneath each poster (illegible at this size, i know). Prints available.Typography2012 -
6 artists each from Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg were given the brief to communicate their personal experiences in their respective cities. Each city was given a different colour palette with which the artist had to work in. The aim being to portray the allure of each city as seen through the minds of it's creatives.
Here's my piece.Graphic Design, Illustration2012 -
Tattoo design for my friend Adam.Illustration2011 -
A Donkey I illustrated for a charity eventIllustration, Drawing2011 -
drawings i did for Night Of A Thousand DrawingsDrawing, Illustration2009
