Am I Collective’s contribution to the Inkygoodness’ Character Totem Home coming’ exhibition. Am I Collective MD Mark van Niekerk says that for this new show, “we created ‘Maconini Abaphansi’. Our artwork shows a photograph of an African totem creature found by explorers in their quest for new tribes on the dark continent. He is made up of African masks and robotic elements from the tribe’s recurring encounters with UFO’s.”
Tag archives: graphic design
S’HOT 2011 review: Pop culture town
The Client: Toffie Pop Culture festival
The Agency: The President
The Brief: Create a CI for the annual Toffie Pop Culture festival.
Creative Solution: Create a CI that embodies the creative, yet accessible spirit of the festival and conference, based in Cape Town.
Creative Team: Peet Pienaar (creative director)
S’HOT 2011: Concertina business cards
How fantastic is this – Concertina business cards from AM I Collective for a trip to the Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin.
Michael Bierut is a funny guy
The opening speaker at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference, the famous graphic designer Michael Bierut, gave a humorous presentation filled with some valuable lessons for graphic designers.
Garth Walker Focus: Cock & Pussy = AIDS
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: AIDS (Cock & Pussy = AIDS)
A comment on HIV/AIDS illustrated by icon (to avoid language issues) and was part of an installation that included ‘AIDS wallpaper’ as a backdrop to the cock/pussy
Garth Walker Focus: Kodak moment Afrika
Client: personal work
Title: FukAfrika
Garth says: A stereotypical look at some issues through the eyes of a snapamatic camera as seen by many Western tourists (yet to visit the continent).
Garth Walker Focus: The AK47 addicts
AK47
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: AK47
A comment on Africa’s reliance on the West for Aid and Food. And the continents (and our political leadership or assorted despots) continued love affair with the tyranny of the AK47
Garth Walker Focus: War on Terror gets remote
A comment on WoT which could be interpreted as a ‘reality show’. The TV remote idea is a metaphor for the (generally USA) attitude to terror whereby the military ‘dial in’ their desires (continent, country, type of intervention etc) and then unleash their forces. Usually to little effect…
Garth Walker: Jabu Ndlovu and the G13
This week MarkLives is dedicated to the work of South African design great Garth Walker.
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: Jabu Ndlovu – Self Portrait
Says Garth: A comment on the (current) G8 which will grow to include 13 countries (including South Africa). Jabu is an alter ego for young disenchanted Africans who see their leaders as having sold out to the ‘boys club’. At their cost. Jabu shows his feelings towards the Group of 13 nations…
Garth Walker Focus: L’enfant Jesus
Client: Saint-Etienne International Design Biennale 2009
Title: L’enfant Jesus
Says Garth: A comment on the city of Saint-Etienne and their history as an arms manufacturer (mostly during the Napoleonic wars). More recently the city has switched to the manufacture of textiles.