That Township Flava!!

D.U.T's 2011 Graphic Design class recently pulled out all the stops for our upcoming

annual exhibition (15th Nov). The "township flava" theme for this years event made 

for a really interesting set of promotional posters, shot in the heart of Durban's CBD 

by the amazing Paul Reichle and the G.D kids of 2011. Playing on the stereotypical 

rolls of people in the township scene, getting the actual class members in character 

and other members busy with styling and set work, produced a really unique and 

authentically local image for our posters.

This was really an awesome project to work on, with such an awesome group of 

creative individuals. Big thanx to everybody that was involved and made it what it is.

Photography : Paul Reichle, Li Joshua

Illustration: Shanleigh O'Reilly

Layout / Photo Editing: Justin Channell, Li Joshua

Styling and Models: G.D Class of 2011

 

Self - Promotion

My main objective when working on my self-promo project was to create a visually interesting image, 

but at the same time have a reasonably direct concept. I decided to make a list of characteristics 

that I felt made me a unique designer: Logical, Conceptual, Neat, Passionate and Unafraid 

are the adjectives which I felt described me well.

When conducting research I came upon a quote which reads: 

“ the mediator between the head and the hand is the heart.” 

I felt this quote suited me as a designer and that it would be the inspiration of my self branding. 

I then came up with the slogan “design fuelled by passion”, which would appear on all my self 

branding items.

Corporate Identity 

Seeing that the main aspect of my design ethic focuses on passion, I had to find a way to convey 

that in my corporate identity. I decided that a unique way to portray passion was the vision of 

a heart on an x-ray. I altered the appearance of the heart in order to bring more attention to it 

and therefore, make the concept stronger.

I would print all the components on transparency medium and have everything appear like 

an actual x - ray.

CV and Promotional t-shirt