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Afrographique

Countries, Featured Projects, South Africa, Southern Africa, Typography

Take a look at the latest project by South African designer, Ivan Colic. Afrographique is a fresh and modern typeface...

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Lost in the Fall

Branding, Countries, Featured Projects, Graphic Design, Illustration, South Africa, Typography, UI and UX

Lost in the Fall is the latest project by designer Si Maclennan. The project is identity and cover art for...

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Typographic Revolt

Countries, Featured Projects, Graphic Design, South Africa, Typography

Typographic Revolt is a collaborative project by South African designers Ryan Atkinson and Stephan de Lange.

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Footit Type

Countries, Featured Projects, Graphic Design, South Africa, Typography

Andrew Footit is a self taught designer from Johannesburg. We have featured his work before but what we love is...

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Rowan Toselli Physical Portfolio

Branding, Countries, Design, Featured Projects, Packaging Design, Print Design, South Africa, Typography

Take a look at the portfolio of graphic designer Rowan Toselli. Toselli is a graphic designer from Johannesburg who often...

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Mixel Typography

Countries, Featured Projects, Illustration, Nigeria, Typography

Mixel Typography is a hand made typeface by Senongo Akpem. The typeface was made with the new college app for...

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365.25 Typographic Journal

Featured, Graphic Design, South Africa, Typography

One of Africa’s best typographer and graphic designer, Ryan Atkinson shared his typographic journal of personal project that spanned over...

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Create the Future Pitch

Graphic Design, Typography

  It is no surprise that Jordan Metcalf has another phenomenal typography project, Nike – Create the Future Pitch. Here...

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Royal Museum for Central Africa

Central Africa, Featured Projects, Photomanipulation, Typography

Royal Museum for Central Africa is a fictitious typography and illustration by Elliot Verhelpen, a student in graphic design and...

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Cairo Type

Egypt, Featured Projects, Typography

Cairo Type is part of a project from SHOW US YOUR TYPE a website dedicated to type and cities. SHOW US YOUR...

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ADA’s Logo in Victionary’s book: Logology.2

Bookshelf, Branding, Countries, Design, Featured Projects, Kenya, Resources, Typography

Yes! Find ADA's logo in the latest book by Victionary - Logology 2, which is now on bookstands. Logology 2 is the wonderland of Logo Design, it's an exhaustive study on logos, icons and mascot designs submitted by 500 designers worldwide. The ADA logo was designed by Barbara Muriungi , a few other logos of her work are also included in the book.

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Feature Artist: Aldo Pulella

Countries, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Print Design, South Africa, Typography

Aldo is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and his skills range from web design, typography, graphic design and digital imaging.

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Feature Artist: Mohammed Eissa

Egypt, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Photography, Typography

Graphic designer, Mohammed Eissa brings fresh typography and print design inspiration from Cairo Egypt. A senior Graphics designer, Eissa experiments with Arabic typography and graphic elements. His versatile portfolio features his experience with photography, graphic design and branding. Enjoy.

AFROBEAT LIGHT – EXCLUSIVE OFFER

Featured Projects, News, Typography

Round out your year with this exclusive offer. District member, and avid typographer Giuseppe Salerno is offering a discount on his...

Spectacular Typography

Featured Projects, Typography

Here is a slice of some spectacular typography projects done by African digital artists. We recommend that you also join...

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African Beach Calligraphy

Countries, Featured Projects, Photography, South Africa, Typography

South African calligrapher, Andrew van der Merwe, has taken writing in the sand to the ultimate next level. A professional calligrapher and typographer, Andrew has developed his own technique of carving letters in the sand. Most of the forms he designs are inspired from African writing systems.

Afrobeat font

Featured Projects, Typography

Typography is the delicate balance between type, space, contrast and color. Designers must take up the task of perfecting this...

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Featured Artist: Andrew Footit

Featured Artists, Photomanipulation, South Africa, Typography

Andrew Footit is a self taught designer from South Africa. In many ways Footit is the ultimate African digital artist with modern design concepts and a wide range of digital projects.

Create an Easy Neon Style in Photoshop

Tutorials, Typography

Source: Abduzeedo In this tutorial you will learn how to create this really cool neon text design. The tutorial will...

Create Your Own Jungle Text

Resources, Tutorials, Typography, Uncategorized

This simple tutorial will teach you how to create this 3D jungle text effect using Photoshop and a little Illustrator. ...

Igbo Typography

Featured Projects, Nigeria, Typography

We are pleased to feature the work of one of our community members, sugarbelly.. The Ndebe Project is an attempt...

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Islam Zayed

Countries, Egypt, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Typography

Islam Zayed is a designer from Cairo, Egypt. Zayed’s experimental use of type is truly inspirational. He is able to...

Saki Mafundikwa

Featured Artists, Featured Projects, Graphic Design, Typography, Zimbabwe

If you are discussing typography in Africa then you will come across Saki Mafundikwa. Saki Mafundikwa is a Zimbabwean graphic artist that has influenced typography and graphic design all around the world. Educated with a Masters of Fine Art at Yale and a BA in Telecommunications and Fine Arts at Indiana University, he left the United States to return to Zimbabwe to found the first school of graphic design and new media.

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Interview with Anthony Dart

Animation, Featured Artists, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interviews, Photography, South Africa, Typography

We had the privilege to interview Anthony Dart Founder and Creative Director of Ontwerp. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dart has built his career on a range of digital media forms and techniques.