Logo & stationary design

Riakona Recruitment

Mandy Gilder of Johannesburg, commissioned Konrad to design the corporate identity of Riakona Recruitment, based on her then-current company, M-Assignments. This project comprised:

• Logo design
• Business card design
• Letterhead and cover page design
• Corporate profile design
• Folder design
• Compliment slip design
• Note and note dispenser engraving design
• E-mail signature
• Web design
• T-shirt design
• ...and more general graphic design.

Logo and packaging design

Provena Professional

A loyal client of ours, Bellville-based Medis Medical, asked us to design a logo for their latest product, ProVena Professional medical hosiery / compression stockings, as well as the packaging design. And we were very happy with the results.

Le Roux Viljoen, the half of Medis we liaised with, later left the company and started OP Africa, for whom we also did design work. OP Africa would then become an Össur distributor.

Logo & stationary design

ARG Design Architects and Urban Designers

ARG Design are architects, urban designers and town planners based in Observatory, Cape Town. Their portfolio includes sustainable, community-driven projects.

At first the client suggested organic, esoteric symbols in green colours which, while accurately describing their philosophy, may have alienated them from the conservative (and sometimes superstitious!) South African market.

We decided to use rectangles to indicate the systematic nature and efficiency of their work. Earthy colours were used to suggest harmony with the environment. To show their aesthetic values, we used thin outlines for the rectangles, and for the logo we used an italic, serif 'AR' for sophistication, and a solid straight 'G' to show reliability.

The business card was printed on recycled card and we went on to design a portfolio for them.

Konrad has since done work for IG Architects, owned by István Gosztola, previously of ARG Design.

Logo & stationary design

World of Africa

André Thomas commissioned Konrad to create a logo, business card and letterhead for his new tourism company, specialising in African tours.

We decided to give the logo a clean, crisp feel to indicate the upmarket target market, yet keep it colourful and African, as German and other tourists come here not for a European tour, but for their vision of what Africa's about.

World of Africa focusses especially on African diversity, giving tourists the true African experience - not only the safari experience, but the urban experience as well.

Logo development

Tharagay Addiction Services

Kenilworth-based Tharagay House, Cape Town's oldest and most experienced secondary care facility for recovering drug addicts, started expanding a few years ago. The Tharagay group would now include a primary care centre, a tertiary care centre and more.

We created logos for these new rehabs, keeping the corporate identity tight and recognisable, using different coloured leaves to indicate the cycles of recovery and life, represented as the different seasons. We kept the friendly, handwritten typeface which represents the care centres' soul.

Logo design

Wordo Communications

Elmari Potgieter was going freelance after a solid career in creative writing, and she needed a logo that would strike a balance between fun and professionalism.

"Wordo" means roughly "word wizard," "word artist" or "language expert." It's tongue-in-cheek, based on "Weirdo."

Corporate identity development

Rode & Associates Property Consultants

An important client of ours, Rode & Associates Property Consultants, based in Bellville, Cape Town, needed a re-design of their logo and full corporate identity. Rode now consisted of several divisions, and a logo was needed for each.

Logo design

Vinotage Fine Wine Merchants

Credit goes to Pieter de Waal, owner of Vinotage for the concept of the logo. Created in a popular Cape "freestyle", the logo represented his connoisseurs' wine shop in Bellville / Durbanville, Cape Town.

Wine label design

Hermit on the Hill

A client and old friend of Konrad's, Pieter de Waal (of Vinotage fame), needed a logo that would portray the medieval origins of this Boland house wine. Although Hermit on the Hill operates from Bellville, the wine is sourced from Paarl and other areas.

He needed a label that would say "house wine", something warm, something for friends – he didn't want Nederburgh

Logo & stationary design

Chelsea Village Framers & Curiosity Shoppe

Zeki Hilmi and Sue Gutteridge started this framing business and curiosity shop in Diep River, Cape Town during 2012.

They wanted that antique feel, yet keep it fresh. We decided on the French Provincial look, and extended the identity to window signs and boards, letterheads and business cards. The client was very pleased with the result.

Logo design

Wet Willy's Surf Shop

Alan Hayward, a video professional, launched his first surf (and skate) shop in Bloubergstrand, Cape Town in 2017 and asked Konrad to do design the logo.

Thabo Matime
General manager, New Product Development, Netcare

"Konrad, wow!!!! I’m blown away. Thank you so much. I’ve always wanted this. I really love it."

Pieter De Waal
Sole proprietor, Hermit on the Hill wines

"A stickler for detail, Konrad appreciates the difference between good and great, and won't stop tweaking till the end-product meets his exacting standards.

"His offbeat sense of humour, coupled with his ability to transform this into his designs, makes it a pleasure to brainstorm new concepts with him.

"Konrad has been a key member in developing my brand, and I always look to him for inspiration and creativity."

Tania de Maine-Oosthuizen:
Manager, Tharagay Addictions Services

"We love his work, from initial ideas to final designs! What he has done for us, was simple, yet elegant, and purely beautiful".

Zeki Hilmi
Sole proprietor, Chelsea Village Framers and Antique Shoppe

"Konrad has this exceptional ability to develop illustrations.

"We were so thrilled by the work he undertook for us that we employed Konrad to design our wedding invitation, which, through collaboration and Konrad's outstanding knowledge of graphic design, he designed for us exactly what we were looking for. All our guests commented and said, "what an amazing wedding invitation!"

"I recommend Konrad to everybody and will use him in the future again."

Sanett Uys
Marketing manager, Colliers International

"The work Konrad did for us has been outstanding! His customer service is great and his creativity exceptional. He is willing to think out of the box and come up with new ideas, which we love."

Lynette Smit
Marketing manager, Rode & Associates

"A creative genius..."