I have designed books, magazines and other publications since 2011, both for myself and a variety of clients, mostly literary. I have also dabbled in logo and corporate identity work.
This page is a selected portfolio of my publication design work, along with details of collaborators, where relevant. Where possible, clicking the title of an item below will take you to a webpage with more information about the publication.
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Books
Unam Wena by Mthunzikazi A. Mbungwana
uHlanga, 2021
Cover design, layout, typesetting
A Hibiscus Coast by Nick Mulgrew
Karavan Press, 2021
Cover design, art direction, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Kylie Wentzel
Rumblin’ by Sihle Ntuli
uHlanga, 2020
Art direction, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Jennifer Jacobs
Malibongwe edited by Sono Molefe
uHlanga, 2020
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration and hand-drawn type by Dumile Feni (1942-1991)
Everything Is A Deathly Flower by Maneo Mohale
uHlanga, 2019
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Art direction and photography by BCKRDS
Valley of a Thousand Hills by H.I.E. Dhlomo
uHlanga, 2019
Cover design, photography, layout, typesetting
Shark by Francine Simon
uHlanga, 2019
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Jess Bosworth Smith
Zikr by Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
uHlanga, 2018
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Photography by Saaleha Idrees Bamjee
Milk Fever by Megan Ross
uHlanga, 2018
Cover design, art direction, layout, typesetting
Collage by Leora Joy
The First Law of Sadness by Nick Mulgrew
David Philip, 2017
Cover design, art direction, layout, typesetting
Photography by Michael Tymbios
Typography by Alice Edy
Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma
uHlanga, 2017
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Photography by Andy Mkosi
The Daily Assortment of Astonishing Things and Other Stories
The Caine Prize for African Writing, 2016
Cover design, collage, photography, layout
Prunings by Helen Moffett
uHlanga, 2016
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst from the author’s collection
Migrations: New Short Fiction from Africa edited by Efemia Chela, Bongani Kona and Helen Moffett
Short Story Day Africa/New Internationalist, 2016
Cover design, collage, photography, layout, typesetting
Water: New Short Fiction From Africa edited by Nick Mulgrew and Karina Szczurek
Short Story Day Africa, 2015
Cover design, collage, photography, layout, typesetting
This Incredible Land: A (Very) Concise History of South Africa by Wendy Watson
David Philip, 2015
Cover design, layout, typography
Photographs from the public domain; additional credits listed in book
Failing Maths and My Other Crimes by Thabo Jijana
uHlanga, 2015 (second ed.)
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Winston Thekiso
the myth of this is that we’re all in this together by Nick Mulgrew
uHlanga, 2015
Cover design, typography, layout, typesetting
Terra Incognita: New Short Speculative Stories from Africa edited by Nerine Dorman
Short Story Day Africa, 2014
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration based on an image in the public domain
Feast Famine & Potluck edited by Karen Jennings
Short Story Day Africa, 2013
Cover design, art direction, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Candace di Talamo
Helping Your Child Become A Reader by Myrna P. Machet and Elizabeth J. Pretorius
David Philip, 2013
Cover design, photography, typography, layout
Magazines
Young African Magazine 3
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, 2020
Art direction, cover design, layout, typesetting
Illustration by Orli Setton
Photograph by Jackson David
Young African Magazine 2
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, 2019
Art direction, collage, photography, cover design, layout, typesetting
Additional photography from the public domain
Young African Magazine 1
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, 2018
Art direction, cover design, layout, typesetting
Photography by Rizqua Barnes
Prufrock 15
2019
Cover design, collage, photography, typesetting
Additional photographs supplied by authors
Prufrock 14
2018
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Found photographs
Prufrock 13
2018
Cover design, layout, typesetting
Photography by Thabiso Sekgala (1981–2014)
Prufrock 5
2014
Cover design, layout
Art direction by James King
Photograph from UCT archives
Logos and corporate identities
Durban Literary Festival
2019
Illustration by Wade Barnes
PEN South Africa
2018
