Passion Projects

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In his latest series, The Great African Horror Story , Cape Town-based photographer Thembela Nymless Ngayi takes on depression in African men. In many Afri…

January was awesome! Always such a pleasure working with creatives who create work that educates Africans.

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Too often, the stories of Africa are shrouded in pain and suffering. Sibahle, which means "we are beautiful", is trying to change that by tackling negative stereotypes and creating a different picture.

Six months later and the Sibahle Poster Series is still going strong. This is my second and most explosive passion project.

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Grant’s Whisky, together with Creative Nestlings have travelled across South Africa as part of the #IOU #StandTogether campaign to thank 12 friends that have contributed significantly to the success of Creative Nestlings by acknowledging each one in a video series has been shared publicly. These 12 phenomenal individuals who are like family to Creative Nestlings have supported, inspired and guided the Creative Nestlings team, and without them the NEST would not have made it in the creative industry.

Working with Dillion, Founder and Creative director of Creative Nestlings on the #IOU campaign has been one of the highlights for 2015.  Looking forward to more collaborations 2016 because success tastes better shared!

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Creative Nestlings presents #ConversationsOnCreativity 11.0 + #IOU Video Series launch with Grant’s Whisky this Saturday, 7 November 2015 at 6 Spin Street, Cape Town. 

The much-anticipated event will also launch the recent collaboration #IOU Video Series campaign with Grant’s Whisky. Conversations on Creativity is an on-going event that brings together creative influencers from around the world and the youth to connect and engage on topics about creativity. One can expect an afternoon filled with dialogue, idea sharing and conversations around entrepreneurship, design and all things creative.

The video series features 15 creative individuals that have been integral to our success. “For this particular event we chose 4 of those special individuals who have played an important role in the success of

Creative Nestlings as a brand and a business, to share their journeys live with us. The #IOU Video Series is based on Grant’s Whisky’s mantra of #SharedSuccess & thanking those that you owe, which also links to the Creative Nestlings philosophy:"Want to go fast, go alone. Want to go far, go together”, comments dillion s. phiri, founder of Creative Nestlings.

Speakers...

dillion s. phiri, founder and creative director of Creative Nestlings is hosting the event. The guest speakers include:

Sindiso “R!OT” Nyoni  -  a Zimbabwean self-developed artist, activist, multi-disciplinary designer and contemporary illustrator;

Didintle Ntsie - a serial collaborator, change maker and a regular speaker at events who enjoys to connecting the dots and making things happen;

Andrew Simelane – co-founder of Blacknation, a ground-up digital media group that produces a bi-monthly e-magazine, daily Youtube shows and ad-hoc web content;

Tiisetso Molobi - a product designer & influencer of Urban Mosadi.

#ConversationsOnCreativity 11.0 + #IOU Video Series Launch will take place on 7 November 2015 from 12:00 AM to 15:00 PM at 6 Spin Street, Cape Town. Creative Nestlings invites all youth (no under 18) in the Cape Town area to attend this free event.

RSVP here.

Tweet your questions and thoughts to@creativenestlin @grantswhishkysa #ConversationsOnCreativity #IOU #Standtogether. 

For more information, email dillion s. phiri at [email protected] or visit www.creativenestlings.com

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Sibahle magazine // ISSUE 02

Sibahle Magazine Vol. 2

My first passion project was with Ofentse Letebele, a Cape Town based multimedia designer who won the nationwide BOS Tea 2014 competition in which he was required to create a unique design for the limited edition summer flavour can. His design was selected as the winner over 700 design entries and it was printed on 100 000 BOS limited edition flavour cans earlier this year.

Read more about Ofentse on page 42 of the second issue of Sibahle Magazine.

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Okayafrica on Instagram: “"Black man, you are on your own." - Steve Biko (📷: @dambakuombera - Monday, October 19, at Stellenbosch University) #FeesMustFall…”

“"Black man, you are on your own." - Steve Biko (📷: @dambakuombera - Monday, October 19, at Stellenbosch University) #FeesMustFall #StelliesFeesMustFall”

During the first week of the #FeesMustFall campaign, a fellow creative introduced me to @dambakuombera, a phenomenal Zimbabwean photographer who took really powerful images of the protest action at Stellenbosch University.

@dambakuombera and I joined forces which resulted in OkayAfrica.com sharing a few of his images on their Instagram, Twitter and Facebook account. 

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I recently had the opportunity to work with Ronald Muchatuta, a Zimbabwean-born contemporary artist currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Ronald was invited to exhibit one of his latest series of paintings titled "The Owners of the Lake"  at the African Art Fair 2015 in Paris. 

The theme for the series of paintings was inspired by the African superstitions that are deeply embedded within the folklores. The urban myths that have been passed on from one generation to another through oral storytelling have been created to preserve the African tradition which acts as the guiding force for Africans. 

A special thank you to Sunday Times Lifestyle for the feature!