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May 02, 03:09 AM
No: 21


After years of looking and dreaming of one day owning our own home... our dream has finally come true!  We are now proud owners of an old 1926 building here in lovely Muizenberg. Lots of work to do to it, as we like to call 'a project'. We are so excited about our new space (more pics to come as we renovate the studio). One nice little find was this artwork in one of the old cupboards, wrapping paper with lovely vintage illustration.
April 03, 06:34 AM
UNICEF - Post
So we had post this morning... we've kept this quiet for some time now but UNICEF's gone live and given us the go ahead to present our work we did for them. What a pleasure to work for such an amazing organisation - including every member of staff we had the pleasure of dealing with.

We shall have the work up on our site and blog some more pics when we get a chance.
April 03, 03:02 AM
K&i + Quirky.Me












Brilliant Ingrid and owner of lovely Quirky.Me contacted us to design a set of placemats, trays and an art piece for this years Design Indaba. Working alongside Ingrid, we came up with a set of birds, eggs, oranges, clouds, fish, flowers and a potjie pot filled with local tasty words. We also designed the flyer.

Visit the Quirky.Me shop at the Old Biscuit Mill.
March 27, 03:43 AM
Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge



A couple of months back we were asked to create the cover of a book called "Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge" for HSRC Press. This is how it came out.
March 25, 03:40 AM
We like old stuff...
As we start renovating our new place we're finding all these interesting things...  Like this one, what looks like a part of an old blind, in solid brass, Made in W Germany, a piece of history right here.
March 22, 03:56 AM
The Joinery






We were approached by The Joinery, an up and coming fashion label designing super cool locally produced organic hemp clothing.

They asked us if we would be interested in putting together their brochure and to create a sticker for their packaging at Design Indaba. They were proudly served as Emerging Creatives at this years Design Indaba, and we know exactly how exciting and overwhelming it can be! So we were super happy to lend our support and create a folded mini A6 brochure alongside a black and white sticker.

Watch out for The Joinery, they won't be emerging for long!
March 22, 03:54 AM
Friday Flowers
You can never have too many Proteas...
March 20, 07:31 AM
Because there are multiple dimensions...






Visi, one of our favourite SA magazines did a short interview on us for their DIY issue, lots of high-fives in the office when that came about!

And a couple of pages prior to our page, is an interview with local Wawa Wooden Surfboards - we're the lot behind their brand!

Go Southern Peninsula!
February 07, 12:33 AM
Muizenberg back in the day...
Found these amazing pictures of Muizenberg back in the day, such classics!
Always interesting looking at old photographs and seeing the people, the styles, and the architecture. See more on our Pinterest board.
February 05, 01:39 AM
Playtime









January 31, 10:28 AM
Self-portraits v2


January 24, 12:25 AM
Self-portraits v1





January 17, 05:22 AM
Graphis Magazines


We found this little gold mine at Rattlesnake bookshop here in Muizenberg... A selection of Graphis magazines from the 1940's - 50's, two beautiful boxes with these amazing magazines. They just simply had to come home with us.

December 31, 07:31 AM
We love you - all of you!

December 10, 01:49 AM
Cape Point Nature Reserve




Last week we had the amazing Paul, Dara and Aneira staying with us, we ate and drank like kings and queens and did a bit of sight seeing too. We headed out to Cape Point Nature Reserve and found the Cape of Good Hope - blue skies, wind swept grass along hot roads, Paulsberg mountain, the Venus pool, lighthouses, a wealth of fynbos and a few wild animals. All shots taken on the iPhone, it's no SLR but the phone sure manages to capture the mood.
December 07, 08:24 AM
Typography Served
This is one of those things you wish to happen... We are super stoked to have been featured on Behance's Typography Served. A happy happy Friday!
December 05, 01:08 AM
Wrapping paper - Free download
It's that time of the year again... Christmas is only a few weeks away!  Here's this years wrapping paper, download the file here.

Previous free downloads - Weekly meal planner, leaf wrapping paper, and autumn leaves wrapping paper.
November 26, 12:38 AM
Our free printable gift wrapping paper featured on Oh The Lovely Things
Our wrapping paper from last year has been featured on Oh The Lovely Things, Thanks guys! Stay tuned, this years Christmas free wrapping paper will be posted later this week.
November 23, 02:31 AM
Food Wine & Design



We sat down with Wawa and Artisan Distillers & Co a couple of weeks back and discussed how best to come up with a stand that could combine and represent both brands in a shared space. The 'space' is a 3x3 metre stand at the Food, Wine & Design Fair in Johannesburg.

The guys finished setting up last night and sent some pics over for us to check out, looking pretty good! They're there from today and over the weekend, Wawa have their wooden boards as well as a new range of handslides produced from recycled foam off-cuts. And AD & Co have a great selection of incredibly good, traditional cape pot still spirits for tastings and sales.

There is great variety of incredibly innovative and proudly South African design as well as amazing wine and lip-smacking food to taste. If you're in Jozi's and have nothing planned for this evening or the weekend go and say hi, experience Wawa in the flesh, it's the way hand crafted products are meant to be viewed, and enjoy the exceptional flavour of artisanal spirits.

Hyde Park Corner Shopping Centre Rooftop:
Fri 23rd: 12pm - 10pm
Sat 24th: 10am - 10pm
Sun 25th: 10am - 4pm
November 12, 02:36 AM
Wawa on the web


Over the next couple of months we are working with Wawa, helping to spread their lovely work all over the web. Wawa is a local surfboard company making handmade wooden surfboards and we've had the pleasure of working with them from the start, creating their branding and building their website.

Props to Ian James Thurtell for the amazing photography.

Help spread the word, follow them on Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest and check out their blog here.

And if you are in Jozis next weekend (23rd - 25th), don't miss Wawa at the FoodWineDesign Fair.
November 08, 02:30 AM
K&i's Instagram pictures now on the web!
Ahh, we've been waiting for this day... and here it is - all our Instagram pictures are now viewable on our Instagram profile online, yippee!
November 05, 04:09 AM
BRIGHT


We bought some old school chairs last week and started restoring them over the weekend. We've decided to turn them into a set of dining room chairs. Chair backs and bases have all been sanded with the top layers of ply removed, and the steel frames got a lick of the most popping/fizzing enamel colour we could think of mixing. We've only just started on the painting so will upload more pics once completed. How's that colour?
November 01, 02:51 AM
Dried Bougainvillea Leaves





October 30, 01:30 AM
Eye kandi by core77
"Flotspotting: Eye kandi from K&i Design Studio" is a lovely write up about us by core77, sister company to Coroflot. It's brilliant seeing these write ups  - especially when we don't even know about them, it's like finding 10 bucks in your back pocket that you never knew was there.

Read below to see what they have to say or visit their site to view with some pics.

"Seeing as our sister site Coroflot hosts portfolios from the world over, It's always interesting to see where members hail from. Karl Mynhardt is a perfect example: he's one half of Cape Town, South Africa's K&i Design Studio, which he and his wife Ida (hence "K" and "I") launched last year. They've since won a Design Indaba Emerging Creative award alongside a growing list of local clients, as well as campaigns for international brands.

The photography highlights the tactile qualities of Mynhardt's work, as in the art direction for Wawa Wooden Surfboards and the Open publication, which won a Sappi Think Ahead Award.

It also doesn't hurt that many of their clients and independent projects are related to food.

In keeping with the construction-paper-cutout aesthetic of their art direction for the "Out in Africa" Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, this teaser video is charming but perhaps a bit frivolous."

'Frivolous' ? Gotta love their honesty - we do! Thanks for the wonderful words core77.
October 29, 12:46 PM
Old New Steeds - Our Upcycles


Friday was a happy day. Emile, friend and owner of Starling & Hero popped by after work to drop off our 'upcycles' and sip a pumpkin ale together. We're over the moon, wind in the hair and all that…

Ida really wanted a basket, then we remembered she already has one. We /missioned/ through some of our last bits of storage and there it was. We found the fittings still attached to another bike of hers. We whipped them off and got to work on her new vintage cruiser fitting the basket late that evening. Big smiles!

Mine was given that finishing touch by adding a beautiful leather Brookes saddle - originally a gift I gave to my old man but it somehow didn't ever gel on his Trek MTB! Thanks for being understanding dad.

Summer just got a whole lot better - cheers Emile.
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Karl Mynhardt
Owner / Creative Director @ K&i Design Studio
Graphic Design | Cape Town Area, South Africa, ZA

Summary

Passionate | Hard working | Attention to detail

Experience

  • Sept 2010 - Present
    Owner / Creative Director / K&i Design Studio
    K&i is an independent Cape Town based graphic design studio delivering fresh, tasty and authentic solutions for print and digital. K&i Design Studio is owned and managed by South African born Karl, and Ida from Sweden. In 2010, after 7 years working in London, Karl and Ida relocated to South Africa to establish K&i Design Studio. “We are a creative design studio specialising in graphic design and illustration for print and online. We have a real passion for creating handmade and honest work; it simply makes us happy inside. Our aim is to enjoy every day and produce engaging/innovative design.” Some of K&i's clients to date includes: Out In Africa, Grolsch, Redd’s, Greenpop, SA Innovation Summit, Wawa Wooden Surfboards, Element SA, Casa Labia Cultural Centre, Deep Dark Africa, Tungoma, RIIS, SACN, Soul Providers, A Hilltop Country Retreat, Africa Nova, Roland Albertson, Starling & Hero, Edge & Wax UK, Lille Barn, BEN bikes and the Ice Hotel in Sweden. My responsibilities at K&i Design Studio includes; management, creative direction and graphic design. Skills: Typography, deconstructed design, photography, creative thinking, and beer drinking… For more info on K&i Design Studio, please visit www.kandi.co.za
  • May 2005 - Present
    Senior Graphic Designer / Evans Cycles (UK) Ltd
    Introduced tailored advertising campaigns targeting specific markets leading to increased mail order and Internet sales. Inclusion of lifestyle photography and augmenting of editorial content such as product information, recommendations, and topical stories to enhance the look and feel of each catalogue. Ethos of working more closely than before with the Evans’ editorial and photographic teams. Personally directing photo-shoots locally and abroad, ensuring the voice and personality of the company remains coherent. Concept development and design of Evans’ seasonal catalogues with a distribution of 350,000 per catalogue. Increased transparency with Evans’ senior executives via regular presentation of new ideas and marketing campaigns. Use of the program EasyCatalog (a database publishing plug-in for Adobe InDesign) to streamline the production of all product catalogues. Employment of my knowledge of printing and colour management when approving all material for final printing. Liaising with Evans’ purchasing department to ensure all product promotion is consistent across all advertising channels. Generating secondary design work such as company logos, client branding, and digital artwork for Evans’ website and affiliated web advertising campaigns. Oversight of junior designers.

Education

  • 2008 - 2008
    London School of Photography
    Certificate in Digital Photography
  • 2008 - 2008
    Mac Resource Computer Training
    Certificate in Advanced Adobe Illustrator
  • 2007 - 2007
    Central Sussex College
    Certificate in Macromedia Flash MX
  • 2006 - 2006
    Mac Resource Computer Training
    Certificate in Advanced Adobe InDesign
  • 2006 - 2006
    Pindar Graphics
    Certificate in Catalogue Production
  • 2003 - 2003
    Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
    B-tech Degree - Cum Laude in Graphic Design - Theory of Graphic Design, Communication Design
  • 2001 - 2002
    Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
    National Diploma in Graphic Design - Communication Design, Graphic Design Drawing, Professional Graphic Design Practice,
  • 2000 - 2000
    Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
    National Diploma in Fine Art - Art Theory, Communication, Drawing, Two-Dimensional Studies, 3-Dimensional Studies
  • 1999 - 1999
    43 Air School
    Private Pilot License in Air Regulation, Navigation, Aviation Meteorology, Aircraft and Engines

Additional Information

Honors:
K&i Recent Features 2011-2012 Creative Review VISI Lost at E Minor Handsome Things Design is a Good Idea Just Cos The Bomb Surf African Digital Art Cape Community Newspapers Competition to redesign Cape Town's 14 local Newspapers Winner, 2011 Out In Africa - Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Programme Cover Design - Top 3, 2011 This led to K&i securing the overall campaign pitch in 2012 ABSA Design Indaba 72 Hours of Creativity Most original design for the day, 2010 Don't Panic UK 'Vogue' Poster Competition - Top 10, 2010 Don't Panic UK 'Dreams - The Science of Sleep' Poster Competition Exhibited in Soho London for the premier screening of the film, 2007 Sappi Think Ahead Awards Silver Award for best publication design, 2003
Interests:
Art, Design, Illustration, Photography, Cooking, Traveling, Gardening, Ocean, Outdoors, and Beer
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