EK Portfolio

Graphic DesignerPORTFOLIOEmmanuel Kamanga2017/10/13 1

“I strive for two thingsin design: simplicity andclarity. Great designis born of those twothings.” ~ Lindon Leader 2

Resume This portfolio is a small selection of work produced over the last ten years from work experience placements and professional projects. I studied at St Patrick’s Computer Center specializing in Introduction to Computer and Design in my final year. The skills I've acquired through using various mediums has enabled me to apply my knowledge to a range of projects ranging from the following areas: Managing the Studio, layouts, branding and printing Date Of Birth: December 25, 1980 about me Nationality: Malawian Health Status: Excellent Marital Status: Married Dependants: two Religion: Christian (Catholic) Criminal Record: Zero Language: English,PROFESSIONAL SKILL Adobe Collections “There are three responses to a CorelDraw piece of design – yes, no, and Design Website WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” Laser & CnC Works 3 Printer Operation (Wide Format) Vinyl Application Team Work Communication

PersPornoaflile Curriculum Vitae A dynamic and conceptual designer who is determined to provide the client with quality cutting-edge designs. Able to complete tasks effectively and efficiently to the highest possible standards due to my conscientious work ethic and application of my organizational skillsSkills& Strengths Graphic Designs / Wide Format printer Operator / Corel Draw wizard / PhotoshopProfEesxspieornieanl ce IT (PC building from scratch, Windows installation & de-installation,Educ&atQiounalifications software installations etc...) / Vinyl application / Preparation of Laser and C and C files. Freelance creative and Graphic designer Present trading under BaldHEAD STUDIOS’ trade mark 2015 - 2016 Graphic Designer (Signs4SA) 2014 - 2015 2007 - 2014 Petrol Attendant 2005 - 2006 Graphic Designer (Design by George) St Patrick’s Computer Center (Malawi ) A Level in Introduction to Computer. 4

Pylon Side view 3mm ACM panel with full colour digital 01 print with vinyl laminate over-layACM PylonFaces 150mm square tubing design 3mm Perspex push-through (in-lay) letters with translucent cut vinyl overlay internally illuminated with LEDs Concrete Base plates Side ViewProject Name “The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect,ACM Mini Pylon conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with. The new becomesClientImpulse Care threatening, the old reassuring.”Scope Of WorkDesign and Preparation of production filesYear2017 5

Pylon Side ViewFront View 350mmX350mmx20mm Steel BaseplateProject Name “You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt… or in front of a piece of graphic design.”ACM Mini Pylon 6ClientMetropolitan (Zambia)Scope Of WorkDesign and Preparation of production filesYear2016

Canopy Structure Mini Pylon StructureProject Name “Good design is obvious, great design is transparent,,,”Total Garage Structural Design 7ClientTotal GarageScope Of WorkDesign and Preparation of production filesYear2017

StructurePylonProject Name “Colour does not add a pleasant quality to designPylon -it reinforces it.”ClientGreen Valley Mall 8Scope Of WorkDesign and Preparation of production filesYear2015

Project Name “The alternative to good designPylon is always bad design, there is no such thing as no design” Safety Signs Base PlateClient 9Heinzie MotorsScope Of WorkDesign and Preparation of production filesYear2017

Project Name ClientPylon Planet Fitness Scope Of Work Design and Preparation of production files Year 2014 Pylon Final Look The Making “Design is not just what it looks like 10 and feels like, Design is how it works”

Project Name ClientPylon Rea Vaya Scope Of Work Design and Preparation of production files Year 2017 “Bad design is smoke, while good design is a mirror” Structure Finished Product 11

Final Look The Making03 Project Name “Design is the intermediary between information anddLeOsGignO Logo Creation understanding” Client Heinzie Motors 12 Scope Of Work Design Year 2017

Project NameLogo CreationClientMustang Resources Final look The makingScope Of Work “Design creates culture, Culture shapes values,Design Values determine the future”Year2015 13

Project Name “Thinking about designing is hard, but, not thinking about it can beLogo Creation disastrous”ClientUnited Bank for AfricaScope Of WorkDesignYear2014 Final look The making 14

Final look Production FilesProject Name Client “Design is not for philosophy, Design is for life.”Fourways (Shop Front) Bakos Brothers Scope Of Work 04Year Design & Printing 2017 Shop Fronts design 15

Project Name Client YearMoruleng (Shop Front) Goldrush 2017 Scope Of Work Design, Print & Production files prep.Over entrance sign: Safety SignsOn LHS wall: Fabricated Letters 2000 975Main roof sign: Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated 16

Final The makingProject Name Client 05Year Hot Sisters ProductionsBlack Missionaries live Scope Of Work 2017 PdeOsiSgnTERperformance in Joburg Poster design & Printing design itself is a simple idea, but the act of doing it is not as simple. 18

Project Name Client Year Hot Sisters Productions 2017Orga Family Poster Scope Of Work(Zambia’s 53rd Poster design & PrintingIndependence daycelebration) Final Look The MakingEverything is designed,,,but only a few things are designed well 17

Project Name Client Year Donald 2017Casper & Riky Rick live Scope Of Workperformance Printing Vehicle Magnets A5 Flyers “The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.” 19

Project NameCorolla Semi-Wrap Front & Back Production Files 06 dBesRigAnNDINGClient “Content precedes design.Ubuhlebezwe Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.”Scope Of WorkDesign and PrintingYear2017

Project NameQuantum Wrap sides Front + ReverseClient “Good design is all about making other designersAqua Magnesium feel like idiots because that idea wasn’t theirs.”Scope Of WorkDesign and Printing 21Year2017

Project NameSuzuki Semi-Wrap Rear View Side View“I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, Client as opposed to ugly things. That’s my intent.” Swift Scope Of Work Design and Printing 22 Year 2017

Project NameHino Wrap Side View Reverse ViewClient “Socrates said, “Know thyself.”Bakos Brothers I say, “Know thy users.”Scope Of WorkDesign and Printing And guess what? They don’t think like you do.”Year2017 23

Project NameFord Ranger Wrap Production les Final LookClient “Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.”Safari OutdoorScope Of Work 24Design and PrintingYear2017

07dFeAsBigRn ICATION & CUTOUT LETTERS Safety Signs Fabricated LettersProject Name Client “But I find that for myself, without exception, C4 Grill Lounge the more I deal with the work asACM Sign Scope Of Work something that is my own,Fabrication Design, Print & Production files prep. as something that is personal,& In-lay Year the more successful it is.” 2017 25

“Never fall in love with an idea. They’re whores. If the one you’re with isn’t doing the job, there’s always, always, always another.” Safety Signs Fabricated LettersProject Name Client Tops (Spar)ACM Sign Scope Of WorkFabrication Design, Print & Production files prep. Year 2017 26

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when thereis nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Clear Perspex on pins Placement Clear Perspex on pin mounted 15mm from the wallProject Name ClientPerspex Sign Salt Scope Of Work Design, Print & Production files prep. 27 Year 2016

“If you do good work for good clients, it will lead to other good work for other good clients. If you do bad work for bad clients, it will lead to other bad work for other bad clients.” Safety Signs Fabricated LettersProject Name ClientPerspex Sign Grow Africa Scope Of Work Design, Print & Production files prep. 28 Year 2017

Production les Final lookProject Name Client “It’s through mistakes that you actually can grow.ACM sign Steers You have to get bad in order to get good.” Scope Of Work Design, Print & Production files prep. Year 2017 29

“I’ve never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.” Final lookProduction lesProject Name ClientPerspex sign Captain Dorigos (Zimbabwe) Scope Of Work Design, Print & Production files prep. 30 Year 2017

find me! https://signprintweb.co.za [email protected] +27 63 206 8246 +27 84 067 2884 Hay dos personas en este mundo de tipo ordinal - Gente y diseñadores. ~ E KamangaDesign is intelligence made visible Proudly BaldHEAD STUDIOS 31 063 206 8246 084 067 2884 Bal