Knysna local, born and bred, spending a great part of my adult life employed in the hospitality industry in Knysna.

 

Starting a correspondence course in Interior Design in the early 90s, I also developed an interest in computers. During those early days, there were no avenues for incorporating them into Interior Design. Subsequently my interests gravitated towards Graphic Design. I was hooked having found a satisfying direction whereby to focus and hone my creative skills.

 

Starting very basic designs in Print Master on an XT computer with an amber screen, running MS Dos 6.2, and later upgrading to a pc that could run Windows 3.1 followed by Windows 95. An introduction to CorelDRAW, initially with version 4, a new level of design unfolded for me.

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By 1996 I started freelance design on a part-time basis, designing under the name dizziworx.

 

Late 2006 saw me venturing to Cape Town. With brief employment at a Boutique Hotel in Sea Point, a door opened into Graphic Design & Printing, securing employment at Minuteman Press Cape Town, as junior designer in early 2007. Here I designed extensively for Digital, Litho & Large Format.

 

By mid 2013, being diagnosed with severe type-2 diabetes, and struggling between work and the limitations the condition presented to me, I opted to resign and return to my hometown.

 

Here contracting on a freelance basis at a local signage company, named SignRight, until its closure in September 2015 whilst undergoing an eye operation in Cape Town. I proceeded with freelance design again.

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Here dizziworx was rebranded to DESIGNRIGHT also incorporating my name into my new branding.

 

By late October 2015, a diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), I found myself again to step back and take a break. By early 2016, still battling severe side effects from the new chronic meds, I commenced employment at Blitsdruk Knysna.

 

During the first peak of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, by mid 2020 I lost my full-time employment, and continued with freelance work again.

 

As a full-time freelance designer, I always commit 100% to every project, regardless of its size.