Knysna local, born and bred.

 

Spent the greatest part of my adult life working in the hospitality industry in Knysna.

 

I started a correspondence course in interior design in the early 90s, when I also became more curious about computers. In these early days of personal computers there was no way to find a way for interior design, to be incorporated with computers. I became more interested in Graphic Design; all be it very simple in those days. I was hooked and found a satisfying way to focus and hone my creative skills to ultimately drive me to Graphic Design.

 

Starting very basic designs in Print Master on an XT computer with an amber screen running MS Dos 6.2, I later upgraded to a pc that could run Windows 3.1 and thereafter Windows 95. The discovery of CorelDRAW, starting with version 4, a new level of design was possible for me.

 

By 1996 I commenced freelance on a part time basis, with dizziworx as design name.

 

Late 2006 I ventured for Cape Town securing brief employment at a Boutique Hotel in Sea Point, which opened a door into graphic design & printing. I entered into Graphic Design at Minuteman Press Cape Town, as junior designer in early 2007. Here I designed extensively for Digital, Litho & Large Format.

 

By mid 2013, a diagnosis of severe type-2 diabetes, and struggling between work and the limitations the diagnosis, I chose to resign and return to my hometown.

 

I contracted on a freelance basis at a local signage company, called SignRight. With its closure in September 2015 and post an eye operation in Cape Town, again I proceeded freelance design.

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I rebranded dizziworx in favour of DESIGNRIGHT, and also incorporating my name more into my new branding.

 

By late October 2015, a diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), forced me to take another break. In early 2016, still battling severe side effects from the chronic meds, I entered employment at Blitsdruk Knysna.

 

At the first peak of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, by mid 2020 I was lost full time employment.

 

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