DANGER: Vernacular Visual Language from the Streets and Townships of South Africa

Garth Walker

As international guest speaker at the 2012 SEGD Congress in Montreal Canada, my presentation showed examples of South African vernacular graphic design. The SEGD then requested the design of an 8 page insert for their organisation's magazine...

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    Garth Walker, South Africa (2002)

    From documenting local vernacular design, to publishing the acclaimed experimental design magazine ijusi, to designing the official typeface for the country’s Constitutional Court, Garth has had significant impact on the...

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    As international guest speaker at the 2012 SEGD Congress in Montreal Canada, my presentation showed examples of South African vernacular graphic design. The SEGD then requested the design of an 8 page insert for their organisation's magazine...

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    Garth Walker, South Africa (2002)

    From documenting local vernacular design, to publishing the acclaimed experimental design magazine ijusi, to designing the official typeface for the country’s Constitutional Court, Garth has had significant impact on the South African creative world over the last 40 years. He has had a lifelong interest in art and sought out first-hand experience of exhibitions and galleries worldwide. Additionally, his personal graphic design and photographic work is represented in numerous international collections, libraries and/or exhibitions. Garth’s ‘day job’ is designing for most of South Africa’s best known corporate and consumer brands.

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      1978 – 1993

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      1994 – 2007

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      2007 – To date