The future of work and the workspace

Written by Helen Bührs Principal and Managing Director of Inscape Education Group The definition of work and its space according to google is the activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. The activity can be completed in...

Taming the trend

By Jeanne Baker-Muller How should we approach trends as designers? Should we merely just follow them because they are trends and it is our job to know what’s hip and happening, or should we be the ones ‘telling’ trends how to behave? Following trends can be a very...

The magic that is coffee

Hot or cold, expensive or cheap, most people absolutely love coffee! Can you imagine starting your day without your cuppa, or setting your creative energy free without a dose of caffeine? Okay, so we don’t have to tell you how awesome coffee is. But, we bet you don’t...

Inscape Partners with Standard Bank in new Youth Card design

SA’s young graphic designers compete for honours to bring a distinctive African touch to Standard Bank’s new youth card offering.

When I am big…

If you are one of the few people who have your future all figured out, bravo and carry on! If, however, you are still not sure what you want to do with your life – don’t stress, you’re not alone. Many people are unsure of their future when leaving a tertiary...

29 Things Inscape Students Can Relate To

Every Inscape Campus is the most creative campus you’ve ever seen Everyone looks like a rockstar Having Pizza to celebrate the end of the semester Drinking Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows on Campus When this is just a normal day on campus Pulling an all-nighter...

A talk about the colour brown, how to be original…

It’s a wonderful world, innit? Old Satchmo (Louis Armstrong… no, no, not Lance) certainly thought so and his song about the kaleidoscope that is earth has certainly made its mark on the world. If a blind man can see that much, then surely you as designer can see even...

Designer’s block

Every year, the Southern Right Whale migrates thousands of kilometres past the coast of South Africa from the cold arctic. The Cape Sand Frog, on the other hand, spends the cold months burrowed safely under the sand in hibernation. We’ve all reached that dreaded...