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Project Info: UKUDLA Brand Architecture
Cape Town
2026

I worked as a brand and web designer on the Ukudla Project after they had commissioned a designer for their official logo. I worked on developing a cohesive visual identity and digital platform to communicate its work. My role focused on translating research and community-driven narratives into an accessible and engaging web experience, balancing clarity, storytelling and visual impact.

Project Info: Countering Antifeminist Backlash
Johannesburg
2026

Graphic harvesting and digital design for AWDF as they team up with No Backlash to report on the anti-feminist and anti-gender movement in African countries. I created the design using the No Backlash brand colours,  according to their brand policy.

Project Info: AWDF Artistic Zine
Johannesburg
2025

Graphic harvesting and digital design for AWDF during the Pan Africa ILGA conference in Muldersdrift and Kloofzicht. A beautiful mountainous area in Johannesburg, hosted in November 2025. The project consisted of multiple zines that I designed and curated for the team, using my artworks. I created the design using the AWDF brand colours,  according to their brand policy.

Project Info: AWDF Solidarity Side Event Report
Johannesburg
2025

Graphic harvesting and digital design for AWDF during the Pan Africa ILGA conference in Muldersdrift and Kloofzicht. A beautiful mountainous area in Johannesburg, hosted in November 2025. The project consisted of multiple zines that I designed and curated for the team, using my artworks. I created the design using the AWDF brand colours,  according to their brand policy.

Project Info: Reflections on Pan Africa ILGA 2025
Johannesburg
2025

Graphic harvesting and digital design for AWDF during the Pan Africa ILGA conference in Muldersdrift and Kloofzicht. A beautiful mountainous area in Johannesburg, hosted in November 2025. The project consisted of multiple zines that I designed and curated for the team, using my artworks. I created the design using the AWDF brand colours,  according to their brand policy.

Project Info: Komboa Consortium Retreat Zine
Johannesburg
2025

Graphic harvesting and digital design for AWDF during the Pan African ILGA conference in Muldersdrift and Kloofzicht. A beautiful mountainous area in Johannesburg, hosted in November 2025. The project consisted of multiple zines that I designed and curated for the team, using my artworks. I created the design using the AWDF brand colours,  according to their brand policy.

Project Info: Triangle Project Wellness Journal
Cape Town
2025

A commission of an artwork and a journal design for Triangle Project Wellness Workshop.

Project Info: CAST PODCAST LOGO DESIGN
US, UK, Southern Africa
2025

As the Logo and Brand Architect for the CAST (Comedy and Social Transformation) pilot project under the University of the Witwatersrand and Cardiff University-led MASCH (Memory, Arts, and Social Change) research hub, I developed a visual identity that reflects the project’s intersection of comedy, dialogue, and social impact. I drew inspiration from pop art aesthetics, South African architecture and landscape and contemporary podcast branding. The identity system was designed to feel vibrant, conversational and culturally grounded. The branding supports MASCH Chats and its broader vision to connect artists, scholars, and practitioners across Southern Africa through performance, research, and storytelling.

Project Info: Pitch Deck
Cape Town
2024

Pitch deck design for Wild Peach Production Company of a modern crime story they were pitching called High Flyers.

Project Info: Inani Exhibition Design
Possible Locations: Johannesburg / Cape Town / Berlin
2023

Design of the visual identity and branding of my exhibition.

Project Info: Brand Design
Pretoria
2023

Promotional design for new Grandstream products under the Miro brand. Next round of interview pitch.

Project Info: Logo Design
Cape Town
2023

Logo and brand design for The Cost of Care: Budget Campaign.

Project Info: Design Network Branding
Cape Town
2023

Design Network editorials of projects and studio images. Proposed designs for print.

Freelance Work: Company Profile
Botswana
2023

Freelance project for a company called Prezlin Clothing. A design of their company assets was requested.

Project Info: Product Design
Johannesburg
2022

Design of 3 products for a client who wants to start a skincare line. A setting spray with sunscreen capabilities, a makeup remover and a daily moisturiser. 

Project Info: Product Design

Johannesburg
2022

My design of an artwork that would be printed on TakeALot's packaging, using South African flag colours and elements that symbolise South Africa. The designs are hand-drawn and digitally rendered in Photoshop.

Project Info: Honeydrip Branding
Gqeberha
2021

A request from a client to create HoneyDrip Branding. A streetwear brand targeted at young people who enjoy streetwear. 

Project Info: Brand Design
Berlin
2021

Package design for a natural superfood brand based in Berlin. The brand wanted to reflect a unique African aesthetic as it was African-owned. The clients liked African textiles and wanted to those shapes and colours to show through the designs. This brand would be attached to their already established lifestyle brand as an extension of their portfolio

Project Info: Workshop Presentation
Berlin
2021

Workshop design for the black and brown LGBTQ community in Berlin discussing the issues we faced while creating a safe space to share stories and promote local black creatives and businesses.

BlackQueerGermany

Project Info: BlackQueerGermany event
Berlin
2021

A friend and I started a platform for the black and brown LQBT community in Berlin. This was the launch of the platform at an event hosted in a villa in Berlin. I created the design for the logo which prioritised the inclusion of the African diaspora with the African map and the trans colours in the nails as well as the queer flag. Music was a big part of the communal aspect of the event which was provided by my music partner and I. The food at the event was catered for by a local African-owned restaurant.

Freelance Work: Poster Mock Up
Gqeberha
2020

A freelance project for a client that needed a series poster mockup for a show they were pitching to Netflix called Our Suburbia.

Design Work: Album Art 
Gqeberha, Berlin, Johannesburg
2017 - 2022

Album art released on streaming sites: Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, YouTube Music etc.

Project Info: Event Promo Material
Gqeberha
2016

Vegas-themed promotional material: posters and banners for the pageant hosted by Nelson Mandela University to engage the new students and encourage their participation in school events. This was the branding I designed for Mr & Miss NMMU 2016, which unfortunately had to be cancelled due to #FEESMUSTFALL.

© 2022 by Zani Sizani

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