I generally am interested in young innovative talent, young
people who enforce creativity on our minds and inspire us with their amazing
work. Vukile Batyi is no exception when it comes to creativity and design. This
talented man who studied graphic designing at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University is taking the arts and culture industry by storm. He’s love for art
keeps on scoring him big events to showcase his Xhosa inspired designs on iPhone
cases, watches and clocks. Without forgetting the amazing work he showcased at
this year’s Design Indaba Expo that seemed to garner a lot of attention. I
assume through this event everyone has seen how talented and beautiful his
sound to art is.
(These are my favorite!)
But it all had to start somewhere, Vukile Batyi is inspired by his late aunt and her beading
skills, almost all of his creations feature the famous Xhosa beading patterns that
I for one absolutely love, I’m Xhosa and I feel like this is one of the reasons
why he’s art looks so appealing, I grew up in a village where I had usually seen
my grandmother making knitwear in these types of patterns, so nothing excites
me more than seeing people working with such synonymous patterns.
(Here's the man I'm talking about, just in case you do not know him)
Batyi designs and creates a range of innovative creations,
he’s products aim to inspire and to revive the beautiful tradition of beading
and exposes people of all nationalities to admire authentic South African
design and skills. He is proudly South African, Let us start supporting and
noticing the growth of south African talent. I wish him all the best with
regards to his venture of creating proudly South African products! We need more
and more people like you Vukile!
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