Senior designer · Open to briefs
CosyManakadesigns. — senior designer and founder of Weekly Innovations, Ekurhuleni, South Africa
Ten years translating complex briefs into clear, characterful design. Senior designer by day, founder of Weekly Innovations after hours — big problems, weekly solutions.
01 Selected work
Proof, not promises.
Thirteen projects across ten years — brand, web, mobile, print, illustration, and the occasional bathroom sign.
Live siteWeb design · NPOBlack Coffee Foundation
Live siteWeb design · E-commerceHelden Distillery
Live siteWeb design · HospitalityForest Creek LodgeMandela Day
Projects without a live link open a WhatsApp chat — ask for the full case study.
Featured The logo archive
Ten years of brand marks in one place.
Investment clubs, fishing co-ops, fashion lines, food trucks, faith brands. Tap any logo for its colours and story — or download the full PDF.
02 Profile / operator-designer
Highly creative. Quietly obsessive. Always shipping.
Senior designer based in Ekurhuleni, GP — ten years of building visual systems for digital and print across logistics, retail tech, and community-facing brands.
Comfortable in the Adobe stack, fluent in WordPress & Elementor, confident from typesetting up to user experience research. I work closely with engineers and app teams so the design intent stays intact through to ship.
If something needs to look right and feel right — that's where I come in.
03 How I work
Listen, sketch, refine, ship.
A repeatable rhythm — the same six steps whether it's a logo or a full website.
Listen
Briefs, business goals, and the unsaid bits.
Research
Audience, competitors, references, constraints.
Sketch
Three directions — fast, on paper or screen.
Refine
Iterate with feedback. Type, grid, colour, motion.
Build
Production-ready files, components, or live site.
Ship
Hand-off, QA, and a tidy handover doc.
04 The stack
Battle-tested.
A working set, not a wishlist. Each is something I've shipped real work with.
05 Receipts
Recognition & milestones.
Rising Star Award
Enterprise software groupUX Design Certificate
University of Cape TownMost Innovative Award
Enterprise software groupSenior Designer — Enterprise Tech
Johannesburg1st Place Graphic Design Award
Rosebank CollegeDiploma in Computer-Based Graphic Development (NQF 6, 3 years)
IIE Rosebank College, BraamfonteinMost Helpful Award
ADT Security07 Let's talk
Got a brief? Let's talk.
Most quotes go out within 24 hours. WhatsApp is fastest, email is fine — no contact form to fight with.
