Posted on 26 August 2010. Tags: Design Kingdom, Wallpapers
As you all know, DK is about designers and for designers. In a bid to showcase the incredible talent in Uganda, we have now instituted a new feature on DK. Every so often, we will be changing the background image that appears on the DK homepage with a choice piece of artists work. Our first is a set of two beautiful vector illustrations pieces done by the incredible RogueKing. If you would like your work to appear on the website, head on to the forums to learn how.
In the words of our recently featured artist, Merrick, “Mediocrity ends here!”
Posted in Features
Posted on 13 May 2010.
After a long while and an ever increasing public outcry for another inspiring artist, Design Kingdom brings you yet another great and incredibly gifted artist. He has seen himself rise to higher ranks in his field of work and gotten married; that does not come easy!
Jeremy, please give us a brief biography of yourself.
My name is Jeremy Byemanzi, I am 30, married and I’ve always loved design. It’s one of those things I always enjoyed right from my early years. My love affair with Art & Design started in Secondary School (Mwiri), I then went to Makerere University and studied Industrial & Fine Arts for 3 years (My original plan was to study Architecture but…). I also had the opportunity of studying at the Vega School of Brand Communication (South Africa). My career started at a company called Media One where I was introduced to Print Design, Web & Multimedia plus a bit of Video Production. After a couple of months, I moved to Access Reprographics (for 3 years) and then I got into the advertising industry when I joined Ignition (also for 3 years). I am currently an Art Director with QG Saatchi & Saatchi. Continue Reading
Posted in Artist Profiles, Features
Posted on 10 March 2010. Tags: artist profiles, fine art
Arnold Birungi’s Biography:
Arnold Birungi is a Ugandan born in south western Uganda, Rukungiri district. He holds a bachelors degree in Industrial and Fine Arts from Makerere University. Arnold is a realist oil and water colour painter and paints mainly people and wild life.
He has practiced art since he left school and has a painting studio located in Bukoto town.
Arnold is a professional visual artist, specializing in painting and drawing illustrations and has an amazing eye for detail. He has been drawing communication materials for several NGOs, businesses and the public sector for the past 10 years. He started as a water and oil painter and has participated in a number of successful art exhibitions. His watercolour illustrations have been used in several behaviour change communication materials, children’s books, newspapers and magazines. Recently he specialized in digitally enhancing images into appealing photo-like illustrations. He has put up a number of successful art exhibitions and holds private classes for people interested in drawing. Continue Reading
Posted in Artist Profiles, Features
Posted on 10 February 2010.
Greetings knights. It has been a long time since our last interview and we apologize for that. We’ve been rather busy plotting bigger and better things for you guys, the recently concluded FlashQuests being one of them.
Today we return to our regular interviews with a short interview with Adrian Khan, the Creative Director at Y&R Brands Uganda. He came to Uganda 8 years ago and has since worked with top ad agencies Lowe Scanad and QG Saatchi & Saatchi producing some of the most notable ads seen in press recently.
I personally have worked with him before on many projects and I can say he’s an awesome artist and not just with print but in his life as well. So without further a do, lets jump into the interview. Continue Reading
Posted in Artist Profiles
Posted on 29 October 2009.
This week I have the pleasure of interviewing this off the wall and wildly creative photographer and artist. It’s quite hard to apply common descriptions to him but in his own words “I have trouble labeling who I am or what I do specifically or fit into, among my many other boxes I happen to photograph, and have built a small reputation for my photography more than any of my other interests.” He’s a geek – who can tell you all about IPTV, VOIP, VPN’s, heavy stuff. But he’s also a budding artist and one of Uganda’s most prolific creative photographers. Most of his work looks like a GQ, or Vogue Magazine Calvin Klein Advert. It’s amazing, it’s freaky, it’s a whole load of things and that is the beauty of it. It elicits different subconscious reactions in the viewer and that’s what I like about it. So on to the interview. Continue Reading
Posted in Artist Profiles, Features
Posted on 07 September 2009.
Hello faithful readers. Welcome yet again to another artist profile.
We have known this week’s artist as far back as 2003, when we were all getting our feet wet in the wonderful world of computer design. He’s a very talented graphic designer, has worked for Visual Effects, Watoto, Watoto Church and recently went freelance with his own design firm. He is also the genius behind the Design Kingdom logo. His name is Edward Merik Matovu.
As usual, we’ll start with a brief artist bio, and then jump straight into the interview.
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Edward’s Bio
I am a Ugandan visual artist working in graphic design and illustration. For the last 8 years I’ve worked on projects including, designing logos, corporate identity, beautifying websites, story book illustrations, promotional items and publication designs. My major tool of trade is the Adobe Creative Suite and I’m a good friend with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I’ve been working with Watoto Church (www.watotochurch.com) and for the last two years as an in-house graphic designer. I’m currently working as a freelance graphic artist for studiomataz. Continue Reading
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Posted on 26 August 2009.
First off, apologies, our fourth artist profile has been a little late, but it’s here.
This week’s digital artist is code named Artorius Rex at Elemental Edge. He is a VFX genius and the most humble, talented and open-hearted friend we’ve ever known. He has insanely fast execution time and loves tweaking and editing video to the finest detail. He has worked for Watoto, Elemental Edge, MGS Video and ADDMAYA.
His name is Arthur Nakkaka.
Welcome, Arthur. Could you please tell us more about yourself?
Arthur Nakkaka is my name. Am a finalist at Makerere University doing Electrical Engineering (majoring in Computing and Software Development). Currently I am a Design and Interactive Developer on ‘ARMS’, a software system developed locally designed to combat the problem of transcripts and various unsolved academic glitches in the current system. I am a volunteer at my local church (Watoto Church) doing motion design projects ranging from promos to complex motion design projects. Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 August 2009.
Our third artist profile has been in the video/visual effects scene for a very long time and is one of the most passionate video editors we’ve ever met. He’s worked for Watoto, Elemental Edge, done lots of freelance and now he runs his own firm called ADDMAYA. His name is Peter Mukiibi.
We normally start our interviews with artist bios, but Peter decided to throw in a unique twist to the bio.
Peter’s Bio.
Welcome Peter. Could you please tell us more about yourself?
First of all it’s such an honour to be invited on the Design Kingdom site.
Well my friends call me Pete. When I’m not working I love to play golf when I can afford to and relax by myself wherever the band Qwela is playing. I’m usually inspired by all kinds of things but mostly colours. As you will notice in most of my videos (sorry I only managed to post screen shots) I love to tweak the colours for a much nicer look or to set the mood. I actually repaint everything I look at.
When I walk into a place and see a crowd of people I don’t know, I will start by throwing out all the colour to a plain black and white image in my mind, then start dialling in the colours I want where I want them. So I will paint Benge red, Tiffany will remain in Black and white, blue for Robert and the colours will dictate how things occur from there onwards. Doesn’t sound like it makes sense but lets just say try looking at the sky every morning. See how the different colour mix and blend and notice whether it affects the way you feel or how you view life in all other aspects. Continue Reading
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Posted on 03 August 2009.
Design Kingdom is proud to bring you our second artist profile, this time, she’s a very talented artist, designer, radio presenter and dancer. Her name is Nancy Kacungira.
(All images are copyright Kacungira unless otherwise stated)
As usual, we’ll start with a brief bio on Nancy.
Nancy Kacungira is a Tanzanian-born Ugandan who grew up in Tanzania but went to school in Uganda. During her senior six vacation, Nancy got a job at a magazine in Dar-es-salaam where she taught herself how to use the Adobe packages and wound up doing the designing for the magazine; she has loved design ever since.
Nancy pursued her bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Fine Art at Makerere University, during which time she also worked part-time as a graphic designer, and as a radio presenter. After graduating with a first class degree in 2006, Nancy took on a full-time radio job as Deputy Programme Director and morning show presenter; at the same time freelancing as a graphic designer. Continue Reading
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Posted on 27 July 2009.
Design Kingdom is proud to bring you our very first artist profile. The artist’s name is Teddy, more commonly known as TMS Ruge.
Here’s a brief bio on Teddy:
TMS Ruge (Teddy) is the co-founder of Project Diaspora – an organization aimed at connecting the African Diaspora to socially-relevant development projects in Africa. Teddy is also a social entrepreneur currently assisting several indigenous farmers organizations in Uganda move from subsistence farming to large-scale commercial farming of aloe vera and moringa. Also, Teddy serves as an Organizational Development Consultant for socially-responsible enterprises with double-bottom lines looking to invest in East Africa. Teddy is a mobile technology enthusiast and blogs frequently about the African ICT sectors and its effects on development.
Teddy received a Communication Design degree from the University of North Texas and when he isn’t trying to save Africa, works as a professional photographer, web and graphic designer. His clients include the Dallas Cowboys, Haynes & Boone law firm, and MW Logistics, Agape Boarding School, & BNSF. Continue Reading
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