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Insight

September 19, 2023

When to rebrand or refresh your brand

Making the decision to rebrand or refresh your brand can feel daunting. There’s no way around it, it is an involved, time-consuming and costly process. So making sure that you…

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How-to

November 30, 2022

Annual report design agency services

We offer annual report design agency services, from concept to production. At Kandi, we have…

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Insight

August 15, 2022

Choosing the right brand imagery and layout treatments

Choosing the right brand imagery and layout treatments for your brand is an important aspect…

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News

August 31, 2021

Naming your business – from K&i to Kandi

Naming your business is a brand design service that we offer to clients. To celebrate…

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Insight

September 29, 2022

What are brand guidelines?

Brand guidelines (or sometimes also referred to as brand standard, style guide or brand book) are in essence a guide on how to execute your brand. Brand guidelines are usually…

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Insight

August 4, 2021

Logo design terminology explained

Logo design terminology can sometimes be perplexing for non-designers. As a client, you might not…

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Insight

June 3, 2021

Logo development process – the work behind a logo

A logo is there to identify a business, product or service in its simplest form…

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News

May 26, 2021

Transform Awards MEA winner!

We are honoured and proud to announce ourselves as a Transform Awards MEA winner !…

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Insight

February 15, 2022

Typography and branding – what you need to know

Typography and branding - a crucial part in building your brand image. It is not only about what fonts are used in the logo, but also the font/s used in…

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Insight

November 16, 2021

Why colour is important to your brand

Corporate colours are incredibly important in branding. It is a fundamental element in a brand identity and is one of the most instantly recognisable and easily memorable elements of a…

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Insight

May 25, 2021

Corporate identity design elements

What is corporate identity design? Corporate identity design, also known as brand identity or visual identity, in essence is how the brand is visually presented to customers. A corporate, brand…

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Insight

May 7, 2021

An inside look into the branding process

A branding process is key in establishing and developing a brand. Branding is there to…

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Insight

April 30, 2021

Brand strategy explained

Brand strategy is the verbalisation of a brand set out in a long-term plan to…

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News

November 26, 2020

Loeries Design Award finalist!

We are proud to announce that we are a Loeries Design Award finalist with our…

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Insight

February 5, 2019

Branding tips

One of the key services we offer is branding. Whether it’s for a startup, rebranding…

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Insight

April 9, 2021

What is branding and why do you need it?

What is branding? In a nutshell, branding is there to reflect the true values the company is bringing to the market. It should also differentiate and elevate your business from…

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Insight

March 1, 2020

Working remotely from home in the COVID-19 pandemic

Working remotely in the COVID-19 crisis can be a challenge for many businesses. As the…

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How-to

February 5, 2020

How to have effective and productive remote meetings

Remote meetings are one of the challenges with working remotely or from home. Generally many…

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Work

January 12, 2020

Sh(e)aring is caring!

K&i launches COVID CUTS SA, a freshly cut initiative. This movement aims to turn Mzanzi…

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Insight

August 12, 2019

The creative process – order out of chaos

To be creative by definition involves the use of imagination or original ideas to create something. Because the outcome is unpredictable, the creative process can seem chaotic, messy and scary.…

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How-to

May 15, 2018

How to choose the right design agency

How to choose the right design agency isn’t easy. There are a few things to consider, but firstly, it is important that you do your research upfront. Don't email everyone…

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Insight

April 1, 2019

Website design and development process

Having a good website design and development process is important in order to deliver a…

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"Originality is simply a fresh pair of eyes"

Woodrow Wilson

How-to

April 19, 2018

How to write a brief

There are several points to consider on how to write a brief. However before contacting…

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"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought"

Albert von Szent-Gyorgy

Insight

September 7, 2017

All professions deserve respect; whether it is doctors, car mechanics, teachers, accountants, architects, police officers or designers. We all studied and worked hard to gain experience, so why is it…

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Experiences Insight

July 20, 2017

Start with why

A couple of months ago we listened to a TED talk called ‘Start with why’…

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Insight

May 9, 2016

Originality and creativity – our most valuable assets

It might be a showing of age, but whenever I hear talks about automated services,…

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Insight

April 28, 2016

Capitalising on the exchange rate

Some of our international clients are capitalising on the exchange rate. We’ve had the pleasure…

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"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change"

Wayne Dyer

Insight

February 16, 2016

Interview with project manager Ida

Between 10and5 editor Gabriella Pinto contacted Ida to do an interview, asking what’s its like…

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August 25, 2015

Signage for the V&A Watershed

A few months back we embarked on a collaborative project with Wolff Architects to develop a wayfinding system and visual language for the Cape Town V&A Watershed signage at the…

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Work

June 26, 2015

Quirky illustrations

We have developed a range of quirky illustrations for Quirky.Me, a Cape Town based interior…

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Insight

May 27, 2015

Good report design: 3 key points

Good report design can have many benefits beyond just being easy to read. Some companies overlook the opportunities a report can bring and the importance of it. A report should…

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Work

April 20, 2015

Why add a humanistic approach to design?

A humanistic approach to design means design that is accessible to more people, design that…

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Insight

March 23, 2015

The ampersand

A few years back, prior to the birth of K&i we conversed for several days…

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Insight

February 12, 2015

Agency rebranding exercise

It had been 4 years since our last brand update and it was time for…

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Ideas

January 29, 2015

Afraid of the dark?

Sometimes you have to rethink your creativity strategies. When it comes to writing we would…

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News

January 7, 2015

Say cheese!

A massive thank-you to Theo Klompje for the photoshoot. Here’s a small selection of additional photos for our about page. To check Theo's work and to find out more about…

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