Jean du Plessis

South Africa · Brand & design

Brand and design specialist driven by clarity.

Jean du Plessis creates identities, publications and visual systems through concept, craft and enduring creative conviction.

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20+ years · 2× Loeries Grand Prix · One Show Silver Pencil

Mukti — The Magpie feature artwork with black ink cactus illustrations
Mukti — The MagpiePublication design / 2026

01 · Selected work

Work, chosen with intent.

Eight projects that trace a practice across brand, publication, campaign and experience — from recent commissions to enduring landmarks.

Mukti — The Magpie — Publication design project

Mukti — The Magpie

An intimate portrait of a restored Karoo cottage, told through objects, memory and the quietly observant eye of a magpie.

Publication design2026
//Hui !Gaeb — Where Clouds Gather — Editorial design project

//Hui !Gaeb — Where Clouds Gather

A collectible Cape Town city guide that brought many creative voices together as one cultural welcome for international delegates.

Editorial design2025
glu — Visual identity project

glu

A vibrant identity for a financial brand built around the idea of Financial Togetherness — balancing serious purpose with playful expression.

Visual identity2025
OKHA Manifesto — Publication design project

OKHA Manifesto

A large-format, unbound manifesto for Cape Town furniture studio OKHA, designed as a tactile tabloid object.

Publication design2024
Colour in Craft — Campaign design project

Colour in Craft

A joyful celebration of material, making and creative individuality for Warwick — built through colour and hand-crafted character.

Campaign design2024
Fluxmans — A world in flux — Visual identity project

Fluxmans — A world in flux

A living visual expression for a Johannesburg law firm, built around change as opportunity, risk and disruption.

Visual identity2020
SLOW / SLOW in the City — Brand identity project

SLOW / SLOW in the City

A landmark identity system for Comair’s airport and city lounges, built around the rarest luxury of all: time.

Brand identity2010–2011

02 · Profile

“Clarity is the highest form of creativity.”

Jean is a multidisciplinary brand and design specialist with more than two decades of experience across identity, publication, packaging, campaign and environmental design.

He has led creative teams, partnered with studios and worked directly with ambitious organisations. His practice combines strategic focus with deep craft: reducing ideas until they feel inevitable, then carrying them through every detail.

  • PPS
  • AB InBev / SAB
  • Nando’s
  • PSG
  • Capitec
  • Goodbye Malaria
  • Fluxmans
  • OKHA

03 · Recognition

A career of concept and craft.

01

The Loeries

2× Grand Prix, Gold, Silver and Bronze · Individual Rankings: #1 Designer (2010) and #11 Designer (2025)

02

The One Show

Silver Design Pencil and two Merit Awards

03

Antalis Art of Design

Grand Prix and multiple awarded placements

04 · Selected archive

Work that still matters.

Mrs Ann Munro Carley’s Cookbook2014Nando’s Australia Gift Packaging2019Goodbye Malaria — A Luta Continua2021Nando’s Playing Cards2021Cornubia Mall2019Mazisi Kunene Foundation2019Bené Natural Spring Water2013Virgin Festival2008

05 · Contact

For commissions, collaborations and senior design roles.

If the work calls for clear thinking, a strong central idea and careful execution, let’s start a conversation.

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