Turipamwe

Turipamwe Turipamwe Design is a multi-disciplinary design studio. We realise creative vision by bringing brand

Inspired by our mantra to be creative thinkers, makers and doers, Turipamwe Design is a multidisciplinary Namibian design studio, with a flair for graphic design, fully integrated brand styling and creative consultation. We're inspired by passionate people and brands who seek to create meaning through their work. We bring big ideas to life on paper, screen, and the physical world. Our work transce

nds beyond the minds and hearts of our clients and community. Our big vision is to make the Namibian creative economy a reality.

11/08/2026

IT’S OFFICIAL: The 2026/27 Creative Industry Guide is back, mapping Namibia’s creative ecosystem.

Announced this morning at our official media launch, Namibia’s ultimate creative ecosystem directory is returning bigger, better, and fully digital.

Whether you are a designer, filmmaker, tech innovator, visual artist, or a craftsman, this is your gateway to national and international visibility.

The countdown begins, and we are moving completely online to make connecting easier than ever.

Stay tuned right here, we will be sharing details very soon on how Namibian creatives can register, update, and claim their listing in the country’s largest creative directorate.

“If We Can Show It, We Can Grow It”, Let’s build the future of our creative economy together!

In partnership with Min of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts & Culture and our Graphic Design Partner Turipamwe Design.

Design isn’t decoration, it’s direction, and direction is only as strong as the research behind it. Our journey into the...
22/07/2026

Design isn’t decoration, it’s direction, and direction is only as strong as the research behind it. Our journey into the strategic power of Design Thinking has been shaped by collaboration, experimentation, and learning, including our work with Dr Auri Wustrow, which helped us explore how global innovation frameworks meet Namibian realities.

Earlier this year, we welcomed Sylvia Hashondali, a BA Honours student in Journalism and Media Technology at NUST, into our studio. Her research investigates how Design Thinking informs advertising and communication strategies in Namibia’s creative sector, comparing traditional agencies with design-led innovation studios.

Our team sat down with Sylvia to share lived experiences of applying Design Thinking in practice — discussing how research, creativity, and user-centred thinking shape meaningful communication.

We believe in an open studio culture where learning flows both ways and where academia and industry can meet to shape the future of strategic design in Namibia.

From the archives🍭🍫🍬For brands with a story to tell, every image is an opportunity to make people feel something.Caprico...
07/07/2026

From the archives
🍭🍫🍬

For brands with a story to tell, every image is an opportunity to make people feel something.
Capricorn Sweets has been crafting locally made confectionery in Namibia for over three decades, bringing generations together through familiar favourites and seasonal treats. In 2023, we had the opportunity to capture that story through a series of product photography campaigns for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter and Christmas.
From handcrafted pralines and colourful sweets to festive gift collections, each photograph was carefully styled to celebrate the products, the occasion, and the joy of sharing something sweet.

Great product photography isn’t just about showcasing what’s on the table—it’s about creating visuals that help people imagine the moments those products become part of.

Swipe through some of our favourite images from this work.

Creative Team:
Client: Capricorn Sweets (Capricorn Sweets)
Art Director - Tanya Stroh (Tanya Turipamwe Stroh)
Graphic Designer: Dudley Minnie (Dudley Minnie)
DOP and Editor: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa (Jean-Claude Nazarii)
Stage Design: Tanya Stroh, Dudley Minne and Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa

29 June is World Industrial Design Day. This year, our act of resilience is to listen.Around the world, designers are us...
29/06/2026

29 June is World Industrial Design Day. This year, our act of resilience is to listen.

Around the world, designers are using 29 June to reflect on how design helps people, organisations and communities anticipate change, adapt and build more resilient futures.

Here in Namibia, we are beginning with a question:
What would make our own design community more resilient?

Before we can strengthen the sector, advocate for it or imagine a shared future, we need to understand where we stand.

Who is practising design in Namibia?
Where are designers based?
How is their work sustained?
What challenges are they navigating?
Do they feel connected, visible and represented?
What would help design grow?

To mark World Industrial Design Day 2026, Turipamwe, form.all and CIIA are launching the Design Namibia Pulse Survey—a national listening exercise for the people who practise, study, teach, make, commission and support design.

This is not about presenting a predetermined answer or announcing an organisation that has already been decided.

It is about listening first.

The survey takes approximately 10–15 minutes. Responses will be anonymous and reported only in aggregate.

Complete the survey through this link: https://forms.gle/rFb16jTEVY8JmAHv5
Then share it with someone whose voice should be part of the picture.

Every response helps us build a clearer understanding of design in Namibia—and what collective action could make possible.

Complete it. Share it. Add your voice.

Design is not where the process starts.Before there is a design, there is designing.Designing is the journey from a prob...
09/06/2026

Design is not where the process starts.

Before there is a design, there is designing.

Designing is the journey from a problem to a possibility. It is observing, questioning, testing, learning, and refining. It is how we move from “what is” to “what could be.”

The best solutions rarely arrive in a flash of inspiration. They emerge through curiosity, empathy, and iteration.

In this post, we explore what designing really means and why it has the power to transform experiences, systems, services, and everyday life.

13/05/2026

THE SPACES IN BETWEEN
27 April 2026

For 4 days, 23 artists came together to ask:
What if design could help us see and connect differently?

From walking Windhoek’s CBD as “wandering souls” to turning confusion,
movement, and memory into a collective collage.
This mural is a translation of the designed and lived experience.

Because where design is absent, people find a way.
And where connection isn’t designed — it unfolds.

Design isn’t just the outcome.
It’s how we navigate, adapt, and belong.

WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨Ondaanisa yo pOmudhime – Dance of the Rubber Tree has received a WINNE...
11/05/2026

WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

Ondaanisa yo pOmudhime – Dance of the Rubber Tree has received a WINNER award in the Other Graphics category.

The project also received a special jury mention:

“I especially like the collage and visual narrative.”

The album artwork explored sound, memory, healing and ancestral presence through a layered visual language combining archival imagery, hand-lettered typography, collage and contemporary portraiture.

Rather than resolving history into a single narrative, the work allowed past and present to speak to one another — transforming the album cover into a space for reflection, rhythm and dialogue.

Client & Artistic Direction: Dr Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja
Lead Design & Art Direction: Elrico Gawanab
Design Support: Tanya Stroh
Contributors: Thuli Mekondjo, Tony Figueira

Photography: Elrico Gawanab, Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa, Tony Figueira & National Archives of Namibia

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

DOUBLE WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨SportXCulture — Capturing the Indigenous Games of Namibia has r...
11/05/2026

DOUBLE WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

SportXCulture — Capturing the Indigenous Games of Namibia has received TWO WINNER awards in the categories:

• Book & Magazine (Catalogue)
• Sign & Exhibit Poster & Flyer

The project also received a special jury mention:

“A project that does what the best design should always do: make visible what the world risks forgetting. This is not only communication, it is memory given form.”

SportXCulture is a travelling communication design project documenting the indigenous games of Namibia as living systems of cultural knowledge through photography, exhibition design, posters, and an accompanying catalogue.

Rather than presenting the games only through geography, the exhibition groups them according to shared physical logic — games played with sand, games centred on rhythm, strength, endurance, or fine motor skill — revealing the intelligence embedded in play and the deep relationship between movement, environment, and community.

The project positions indigenous games not as historical remnants, but as contemporary expressions of creativity, discipline, identity, and intergenerational connection.

Company: Turipamwe Design & The Project Room
Lead Designer: Tanya Stroh
Design Team: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa & Candice Mouton
Contributors: Adam Smaruj, Dennis Schroeder, Frieda Lühl, Thuba Sibanda & Valerie Ostheimer

Clients: GiZ Namibia S4DA & Goethe-Institut Namibia
Project Location: Windhoek, Namibia — travelling nationally

Photography: Adam Smaruj / Storyworks Nam
Exhibition Opening Photography: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa

Completed: June 2022

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA website 🌍

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨Omeho Project has received an Honourable Mention in the Co...
11/05/2026

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

Omeho Project has received an Honourable Mention in the Communication Design category.

“Omeho” — meaning eyes in Otjiherero — invited audiences to see beyond stereotypical representations of Africa and recognise the vibrant, urban and creative realities of entrepreneurship across southern Africa.

Through portrait photography, editorial storytelling and exhibition design, the project positioned founders not simply as business owners, but as visible agents of innovation, dignity and socio-economic transformation.

Client & Research Lead: Dr Auri Wustrow, Omeho Project
Lead Design: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Design Support: Tanya Stroh

Photography: Willem Vrey & Opas Onucheyo for Omeho Project

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨2022 Doek Literary Festival has received an Honourable Men...
11/05/2026

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

2022 Doek Literary Festival has received an Honourable Mention in the Communication Design category.

Designed as an act of cultural assertion, the identity drew inspiration from Namibian vernacular signwriting, handmade typography, layered illustration and the beautiful resourcefulness of creating within a “creative desert.”

Rather than adopting imported literary aesthetics, the visual language declared that this festival belongs here — rooted in local context, voice and storytelling.

Client: Doek Arts Trust & Rémy Ngamije in partnership with the University of East Anglia’s International Chair of Creative Writing
Lead Design: Elrico Gawanab & Tanya Stroh
Design Team: Dudley Minnie, Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Hand Lettering: Oom Punch

Photography: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa, Elrico Gawanab, Namafu Amutse

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

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