GK DESIGNS
COMPANY PROFILE
ENGINEERING ISSUE

Drawing set for a multi-disciplinary studio. Plot 23485, Phase 4, Gaborone. Not a brochure. A specification.

Sheet schedule

1. 03 Letter from the Managing Director
2. 04 Studio at a glance
3. 05 Mission / vision / values
4. 06 Twelve services
5. 07 Process — five gates
6. 08 Retention arguments
7. 09 Flagship — Mobi-styler
8. 10 Ecologic series
9. 11 Founder
10. 12 Industries
11. 13 GK Design Media
12. 14 Issue / contact

Same fourteen chapters as Editorial, Bold Duo, Bilateral, Specimen and Notebook. Different drawing language.

From the Managing Director

I started GK Designs in 2012 because I wanted Botswana’s design work to be made in Botswana. Twelve years later the studio still exists for that reason.

We read the brief. We design the answer. We build it so it lasts. I sign every page that leaves this plot.

This issue is for engineers, quantity surveyors, and clients who prefer a drawing to a moodboard.

— Goitseone Ketlhalefile · Managing Director · Founder

Studio at a glance

Address	Plot 23485, Phase 4, Gaborone, Botswana
Coordinates	−24.6282°, 25.9231°
Hours	08:00–17:00 SAST · Mon–Fri · visits by appointment
Entity	GK Designs (Pty) Ltd
Reply	Within 24 hours on a working day

Mission · Vision · Values

Mission	Make design that works hard for Botswana — sketch to silhouette.
Vision	A Gaborone house with African craft at the centre of industrial practice.
Values	Sustainability · Honesty · Discipline · Patience · Beauty that is earned.

Twelve services, one accountable team

1. Industrial & Eco Product — CAD, prototype, IP
2. Interior Architecture — plans, lighting, finishes
3. Landscape Design — climate-aware outdoor rooms
4. Corporate Branding — identity systems
5. Packaging Design — dielines, BOBS-ready art
6. Service Design — journeys and operations
7. Design Mentoring — audits and 1:1
8. Contemporary Visual Art — originals and commissions
9. GK Design Media — film and stills in-house

Five gates

1. Discover — site, stakeholders, materials
2. Define — written strategy, constraints, budget envelope
3. Design — concepts, CAD, prototypes, reviews
4. Develop — engineering, sampling, suppliers, IP
5. Deliver — install, launch, train, handover

Why the roster stays

1. One accountable team. MD sign-off.
2. Built for Botswana’s climate and pricing.
3. Deep, not wide.
4. IP-aware — trademark, design right, patent practice.
5. Sustainability by default.
6. Content-ready — we shoot what we design.

Mobi-styler

Ecologic series

Eco Handbag — reclaimed leather, low-waste pattern. Woolen bag study licensed from the shop. Defluoridation device with Chemistry / Water Affairs. Solar rainbow diffuser — research.

Goitseone Ketlhalefile

Where the work lives

1. Hospitality & leisure — Botswana / SADC
2. Residential — Gaborone
3. Beauty & wellness — national
4. Education — UB, public programmes
5. Industrial / product — export-ready
6. Public sector & NGO

GK Design Media

Promotional · long-form · corporate · interviews · product · post. Same MD who designed the brand briefs the shoot.

Issue this drawing

Studio	Plot 23485, Phase 4, Gaborone, Botswana
Email	goitse30@yahoo.com
Reply	24 hours, Monday–Friday
Web	gkdesignsbw.com
Profiles	/profile/ — eight printable languages

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