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Started GK Designs in 2012 because I wanted Botswana's design work to be made in Botswana. Twelve years later, this studio still exists for that single reason.
Nine disciplines. One studio. One MD still on the pencil.
If anything here resonates — do send us a note.
Managing Director · Founder
Bachelor of Design · University of Botswana · 2012
Plot 23485 · Phase 4 · Gaborone · Botswana
-24.6282°, 25.9231°
Make design that works hard for Botswana — and carries it from the first sketch to the final silhouette.
A Gaborone design house that places African craft at the centre of contemporary industrial practice.
Sustainability · Honesty · Discipline · Patience · Beauty that is earned, not applied.
Each service is delivered in-house, supported by a vetted network of engineers, fabricators and producers.
Industrial & Eco Product
Interior Architecture
Landscape Design
Corporate Branding
Packaging Design
Service Design
Design Mentoring
Contemporary Art
Promo · long-form · corporate · interviews · product shoots · post
5 phases · 5 deliverables · 1 outcome.
On-site visits, stakeholder interviews, market & material research.
Written strategy: goals, audience, constraints, deliverables, gates.
Concepts, sketches, CAD, moodboards, prototypes — at every gate.
Engineering, sampling, supplier sourcing, production, IP registration.
Install, launch, document, train. A clean handover and a growth plan.
one study in ergonomics.
A mobile shampooing unit designed for the home. Compact, ergonomic trolley concept with basin, water management and an adjustable headrest — for mobile stylists, hospitality rooms and home care.
A separate track for products that take their material honestly — upcycled where possible, low-waste by construction, modestly priced across the SADC region.
Reclaimed leather off-cuts, low-waste pattern, craft-led production.
Reduces excess fluoride. Co-developed with the Dept. of Chemistry, Molepolole College of Education, and Botswana Water Affairs.
Gathers sunlight and disperses it into soft rainbow patterns around a room.
Fig. 04 · Founder at studio · 2026
Managing Director · Founder
Industrial Designer · IT Educator · Visual Artist · Beauty Therapist.
Founder of GK Designs · Bachelor of Design · University of Botswana.
Seven years middle management. Member of UB Design Clinic & Engineers Society. Attachments at Sasa Interiors (interior) and the Botswana Bureau of Standards (industrial QA).
"I believe that for anything to be sustainable, innovation has to take place."
Six sectors, eight districts, SADC regional reach.
Hospitality & Leisure
BOTSWANA · SADC
Residential
GABORONE
Beauty & Wellness
NATIONAL
Education
UB · PUBLIC
Industrial / Product
EXPORT
Public sector & NGO
NATIONAL
Gaborone · Gaborone-North · Molepolole · Lobatse · Maun · Kasane · Francistown · SADC.
In-house production arm
The studio shoots its own brands the way the brand was designed.
Promotional
Long-form
Corporate
Interviews
Product shoots
Post & edit
Brief → Creative → Shoot → Cut → Publish
Social-first video · boost-ready · Facebook + Instagram · sponsor-friendly.
Plot 23485 · Phase 4 · Gaborone · Botswana
Studio visits by appointment
goitse30@yahoo.com
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Studio · By appointment
+267 [studio line]
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LinkedIn: Goitseone Ketlhalefile
— The fastest, most graphic handshake in Botswana design.