Dear colleague,
Please find enclosed a fourteen-page statement of GK Designs (Pty) Ltd, prepared as a formal letter rather than a brochure. It is intended for procurement, legal, and public-sector readers.
Yours faithfully,
03 Letter. 04 Studio. 05 Mission. 06 Capabilities. 07 Process. 08 Retention. 09 Flagship. 10 Ecologic. 11 Founder. 12 Industries. 13 Media. 14 Contact.
I formed the studio in 2012 so that design work for Botswana would be made in Botswana. I remain the accountable director. I sign every deliverable.
Registered office: Plot 23485, Phase 4, Gaborone. Visits by appointment. Hours 08:00–17:00 SAST, Monday to Friday. Replies within twenty-four hours.
Mission: design that works hard for Botswana. Vision: African craft at the centre of industrial practice. Values: sustainability, honesty, discipline, patience.
Twelve services delivered in-house: design audits; brand and graphic; service design; eco product; industrial product; interior design; packaging; intellectual-property assistance; prototyping; project management; ergonomics and occupational health and safety; GK Design Media.
Discover. Define. Design. Develop. Deliver. Each gate is written. We do not proceed on a moodboard alone.
One team. Climate-aware specification. Intellectual-property practice. No published hourly rate; a brief receives a band in writing.
The Mobi-styler: mobile shampooing unit. Trademark registered. Industrial-design right registered. Patent filed. Origin: University of Botswana Design Clinic.
Reclaimed-leather Eco Handbag. Woolen bag study. Defluoridation research with the Department of Chemistry and Botswana Water Affairs.
Goitseone Ketlhalefile. Creative Director and Managing Director. Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design), University of Botswana. Seven years in middle management. Attachments at Sasa Interiors and the Botswana Bureau of Standards. She remains the accountable director and signs every deliverable. WhatsApp +267 71 798 128.
Hospitality, residential, beauty and wellness, education, industrial product, public sector and NGO. Footprint: Gaborone, Botswana, SADC.
GK Design Media produces promotional, long-form, corporate, interview and product work. The same director who designed the brand briefs the camera.
Email goitse30@yahoo.com. Facebook: GK Designs Bw. LinkedIn: Goitseone Ketlhalefile. This letter ends here.