A creative eyewith a business mind.
I help businesses turn ambition into brands and digital experiences people connect with. From an early idea to the final detail, I bring strategic thinking, hands-on design and a clear understanding of what matters most.
I’m a multidisciplinary creative based in Cape Town. For nearly two decades, I’ve helped businesses work out who they are, say why they matter and build experiences people want to come back to.
My work spans brand identity, art direction and digital design. I care about the big idea and the small details equally, from a brand’s first impression to how someone finds their way around its website. The aim is always the same: make the business clearer, more compelling and easier to choose.
I combine clear thinking with expressive typography, considered layouts and purposeful detail.
My background in advertising and building businesses shapes how I create brands and digital experiences, connecting creative decisions to what people need and what businesses want to achieve.
How I help
For new ideas
01I help turn an early concept into something people can understand and connect with. From positioning and identity to a first website or product experience, I build the foundations to launch, learn and grow.
For growing businesses
02I help brands find clarity as they evolve. Whether refining an identity, improving an online experience or bringing consistency across customer touchpoints, I connect design decisions to the next stage of the business.
For creative teams
03I bring senior creative thinking and hands-on design to teams that need both. From leading a project to working alongside an existing team, I help shape the direction, develop the work and see it through.
Notable highlights
- Day-one design partner at FARO, drawing the logo the day the company pivoted into existence and designing the first store as a blueprint that has since opened nineteen times.
- Named GoodBasics and built its brand, packaging and colour-coded category system. Now stocked by Yuppiechef and SPAR.
- Named Fluent, the first brand from delivery-kitchen group Darth Kitchens, and designed the bowl, sleeve and destination stamps. The group was later sold to a competitor.
Lead creative on the pitch that won Iconic Agency the NBA Africa content account in April 2024, creating the concept, script and 32-page deck.
How it got here
- 2018 – Present
Founder and Creative Director
Render Intent
I founded Render Intent to help ambitious businesses launch and grow through design. I lead the creative and bring in specialists from a trusted network of designers and developers as each project needs. Ventures like GoodBasics have gone from a name on a list to shelves at Yuppiechef and SPAR.
- 2015 – 2018
Digital Product Designer
QDivision
Working across finance, insurance and travel, I used QDivision’s venture model to test ideas with real customers in focus groups, then shaped the strongest into scalable digital products.
- 2013 – 2015
Art Director
TWO.AM Agency
As the first hire at a new agency, I worked across roles but focused on campaign ideas for pitches and a growing client list. In almost two years, we didn’t lose a single pitch.
- 2010 – 2013
Graphic Designer / Concept Team
Quirk
I joined as a junior designer and worked up to Art Director on the concept team, pitching ideas to clients and seeing them through to launch. It’s where I built the network and know-how I still rely on.
- 2010
Graphic Designer
Springleap.com
I ran weekly t-shirt design competitions, prepared winning designs for print and led the company’s rebrand.
What people say
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What my clients say
“Over the years, Dustin has become one of the people I call when I need design I can depend on. We’ve worked together across different businesses and stages of growth, and he consistently brings care, sound thinking and follow-through. That trust is why I keep working with him and recommending him to others.”
David TorrSerial Entrepreneur
