Jean du Plessis

South Africa · Brand & design

Brand and design specialist driven by clarity.

Jean du Plessis creates identities, publications and visual systems through concept, craft and enduring creative conviction.

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20+ years · 7+ Loeries incl. Grand Prix · One Show Silver Pencil

Illustrated magpie in flight with black, white, green and blue plumage
Mukti — The MagpiePublication design / 2026

01 · Selected work

Work, chosen with intent.

Eight projects that trace a practice across brand, publication, campaign and experience — from recent commissions to enduring landmarks.

Mukti — The Magpie — Publication design project

Mukti — The Magpie

An intimate portrait of a restored Karoo cottage, told through objects, memory and the quietly observant eye of a magpie.

Publication design2026
PPS — Built on mutual success — Brand identity project

PPS — Built on mutual success

A contemporary identity for a South African mutual, built on the belief that success is stronger when it is shared.

Brand identity2026
//Hui !Gaeb — Where Clouds Gather — Editorial design project

//Hui !Gaeb — Where Clouds Gather

A collectible Cape Town city guide that brought many creative voices together as one cultural welcome for international delegates.

Editorial design2025
glu — Visual identity project

glu

A mutuality-led financial-services identity that makes insurance and investment feel simpler, warmer and more human.

Visual identity2025
OKHA Manifesto — Publication design project

OKHA Manifesto

A large-format, unbound manifesto for Cape Town furniture studio OKHA, designed as a tactile tabloid object.

Publication design2024
Colour in Craft — illustrated campaign identity on handmade paper

Colour in Craft

A crafted campaign for Warwick Wine Estate, turning the Wedding Cup into a vivid language of connection and celebration.

Campaign design2024
Castle Lite Unlocks — typographic campaign identity on tactile white paper

Castle Lite Unlocks

An experiential campaign proposal that turns concert access into a bold editorial, environmental and merchandise system.

Campaign concept2025
SLOW / SLOW in the City — Brand identity project

SLOW / SLOW in the City

A landmark identity system for Comair’s airport and city lounges, built around the rarest luxury of all: time.

Brand identity2010–2011

02 · Profile

“Clarity is the highest form of creativity.”

Jean is a multidisciplinary brand and design specialist with more than two decades of experience across identity, publication, packaging, campaign and environmental design.

He has led creative teams, partnered with studios and worked directly with ambitious organisations. His practice combines strategic focus with deep craft: reducing ideas until they feel inevitable, then carrying them through every detail.

  • PPS
  • AB InBev / SAB
  • Nando’s
  • PSG
  • Capitec
  • Goodbye Malaria
  • Fluxmans
  • OKHA

03 · Recognition

A career of concept and craft.

01

2025

Loeries Individual Ranking: 11th for Design · Bronze Loerie, Publication Design — //Hui !Gaeb (SAB / AB InBev)

02

2014

Graphis Poster Annual Merit — Bené Natural Spring Water

03

2012

Silver Loerie — SLOW in the City · Bronze Loerie and One Show Design Merit — Antalis: Paper Loves Design

04

2011

One Show Silver Design Pencil — SLOW Lounge · Loerie Awards Student Category Juror

05

2010

No. 1 Designer, Loeries Individual Rankings · Grand Prix, Gold and Campaign Silver — SLOW Lounge · Silver Loerie — The SLOW Coaster

06

2009

Bronze Loerie — South African Tourism: Be Inspired Book

04 · Selected archive

Work that still matters.

Goodbye Malaria — Wear the Message2024Fluxmans — A world in flux2020Nando’s Australia Gift Packaging2019Mazisi Kunene Foundation2019The Hope Factory2014Mrs Ann Munro Carley’s Cookbook2014Bené Natural Spring Water2013Body of Evidence2012Antalis Art of Design2010

05 · Contact

For commissions, collaborations and senior design roles.

If the work calls for clear thinking, a strong central idea and careful execution, let’s start a conversation.

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