Ishaarah Arnold

Do our eyes deceive us or are the Christmas decorations and pudding already displayed on the shelves of our local supermarkets?

And as you hear the jingle of “It’s that time of the year” over the distant speaker, you may find that your mind is opening up the invitation to your body to enter into festive mode.

It’s that time of the year to play, enjoy the Cape Town summer and take some time out to make thoughtful gifts and reflect on 2021…

What a year it has been and we want to send you off into December in style!

So, we welcome a very special young lady to give us some playful and creative inspiration and share her experience on the topic of DESIGN.

Ishaarah Arnold is a Cape Town born-and-raised graphic designer and illustrator with 6 years agency experience across design disciplines - from illustration to branding to art direction to user interface design.

In 2014, she graduated with a final year Cum Laude at the University of Stellenbosch with a four year Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Visual Communications Design. In 2016, she was selected as part of the class of Emerging Creatives from the prestigious Design Indaba for her illustration work; which has led to media features in publications like VISI Magazine as well as national radio and TV appearances.

This year, Ishaarah launched a ten piece collection with global giant SHEIN which features her latest illustration style using bold colors and continuous lines that speak to the emotion and diversity of everyday life.

Ishaarah has worked on some of South Africa’s biggest brands; from being part of the team winning the Nandos account for M&C Saatchi Abel to developing the branding of the iconic Zeitz MOCAA Contemporary Art Museum.

She’s also worked closely with other local powerhouses like superbalist.com, takealot.com, Hollard insurance and rain and flexed her design muscles on large global clients like Red Bull, BMW and BMW Motorrad, Asics & Asics Tiger, and Yardley London.

To design is to create, play, re-imagine and think in new ways. To design is to be human.

So join us, all beautifully designed humans, for our last 2021 episode on 26 November!