Turipamwe

Turipamwe Turipamwe Design is a multi-disciplinary design studio. We realise creative vision by bringing brand

Inspired by our mantra to be creative thinkers, makers and doers, Turipamwe Design is a multidisciplinary Namibian design studio, with a flair for graphic design, fully integrated brand styling and creative consultation. We're inspired by passionate people and brands who seek to create meaning through their work. We bring big ideas to life on paper, screen, and the physical world. Our work transce

nds beyond the minds and hearts of our clients and community. Our big vision is to make the Namibian creative economy a reality.

13/05/2026

THE SPACES IN BETWEEN
27 April 2026

For 4 days, 23 artists came together to ask:
What if design could help us see and connect differently?

From walking Windhoek’s CBD as “wandering souls” to turning confusion,
movement, and memory into a collective collage.
This mural is a translation of the designed and lived experience.

Because where design is absent, people find a way.
And where connection isn’t designed — it unfolds.

Design isn’t just the outcome.
It’s how we navigate, adapt, and belong.

WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨Ondaanisa yo pOmudhime – Dance of the Rubber Tree has received a WINNE...
11/05/2026

WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

Ondaanisa yo pOmudhime – Dance of the Rubber Tree has received a WINNER award in the Other Graphics category.

The project also received a special jury mention:

“I especially like the collage and visual narrative.”

The album artwork explored sound, memory, healing and ancestral presence through a layered visual language combining archival imagery, hand-lettered typography, collage and contemporary portraiture.

Rather than resolving history into a single narrative, the work allowed past and present to speak to one another — transforming the album cover into a space for reflection, rhythm and dialogue.

Client & Artistic Direction: Dr Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja
Lead Design & Art Direction: Elrico Gawanab
Design Support: Tanya Stroh
Contributors: Thuli Mekondjo, Tony Figueira

Photography: Elrico Gawanab, Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa, Tony Figueira & National Archives of Namibia

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

DOUBLE WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨SportXCulture — Capturing the Indigenous Games of Namibia has r...
11/05/2026

DOUBLE WINNER — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

SportXCulture — Capturing the Indigenous Games of Namibia has received TWO WINNER awards in the categories:

• Book & Magazine (Catalogue)
• Sign & Exhibit Poster & Flyer

The project also received a special jury mention:

“A project that does what the best design should always do: make visible what the world risks forgetting. This is not only communication, it is memory given form.”

SportXCulture is a travelling communication design project documenting the indigenous games of Namibia as living systems of cultural knowledge through photography, exhibition design, posters, and an accompanying catalogue.

Rather than presenting the games only through geography, the exhibition groups them according to shared physical logic — games played with sand, games centred on rhythm, strength, endurance, or fine motor skill — revealing the intelligence embedded in play and the deep relationship between movement, environment, and community.

The project positions indigenous games not as historical remnants, but as contemporary expressions of creativity, discipline, identity, and intergenerational connection.

Company: Turipamwe Design & The Project Room
Lead Designer: Tanya Stroh
Design Team: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa & Candice Mouton
Contributors: Adam Smaruj, Dennis Schroeder, Frieda Lühl, Thuba Sibanda & Valerie Ostheimer

Clients: GiZ Namibia S4DA & Goethe-Institut Namibia
Project Location: Windhoek, Namibia — travelling nationally

Photography: Adam Smaruj / Storyworks Nam
Exhibition Opening Photography: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa

Completed: June 2022

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA website 🌍

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨Omeho Project has received an Honourable Mention in the Co...
11/05/2026

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

Omeho Project has received an Honourable Mention in the Communication Design category.

“Omeho” — meaning eyes in Otjiherero — invited audiences to see beyond stereotypical representations of Africa and recognise the vibrant, urban and creative realities of entrepreneurship across southern Africa.

Through portrait photography, editorial storytelling and exhibition design, the project positioned founders not simply as business owners, but as visible agents of innovation, dignity and socio-economic transformation.

Client & Research Lead: Dr Auri Wustrow, Omeho Project
Lead Design: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Design Support: Tanya Stroh

Photography: Willem Vrey & Opas Onucheyo for Omeho Project

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨2022 Doek Literary Festival has received an Honourable Men...
11/05/2026

HONOURABLE MENTION — Africa International Design Awards 2026 ✨

2022 Doek Literary Festival has received an Honourable Mention in the Communication Design category.

Designed as an act of cultural assertion, the identity drew inspiration from Namibian vernacular signwriting, handmade typography, layered illustration and the beautiful resourcefulness of creating within a “creative desert.”

Rather than adopting imported literary aesthetics, the visual language declared that this festival belongs here — rooted in local context, voice and storytelling.

Client: Doek Arts Trust & Rémy Ngamije in partnership with the University of East Anglia’s International Chair of Creative Writing
Lead Design: Elrico Gawanab & Tanya Stroh
Design Team: Dudley Minnie, Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa
Hand Lettering: Oom Punch

Photography: Jean-Claude Tjitamunisa, Elrico Gawanab, Namafu Amutse

The full winning entry can be viewed on the AIDA Winners website — link in bio 🌍

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We are incredibly proud and deeply grateful to share that Turipamwe has received 3 WINNING entries and 2 Honourable Ment...
11/05/2026

We are incredibly proud and deeply grateful to share that Turipamwe has received 3 WINNING entries and 2 Honourable Mentions at the Africa International Design Awards 2026 (AIDA) 🌍✨

These recognitions span communication design, exhibition design and spatial storytelling, celebrating projects rooted in Namibian culture, memory, landscape, performance and identity.

AIDA is a continental platform recognising outstanding African design across disciplines, honouring work that demonstrates innovation, cultural relevance, storytelling and impact within African contexts. To see projects emerging from Namibia recognised on this stage feels profoundly meaningful.

More than awards, this is a reminder that African stories, perspectives, materials and ways of making belong at the centre of the global design conversation.

Thank you to every client, collaborator, artisan, photographer, curator, performer, writer, strategist and designer who trusted us with these stories. These recognitions are deeply shared.

Shortly, we’ll be sharing each awarded project and the remarkable people behind them ❤️

Limited spots available. 2026Space in Between 27–30 April | WindhoekWhat happens between us matters.This year, Bellhaus ...
22/04/2026

Limited spots available. 2026
Space in Between

27–30 April | Windhoek
What happens between us matters.

This year, Bellhaus Atelier & Galerie, Creative Industry Institute Africa, for.m.all, ENK Public Art Group, Neo Paints Namibia, and Turipamwe Design come together to co-create The Spaces In Between — a four-day, city design experience.

From walking Windhoek’s streets as a living laboratory,
to translating insight into form,
to a collective painting of a mural,
ending with an exhibition opening.

This is design beyond the studio.
It’s about how we move.
How we meet.
How we belong.

We’re inviting collaborators, not just designers, but creatives,
thinkers, makers, observers - to join us in shaping this shared experience.

Visit https://tr.ee/_VFGa2wHHQ for the detailed programme and sign-up form.
limited spots available.

This year, Bellhaus Atelier & Galerie, the Creative Industry Institute Africa, for.m.all, and Turipamwe Design are comin...
20/04/2026

This year, Bellhaus Atelier & Galerie, the Creative Industry Institute Africa, for.m.all, and Turipamwe Design are coming together to co-create something for Windhoek.

We’re taking this theme to the streets — exploring how design can bridge the gaps in how we move, connect, and experience the city.

It unfolds as a four-day programme:
from a facilitated walking experiment through the city,
to a collective process of making,
ending in a public mural unveiling.

And this is a call for collaborators. Not just designers, but creatives, thinkers, makers, observers, storytellers and doers. If you’re interested in shaping shared experiences, rethinking space, and working collectively in the city, this is for you.

Join us in creating something in between.
For more details, see link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y_ki2MlNAoZ68SHqeQSru23_aR_t2kejW7mHki2Bflg/edit?usp=sharing

17/04/2026

What happens between us matters.

Design mediates the physical, digital, and emotional spaces where human connection is possible. It challenges us to facilitate genuine connection, not just efficiency, but the quality of human interaction.

International Design Day 2026, The Spaces In Between, invites designers to look beyond objects and outcomes and toward the shared experiences that shape how we belong, communicate, and coexist. Design lives in the in-between, the thresholds where ideas become experiences and strangers become communities.

In Windhoek, we are taking this theme to the streets, exploring how design can bridge gaps in our urban navigation and social connections. We’re celebrating this year’s theme with a four-day programme that starts with a facilitated walking experiment and ends with a mural unveiling.

More information about the event and our collaborators will follow.

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01/04/2026

A designer is not just someone who “makes things look good.”
They are problem framers, storytellers, systems thinkers, and builders of better futures. In this post, we explore what it truly means to be a designer and the responsibility that comes with that role.


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