I stay in Midrand with my folks, I am incredibly fortunate to work at the infamous Grid Worldwide. You can find me around Johannesburg, doing cool things with great people.
Being the “young one” in the room.
At 20, I completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Design at UJ. Right after that, I started my internship as Grid, wide-eyed and hungry, and worked hard to showcase my skills and commitment to design.
I really love design in all forms, from sneakers and magazines to architecture and furniture.
I love the universality of great design and the fact that through design, you can influence an outcome, purchase or just make something simply beautiful that resonates with people. I also enjoy tackling a business problem and coming up with a creative solution to that problem.
I think ‘average’ is an over-simplification. Every day is different and filled with challenges, great conversation and creative, mixed in with a dash of admin and emails and reverts.
My brain, keyboard, 10,000 mouse clicks a day and the internet.
I honestly think Grid is. Creative integration is imperative. At any given time, there are strategists, designers, account execs, experience designers, ad guys, writers, producers, animators, interns, optimists and Nathans working together to solve creative problems.
A lack of diversity. I want to see more young, diverse thinkers making big calls in big boardrooms on outcomes that positively affect our generation. I think as an industry, we find ourselves assuming what people want to feel or what they might like. I think we need to better integrate the people we’re speaking to into the creative process.
I’m working on my attitude.
“Dovetail”, “culture”, “alignment”, “iconic”, “craft”.
At my Mac, with an empty Illustrator artboard and 3-million tabs open in Chrome.
Being able to speak about almost anything, except maths or country music.
Technophile.
Hypebeast, design Tumblrs, pictures of sneakers and, crucially, a thread of unanswerable WhatsApp group threads.
Work hard, ask questions, be open to critisim and be nice to people.
Simple as that. Moonsamy says to follow him on Twitter or Instagram, and visit the Grid Worldwide press office or follow them on the following social media channels: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
*Interviewed by Leigh Andrews.