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May09

4×4 trails in South Africa

Posted by saaleha

The Toyota Blog wanted to provide its readers (and more specifically, Toyota Hilux drivers) with brief guides to popular and interesting 4×4 routes they could explore in each of the country’s provinces. I was commissioned to complete the series and submitted the following content: 4×4 Trails That Will Make Your Hilux Happy! Part 4: Gauteng 4×4 Trails That Will Make Your Hilux Happy! Part 5: Northern Cape 4×4 Trails that will make your Hilux happy! Part 6: Free...

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May04
Business Cards: Shubnum Khan, Writer

Business Cards: Shubnum Khan, Writer

Posted by saaleha

Shubnum is about to launch her debut novel Onion Tears (Penguin, 2011). Analogous to the readying of a manuscript for publication, the design for her business cards underwent a few revisions and adjustments to the plot. To add a bit of personality and relevance to the card, I asked Shubnum to provide a sketch she’d done of herself writing. Shubnum’s book is available to purchase online at Exclusive...

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May04
Business Cards: Glitter Dust

Business Cards: Glitter Dust

Posted by saaleha

  Glitterdust is an online retailer who specialises in scarves and accessories for the “fashionable and modest-conscious Hijabi”. Some of the conceptual designs: Double-sided Single-sided The final...

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May02
Seasoned

Seasoned

Posted by saaleha

For MJ and Kareema’s wedding gift, I laid out a selection of tried-and-tested recipes from Nafisa and myself. The layout was exported as a PDF and burnt on to a CD with a modified version of the recipe book’s cover used as the artwork for the CD’s jewel case inserts.   Click on thumbnails for page...

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Apr13
Mummy’s Farewell Tea

Mummy’s Farewell Tea

Posted by saaleha

I hosted a small tea party as a send-off for my mum who’s relocating to Cape Town. My theme for the afternoon, “So Long Jo’burg, Hello Cape Town”, was framed by silhouettes of the Johannesburg skyline and Table Mountain and pulled together with shades of pink and brown in the design of the bunting, paper tents, labels and cupcake toppers.   Paper bunting strung together with bakers’ twine Labels and cup-cake toppers Favour bags filled with...

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ColourNoun is Saaleha Idrees Bamjee; freelance wordworker slash idea girl currently on hiatus to complete an MA in Creative Writing and develop her food photography skills by way of the ShootCake project.

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  • News coverage: October Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Proceedings, Midrand
  • Short-listed: Burnet Media Young Visual Designer Cover Competition 2011

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