Frauke Stegmann

Namibian-born Frauke Stegmann studied graphic design in Germany, did a post-graduate degree at the Royal College of Art in London, lives in Cape Town & has a client list which includes Miu Miu, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Jarvis Cocker, Peter Saville and SHOWstudio. In an interview with i-D Magazine, who named her one of 40 best new global designers, Stegmann says her work emphasizes "a return to the craft of design, to tactility in print, and a movement away from superficiality and speed".

CD packaging for British jazz label 'Treader'

Jarvis Cocker's wedding invitation

These signature embossed motifs are produced by one of only two craftsmen in England who are still able to hand-engrave for print once Stegmann draws the illustrations which are then reproduced as dies.

"Some people think I’m a product designer; I’m not. I do what I like to call “subjective inquiries” into my immediate environment. I look around me, and, like an independent journalist or a writer, I gather and curate information on something that I find relevant, and this determines the subject matter of a potential project". Stegmann, Elle Decoration Magazine.

Look out for Stegmann's porcelain pieces and take a swing by her Birds Boutique Café on Bree Street, Cape Town.

Images from Treader, Elle Decoration and i-D Magazine.