Garth Walker trained as a graphic designer at Technikon Natal in the mid 70’s. He went solo in 1995 by starting Orange juice design - and was acquired by Ogilvy South Africa in 1997 as their premium design brand. OJ designs for most of SA’s top corporate and consumer brands in the fields of identity, literature and packaging. Garth’s real passion is vernacular design from South Africa’s streets and townships. The creativity of ordinary South Africans inspires much of his non commercial work. In 1995 Garth published Issue i of OJ’s studio magazine “i-jusi” (Zulu for juice) which continues to promote, educate and encourage a local design language rooted in the South African experience. Visit www.ijusi.com. Garth is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), British Design and Art Direction (D&AD), Type Directors Club and is a Trustee of the South African Design Council. His work is in the collection of Biblioteque Nationale de France in Paris, Victoria & Albert Museum in London Library and the Smithsonian in Washington.

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