Hall Of Fame

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Andrew has worked with some of South Africa’s most widely recognized young creatives. Here are what some of them have done since leaving Putter Studio!

Carla Ehlers DIGITAL DESIGNER

Carla Ehlers is a digital designer. In her final year at Vega School, Carla won a coveted D&AD Wood Pencil and after completing her studies, was awarded an international exchange to Fontys University in the Netherlands. Carla’s career highlights include attending the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2025 as part of the Open Chair Young Lionesses, as well as participating in the prestigious Loeries Young Creatives Masterclass.

Hana Sho DIRECTOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER

Hana has worked on a broad range of high-profile brands and creative projects. Her client list includes Vogue, Puma, Nike and Adidas. Hana studied motion graphics and is represented in film by Giant Films and in photography by Agent Emma.

Indy Calland CURATOR/PRODUCER

Indy studied at Parsons School of Design in New York City and completed her Masters in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art in London. Indy’s art projects include curating a public programme at Goethe-Institut London, and her film roles include Producer and Director’s Assistant on independent and commercial films, featuring the likes of Keaton Henson, Tyler the Creator and Philip Selway of Radiohead.

Kayla Howie ARTIST

At the time of writing this bio, Kayla is just about to begin her Masters in Fine Art degree at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art, whose alumni include Charles Rennie Mackintosh (the Art Nouveau architect) and Jenny Savile, the world-famous painter.

Lauren Gericke ART DIRECTOR

Lauren is an award-winning Art Director who has worked with clients that include Volkswagen and Audi. She was selected as one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for South Africa, and was selected for the London International Awards Mentorship programme.

Maya Barrett GRAPHIC DESIGN

At the time of writing this bio, Maya is studying Graphic Design at the prestigious Willem de Kooning Academy in the Netherlands. Her experimentally-focused work at Putter strengthened her university applications worldwide, where many candidates are turned away for lacking experimental work in their portfolios.

Adam Samuel Digital 3D

Adam is a 3D Visualization Artist and Director at Render Worx – an architectural and interior visualization company. Shown here are Adam’s digital renderings of the Polo Concept Store. Other clients include Chateaux d’Ax (the Italian furniture company), World Design Capital, and Bliss Hotel in Nigeria.

Andrew McNally Animator

Andrew is a Partner and Head of Development at Lucan TV. One of Andrew’s most prestigious projects has been producing an animation for Walt Disney’s ‘Kizazi Moto’ anthology, a project that has Peter Ramsay (director of ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’) as it’s Executive Producer.

Anees Petersen Fashion Designer

Anees was the Director of – and Chief Designer at – the skate-clothing label Young and Lazy, and a partner in the youth-brand retail outlet Corner Store.

Chris Auret Muralist

Chris is a mural painter and artist. He was included in the Mail & Guardian’s “Top 8 street artists in Cape Town to follow on Instagram”, along with names such as Faith47, Falko, Mak1one, and Jack Fox. Chris won a Silver Loerie, and graduated top of his class at Vega. Chris was chosen by the Century City Arts Foundation to create a mural under a pedestrian bridge, placed on their growing public “Art Trail” of sculptures, mosaics, murals and other installations.

Bryan Devlin Game Designer

Bryan is an illustrator, artist and game designer. He has worked for massive international clients like Google, Dolce and Gabbana, and Adidas. The image shown here is from the series “Florrie’s Dragons” which Bryan worked on for the UK client Wish Films. Bryan’s game series called ‘Flood Runner’ has been played over 50 million times within the past 6 years.

Bryan Little Film Maker

Bryan is a filmmaker who founded Fly On The Wall Films. Bryan and his team have won numerous awards, including for their film ‘The African Cypher,’ which looks at contemporary Pantsula dance culture in Johannesburg. Bryan is also the creator of the world-famous Endemic Project along Rh odes Drive, which placed images and sounds of indigenous fauna and flora into the landscape. Bryan’s clients have included MTV Europe, National Geographic, and Discovery Channel.

Chris Auret Muralist

Christopher Bisset Architect

Chris is both a filmmaker and an architect. He was Project Architect on the world-famous ‘Boomslang’ Tree Canopy Walkway at Kirstenbosch, and won the coveted Berlin International Film Festival’s ‘Berlin Today Award.’

Christiaan Conradie Visual Artist

Christiaan is a painter who has exhibited on solo shows in Paris, San Francisco, Barcelona and Mexico City, and has shown on art fairs in New York and San Francisco.

Chris Moore Graphic Designer

Chris is a Partner and Creative Director at Studio PIC. He has won two Loeries and a bronze Cannes Lion for his work as a graphic designer. Shown here is a T-shirt Chris designed for local menswear designer Simon Deporres, for SA Men’s Fashion Week. Chris’s clients include Gucci, Google and IBM.

Daniel Bradley Fashion Designer

Daniel is a Design Lead at the UK fashion firm John Lewis and Partners. HIs early work featured here was designed and made by Daniel in his final year at fashion college. Daniel won the Woolworths Difference Award, and travels regularly to cities like London, Tokyo and India for research.

David Basset Copywriter

David is the Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Recollective. Brands that David has worked with include Absolut Vodka, Die Burger and Yuppiechef.

Daniel Ting Chong Graphic Designer

Daniel is a multi-award winning designer whose work has been seen all over the world. His clients include the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Men’s Health, New York.

Grant Birch Visual Effects

Grant is a Copenhagen-based video editor and content producer. Featured here: on the left is an immersive film he made with Chris Bisset for the official UAE artist at the 2013 Venice Biennale; and on the right, the Oculus Rift, for which he developed new content in its early days. Films he has worked on have been officially selected for numerous international film festivals. Clients include Coca Cola, Nike and Mustang.

Grant Hinds Youtuber

Grant is a YouTuber and a videogame and technology content creator. He works across numerous media, including television, radio and web. Grant has travelled to New York, London, and Tokyo for work, meeting people like Stephen Hawking, Britney Spears and Tommy Hilfiger. Brands Grant has worked for include Warner Bros, Sony PlayStation and Disney.

Ian Grose Visual Artist

Ian won the Absa l’Atelier prize (leading to a 6 months residency in Paris), as well as the Tollman award for visual arts, and is signed to the illustrious Stevenson Gallery. The work shown here is an oil painting on paper of Ian’s, titled ‘Colour, Separation.’ Ian has had a number of very successful exhibitions, and was the artist who chose the colour for the ‘Boomslang’ Tree Canopy Walkway at Kirstenbosch.

Jacques Naude Director of photography

Jacques has worked all over the world, photographing celebrities like Lady Gaga, Penelope Cruz, and Takashi Murakami. He shot a music video alongside legendary director Larry Clark, and his clients have included Harper’s Bazaar, Mac Cosmetics, and Vogue. Shown here is a cover he shot for Wall Street Journal Magazine in New York.

James Bisset Industrial Designer

James is the co-director of a designer/maker company called Jesse James. The company’s work includes collaborating with Discovery to develop a mobile medical lab, and designing a desk for Metropolitan Republic in the shape of a giant M that was showcased on NotCot, the internationally respected design blog. Clients include Apple, Red Bull and Discovery.

Jarryd Buratovitch Engineer

Jarryd is an Executive Associate at Kantey & Templer, the consulting firm which has amongst its clients such massive organizations as Chevron Corporation. Jarryd was awarded the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Scholarship to read for a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering at University College London – which is ranked in the top five universities globally. The photograph is the residential home of a client in Pringle Bay, a building on which Jarryd took the role of Junior Structural Engineer when he was still studying Engineering.

Maciek Strychalski Game Designer

Maciek is a game designer. Featured here is a screen-grab from TOKYO 42, the game he developed in the UK for Mode 7. The game was released on PlayStation, Xbox and Steam.

Ninjabreadboy Tattoo Artist

Ninjabreadboy is an illustrator and artist who works across various media, including tattooing. He won a Silver Loerie and has been shortlisted for numerous other Loeries. The tattoo flash shown here was nominated for the People’s Choice Eagle awards. Ninjaboy’s clients include Converse, 2BOP and KFD Skateboards.

Paul Grose Event Designer

Paul has been involved in Afrika Burn since it began, where he has occupied various important positions including Director, and Director of Public Works. Paul has also contributed his event-expertize to many other important events over the years, including Oppikoppi, Rocking The Daisies and the Cape Town Carnival.

Paul Ward Photographer + Director

Paul works for the biggest youth brands in Europe, Tokyo, and the USA. Shown here are the portraits he shot for Bread and Butter – the world’s biggest street fashion show in Berlin.

Rob Paddock Entrepreneur

Rob and his brother Sam Co-founded GetSmarter, the online university which they eventually sold for R1.4 billion. Rob is also the Co-founder of Valenture Institute, the company behind the massively successful UCT Online High School.

Rocketboi Comic Artist

Rocketboi has worked as an illustrator on the massively popular Supa Strika comic. He produced the artwork for America’s dance crew champions Quest Crew, and illustrations of his were used in Chronicle, the Hollywood blockbuster. Shown here is an illustration Rocketboi produced for an LA client who runs a popular game-streaming channel on Twitch.

Rowan Smith Sculpture

Rowan is a full-time artist who – after winning UCT’s Michaelis Prize – received grants to study at the prestigious CalArts university in LA. Whilst abroad, Rowan also attended the Fountainhead Residency in Miami. Shown here are two artworks made by Rowan. On the right is a Marshall amplifier made by Rowan entirely out of the parts of a deconstructed piano.

Shaun Smith Software Engineer

Shaun is an internationally renowned software engineer who authored the open source framework called Robotlegs. Through this project, Shaun has talked at numerous conferences around the UK, and provided bespoke training for advertising agencies and game development studios. Shaun has designed and developed innovative technologies for large financial institutions such as HSBC and helped develop BBC’s much-loved iPlayer. The work shown here is from BoyBlack, the legendary website he designed with Maciek Strychalski.

Simon Berndt Illustrator

Simon is the talent behind One Horse Town. He is an illustrator who focuses on poster art. The poster shown here Simon designed for Psych Night, the legendary Psychedelic Rock event that he co-directed with a close group of friends. Simon has been nominated for Loeries and Cannes awards, has work featured in a Magic Paintbrush book, and exhibited at the Global Poster Biennial in Paris and Colorado. Clients include Red Bull France, Coney Island Breweries in NYC, and Ramfest.

Simon Kohler Composer

Simon is a composer and a musician, and Co-Director of Field, the sound-to-picture agency. Simon scored all the original music for ‘The African Cypher,’ the award-winning feature-length documentary on Pantsula dance culture in contemporary Joburg. Simon also designed the sound for the two Puma #Represent698 mini-documentaries on massive South African music stars Ricky Rick and Jack Parow.

Stephen Guess Furniture Designer

Stephen is an industrial designer who designs for Pedersen & Lennard, the upmarket furniture company. His work for this company has been featured in many publications, including Visi and House & Leisure, and has seen him working on projects with clients that include UCT’s Department of Architecture, AFDA Film School, and Nando’s head office. A skate-ramp building business Stephen started with a friend was featured in Top Billing. Shown here is the plywood Toby Kids Bike Stephen designed for Pedersen & Lennard.

Swain Hoogervoorst Visual Artist

Swain is a painter. He was featured in Art South Africa as one of South Africa’s ‘Bright Young Things,’ and has been awarded a scholarship to attend artists’ residencies in Finland, the Netherlands and Paris. Swain has also taught painting at the Ruth Prowse School of Art. The painting of Swain’s shown here was a private commission for a client.

Warren Lewis Street Artist

Warren is a renowned street artist and designer. This image of Warren’s has appeared on the world’s top rated websites and blogs, and has been viewed more than 4 million times.

Wayne Berry Software Engineer

Wayne is Principal Software Engineer at GoDaddy, and was Senior Software Designer for Over (now called GoDaddy Studio) – the brilliant photo editing mobile application that makes it easy for anyone to make beautiful graphic design. Wayne was the prime instigator behind the design of the Putter School website.

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