Marian Bantjes Summary

Marian Bantjes is a very successful graphic designer, both in the commercial sphere as well as her own personal creations. She is a true inspiration of someone who really honed in on her craft and her originality over years of working hard at it. She is at the point now in her career where she is really able to expand her creativity and push her own boundaries. As a contributor in the film said, "she is demonstrating that design can be personal". She always does the unexpected but in a beautiful way. Her designs were inspiring in that you can tell she takes of pride in her work.

Her project with the Valentine's Day cards using the old Christmas cards was beautiful. As she put it, it was an idea that turned into pleasantly aesthetic surprise. The details of the cards and the cut outs were creative, beautiful, and timeless looking. Marian uses a wide variety of materials in her projects, including drawing and scanning into illustrator, that adds to her overall creative expansion. 

Her colleagues referred to Marian as fundamentally understanding the creativity of each project and that is why she was so successful. The amount of knowledge she has and time she put into it showed through her understanding of concepts exceptionally well.