Three cups, three ladies, three cities!
Johannesburg, 16 November 2021 - As bp’s Wild Bean Café marks its 20th anniversary this year, in the same breath, its Design-A-Cup competition provided young South Africans with a great platform to express themselves by showcasing their wild, weird, and wonderful designs on the latest Wild Bean Café cup.
This year’s theme, My Cup, My Expression was as poetic and reflective of the yearning spirit of most creatives during this time. The theme was a dovetail from the 20-year anniversary celebrations and therefore centred around ‘what celebration means to you and how you would translate that celebration in a cup.’
This year’s edition attracted over 300 registrations from designers across the country. And the entrants didn’t disappoint, taking creativity to the next level and displaying South Africa’s rich talent pool and diversity. There was great diversity in the excellent designs received.
This year’s competition also sees the first all-female top 3 finalists – three ladies representing three cities. “We are very excited to have helped unleash girl power and passion - celebrating women in design by giving them the platform to really express their unique creative flair.” In this spirit, please join us in congratulating the top 3 winners of the Wild Bean Café Design-A-Cup, Mika De Villiers, Kelly Nsenda and Latisha Ramsamy, who all demonstrated exceptional artistic quality and mastery.
The winners were announced in person at a celebration held at bp Beyers Naude on 28 October 2021.
Under the African sun
In first place, winning the grand prize of R100,000 is Cape Town-born interior architecture design student Mika De Villiiers. Having been encouraged by her father to enter the competition, 21-year-old Mika knew she had to put her best foot forward and give her competition the mother of all challenges. As a third-year student at Inscape Education Group in Cape Town, Mika says she plans to incorporate graphic design and more creativity into her work. Mika says her design was inspired by the African sun and Mzansi’s diversity.
Good vibes, good music
In second place, 22- year-old Vega School graphic design student Kelly Nsenda’s passion for creativity started at the tender age of four. Hailing from Pretoria, Kelly’s design was inspired by the city’s vibrant atmosphere, night life and music, which is beautifully reflected through the musical instruments and party scene on the cup. As runner-up, Kelly receives a MacBook Pro and a one-year Adobe Creative Cloud licence, which she will use to master her craft at Vega.
It’s a celebration
A detailed design of celebration inspired by the vuvuzela, 22-year-old Latisha Ramsamy’s creative representation of Mzansi’s culture saw her take the third spot. Latisha hails from the city of gold and is a third-year graphic design student at University of Johannesburg.
Show support for our winners and by grabbing yourself a Wild Bean cuppa for enjoyment together with the intricate cup designs.
Notes to editors
Wild Bean Café Design-A-Cup competition is on its third year and continues to receive a astounding number of entries
Renowned illustrator and graphic designer, David Tshabalala aka Slaying Goliath was part of the judging panel for 2021 – playimg a key role in selecting and identifying the freshest and most relevant designs
Criteria used to judge the entries included interpretation of celebration, originality and creativity and relevance to Wild Bean Café brand.
Competition has become a popular and accessible celebration of Mzansi’s best student designers - an amazing platform to showcase their skills and help them along on their chosen career of choice
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