Fun Stuff

Fun Stuff

Fun Stuff

If you can dream it, we can create it.

If you can dream it, we can create it.

If you can dream it, we can create it.

If you can dream it, we can create it.

OVERVIEW

Not every brief fits a category. Some of the best work starts with a feeling, a half-formed idea, a reference image with a note that just says "something like this." This is where that work lives. Packaging, illustrations, conceptual campaigns, experimental layouts, branded merchandise, event collateral, digital assets, anything that does not sit neatly in a box but still needs to look and feel considered. The medium changes. The standard does not. If you have an idea and you are not sure how to execute it, that is exactly the right place to start. Bring the vision. The craft is already here.

Not every brief fits a category. Some of the best work starts with a feeling, a half-formed idea, a reference image with a note that just says "something like this." This is where that work lives. Packaging, illustrations, conceptual campaigns, experimental layouts, branded merchandise, event collateral, digital assets, anything that does not sit neatly in a box but still needs to look and feel considered. The medium changes. The standard does not. If you have an idea and you are not sure how to execute it, that is exactly the right place to start. Bring the vision. The craft is already here.

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Sometimes a client has a vision they cannot yet see. For a Joburg Hyrox event partnership, Thirst needed to visualise a full range of branded can variations before anything went to production. These concepts were created in the conceptualisation stage to bridge the gap between idea and reality, giving the client something tangible to respond to, refine, and ultimately bring to life. From colour coding by function to bold typographic labels built for a performance environment, every variation was designed to feel purposeful on the shelf and in the hand.

02

A concept product launch developed in response to a live creative brief from MICCI Laboratories. The pitch introduced my developed product concept: CeraBond, a barrier repair milk. The campaign was built around one insight: the modern girl boss is always on and her skin takes the hit. CeraBond was positioned not as recovery but as a proactive investment, scientifically sexy barrier repair for the woman who future-proofs everything including her skin.  Creative territory balanced MICCI's existing Y2K biotech energy with a more elevated, intentional aesthetic across packaging, campaign imagery, copy, social content, and a landing page product launch as the final visual output choice.

Each project here was built to last, designed to hold up over time, across every touchpoint, every format, and every person who encounters it.
Yours can be too.

Each project here was built to last, designed to hold up over time, across every touchpoint, every format, and every person who encounters it. Yours can be too.

Each project here was built to last, designed to hold up over time, across every touchpoint, every format, and every person who encounters it.
Yours can be too.

Each project here was built to last, designed to hold up over time, across every touchpoint, every format, and every person who encounters it.
Yours can be too.

Each project here was built to last, designed to hold up over time, across every touchpoint, every format, and every person who encounters it.
Yours can be too.

Contact Me

mikayla@ilonotia.com

072 332 9611

Cape Town, South Africa

Contact Me

mikayla@ilonotia.com

072 332 9611

Cape Town, South Africa

Contact Me

mikayla@ilonotia.com

072 332 9611

Cape Town, South Africa

Contact Me

mikayla@ilonotia.com

072 332 9611

Cape Town, South Africa