These days it seems like there is such a vast multitude of amazing designers to spend your day perusing online. With so much inspiring design out there I find it pretty easy to miss out on designers that are truly noteworthy.

One such designer, which has completely captivated me of late, is Alex Ruiz!

Alex is one of those people who have a talent for design which is on a whole different level than your typical ‘professional’ designer. You just love to hate him, because he is just that good. Oh how the jealousy overrides my fragile mind - I HATE YOU ALEX…..only joking :P

Although Alex is currently based in California, he actually grew up at the rather ominously named Black Caves (Cuevas Negras) of Mexico.
Goodness, it sounds like he was raised in some scary place in Azeroth ruled by The Scourge, hehe.
He is now working as a super-duper freelance illustrator guru in Los Angeles. You have probably seen his work somewhere along the way, in one form or another, as he has become involved with everything from gaming, to the film and television industry.

The work that Alex produces is mostly science fiction in nature with a smattering of fantasy infusion.
Many of his creature/character designs reveal beings of a seemingly omnipotent power. His giant robots and mecha have their own rich personalities, so “rich” in fact that you can’t shake the feeling that Alex Ruiz is tapping into another dimension for his inspiration. He recently tackled the super powerful space entity Cthulu (not literally, that’s just absurd), who is one of my favourite characters of all time. I just had to share - check him out on the right!
AMAZING :)

Alex’s sense of scale is intense. All you have to do is take a look at few of his mind-bending sci-fi landscapes/terrains and you will see exactly what I mean. It’s rare that a designer is capable of expressing the immensity of far future mega-tech landscapes. First he amazes you with its intricate delivery and rich color, and then it terrifies you as you look to the future and ponder if Alex’s realities will someday become a part of our existence.

 

 

One of my favourite aspects of Alex’s work is his ability to create gargantuan high-tech facilities and colossal spaceship’s which seem to dwarf entire planets. His designs hit me with an overwhelming sense of awe – I just feel lost in their sheer size – they swallow up my senses. If Iain M Banks ever gets involved in creating a few graphic novels, this is the designer who he should hire for the job.

Would you like to see more of Alex Ruiz’s work?
Well you can catch him on his Twitter, Facebook page, MechFrog blog or on DeviantART.
You can also download his insightful tutorials at Concept Monster.
 

Time to get inspired – let your imagination run wild through spiralling alien corridors, leading into a realm of sprawling robot overlords and creatures of chilling power and magnitude!

Alex Ruiz is simply EPIC!!!

 

 

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JANUARY 2012 WINNER – XIAMIST

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Long live the Queen :)

Congratulations to our very first winner for 2012, Xiamist.

Wow, this is our third Queen of Quotes in a row. The girls are really showing the guys how it’s done. Nice one ladies!

This month we have a winner with a difference!

Xiamist (aka: Galaxie Maria) is one of those designers that we really appreciate around these parts. She has created fantastic community interaction by coming up with a clever infographic on how you can vote for ‘her’ design.

Her infographic is extremely helpful to our community, but at the same time it was also a rather clever way of racking up some votes for her ‘The Ultimate Nommage’ submission to our Marmite contest. Good thinking!

You can take a look at her infographic by checking out our original blog posting. It will educate and make you laugh all at the same time.

Marketing your own design is never as easy as it seems, but this was a truly fantastic way of getting herself some valuable design exposure.

Once again, well done, we hope that the community sees this effort and emulates your creativity.

Bravo!

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DECEMBER 2011 WINNER – CARIANNE

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We bow before thee!!!

The Springleap.com team sends out a hearty congratulations to our latest Queen of Quotes winner, Carianne Klein Katryn.

We are happy to know that more and more Springleapers are commenting on the multitude of designs that are coming through to our contest. However, there are very few who comment on practically all designs that come through!

Our latest Queen of Quotes winner is just such a person. She has gotten seriously involved in the commenting process and always brings an uplifting word for our hardworking designers.
Not only is Carianne a regular commenter but she is also extremely positive.

After a hard year for most designers it was great to see her uplifting comments coming through in December’s contests. We appreciated it, so you can just imagine how thankful our designers were to receive such a ‘gushing of goodness’.

Sometimes she will leave short to-the-point messages showing her love for a design, other times she will leave comments that help designers to improve their work, without being too harsh.

Take this one for example:
In the right screen, in the background the design is in a different shade of green and caught my eye immediately. The solid black almost looks "smudged" to me. I still think it's great :-)

Not only has this uber friendly member commented like crazy on Springleap, but also very prolifically on our ever growing Facebook page.

We are very happy to crown this latest winner!
Thank you for adding a bit of sunshine into our lives Carianne :)

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NOVEMBER 2011 WINNER – IZZICANE

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Hail to the QUEEN….again!

We are very happy to announce our very first queen (or king for that matter) to win this coveted compo for the second time.
Well done Izzicane :D

There are few Springleapers that put as much effort as Elzaan (AKA: Izzicane) does into her comments. She is fair, helpful and highly informative. There is nothing worse than getting a one word comment, which is why when she breaks it down so nicely, I think the designers really appreciate it.

It’s not just about the genuine comments that she makes on designs either. Elzaan takes it upon herself to speak about Springleap absolutely everywhere she goes. Yep, she is like a one-woman Springleap marketing team. You ROCK!!!

Check out her picture on the left, Elzaan even got involved in our Movember awareness campaign.
Hows that for being a good sport! Thanks so much....your are workin' that ponystache, hehe.

Congratulations Elzaan, we are very happy to once again give you a seat on this hallowed throne!
You more than deserve it and know that we will continue to see you around.

If you would like to read more about Elzaan, please scroll down a bit further and read her original Queen of Quotes write-up.

Just for the information of the other members: Springleapers can be Queen/King more than one, as long as there is a 3 month period between wins and that he/she cannot win more than twice in any given year.

Elzaan is a Springleaper who is adding serious value to our platform. She doesn’t hover silently in the background and really gets conversations going between voters and designers.

Well done once again, you well and truly deserve it!!!

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OCTOBER 2011 WINNER – WILBUR LIKE SMITH

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Monsoon, Assegai, River God?…..nope wrong kinda Wilbur!

All hail our October King of Comments, Wilbur Like Smith!

We are happy to announce a winner that really impressed us with his positive nature. Considering that he made lots of comments of our Positive Heroes competition entries we feel that he is definitely the right choice.

Wilbur Like Smith is one of those guys who gets involved and helps build the confidence of designers!
Honestly he comes across more as a friend and less of a critic, which is certainly a great quality that we look for in our King of Comments.
As with most people who comment, there is often a fine line between being helpful and just plain patronising of the artist work.

Wilbur Like Smith gets it right every time!

Just have a lookie at his comments and you will begin to see what we look for in a King:

“This is also a great pattern concept. Wanted to say that the logo could have been one of the four blocks, but I like the off-balance composition, nice work”

“Really like this as well. Would have maybe put the Positive Heroes logo above the shield, but it's great :)”

“I really like the image, but it's a bit comical for the topic :)”

You see what I mean? He is helpful and very good-natured in how he gets his opinion across.
Notice that at the end of every one of these comments he puts a smiley face…you can’t get more happily optimistic than that!

This is what our King had to say when he received the crown:

This is so orsm!!1! That's why I love Springleap!! You guys rock, apart from not just having great designs, fantastic print work, Springleap has gone and created a sense of community as well.

Winning this reminded me of something I read the other day, the words are by Feenix (designer of the Goodjoe logo) - 

"Everyday throughout the nation, ordinary people are doing small things, acts of kindness that make a huge difference in the lives of others and continue to inspire and provide hope to so many."

To all the designers, keep up the good work and good luck. Springleap's all about the designs and real people. (I still have to submit my first design)

Thanks again to Wilbur Like Smith. It was tremendous to see your comments coming through and we know we will see more and more of you in the future.

We appreciate all your hard work.
Enjoy your awesome prizes!

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SEPTEMBER 2011 WINNER – UNCLEHANI

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NICE ONE!

Time to crown our King of Comments for September!

Springleap sends out a big highfive to UncleHani for all of his contributions to the competition this month. It is great to see a Leaper who takes the time to get involved and give some feedback for our design submissions.

One of the best things about UncleHani is the fact that he is very to the point!
Now I’m not saying that he is rude, but he doesn’t tip-toe through the tulips when he gives his opinion. If he sees something that he feels should be tweaked he says so.

In many cases this is the most effective way to help designers out. They don’t want to hear false congratulatory nonsense, they want somebody to call a spade-a-spade and help them grow.

I liked these comments below most. The reason being he is so friendly and supportive of the designers work in both cases:

“Loveliest design, I like the idea of the baby, attached to the plus sign, big ups!”

“I love the message in this design "Life Never End", it shows that whether you are positive, it is no death sentence, big ups!”

He also made me laugh when he made a typo on one of his comments and then quickly ‘rectified’ his mistake:

“So lovey Macuz.”
“I meant lovely lol.”

Yup don’t wanna be giving the designers the wrong idea there, hehehe.

This is what UncleHani had to say about why he loves Springleap:

I love Springleap because it allows you to express yourself in a artistic manner, it keeps you out of trouble like drugs, crime etc. and I am thankful

UncleHani has sent through so many great designs to our competition. It has been really amazing watching his style develop over the past few months. His latest submission Sesame Street meets Twilight was a really fun design, which had us all in stitches here at the HQ.

Thanks again UncleHani…we know we will see you around!

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AUGUST 2011 WINNER – EFFIN’SWEET

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WINNER WINNER WINNER!

SUPER CONGRATS go out to Effin’Sweet for winning our King of Comments competition for August .

What we love about Effin’Sweet is that he is not at all condescending when he makes his comments about designs. He is helpful and gives suggestions for placement, but is never cocky or elitist when he does so.

It’s cool that he is always mega chilled and friendly!
So often we get comments that are negative and at the same time don’t give any worthy feedback to help the designer grow. We can all learn from Effin’Sweet in this regard!

Here are a few recent comments from Effin’Sweet which I felt illustrated his style of commenting:

1. “I quite like this one...out of the three I like the red version best, but I also like the red and blue version, I think that the randomness of colour becomes a bit busy, maybe try doing the Rev counter Red, speedo white and fuel gauge side blue.”

2. “Haha...cool glasses. If you break up some of the solid black it could look really good.”

3. “Nicely Done! I dunno why but I’m feeling like a slogan of sorts could have gone well at the bottom of the illustration.”

You see what I mean? Zero aggression or negativity....just useful and happy comments.

Effin’Sweet most recently collaborated with none other than local South African design guru, CHUCKY, to put together one of the most memorable and unique designs from the LEXUS  ‘CT 200h’ competition. There were so many people at the Springleap HQ who felt that this one was a winner.

To find out more about Effin'Sweet why not check him out on his Twitter page.

Thanks to Effin’Sweet for all the positive energy, we LOVE IT!!!

The Springleap team salutes you.

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JULY 2011 WINNER – MATSANNI

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Weeeee have a WINNER!

Well done to Sannidya (AKA: Matsanni ) for scooping our King of Comments prize for July .

We are always impressed with the awesome contributions this Springleaper adds to the website. Not only does he always have a positive word to say about a design, but he is also very helpful with insights that can help designers improve their work.

We often talk about the “balance” of the ‘perfect critique’ and how if you are too negative you could scare off designers , or if you are too positive, the designer never learns from their mistakes.

Matsanni has his comments down to a fine art and always seems to leave the designers informed and confident about what they produce.

Take these examples of his comments below for instance, if I was the designer I would be so amped about my design:

1. “BADASS character , I love the firm line, nice coloring and the distressed effect. I can’t imagine how cool I am when I wear this tee on the summer and I will wear the sunglasses, I don’t wanna have too much eyes LOL well done”

2. “Heya mr.Barmalisi
I always love your work. Overall, it looks great on a black tee, very well execution, but why don’t you put the design at the bottom? I guess it will be better. yay!”

See what I mean? He is open and friendly , makes you feel good about your design, but also shares insights in a controlled manner.

Many of you will already know Matsanni from his amazing winning design No place for Hubris! Which blew away the competition in the April 1 OPEN THEME compo.

So, not just a talented designer , but a helpful member of our community too!

You are a legend Matsanni, thanks for your contributions . You are most certainly the deserving winner of our King of Comments for July HIGH FIVE

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JUNE 2011 WINNER – BLEET

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Once again it is time to crown our monthly King of Comments .

Congratulations go out to Warren (AKA: Bleet) for his contributions and genuine feedback!

The designers he has helped will no doubt grow from his advice and comments.

What we like most about Bleet’s comments is the fact that they are critical without coming across as harsh …which is paramount to helping improve designers, without crushing their spirits altogether!
So often we have people making comments which come across a tad….well, venomous.

Bleet uses a bit of humour to get his message across, for example he said, “Reminds me of snakes and ladders, would have been cool if u connected the 2. Snakes and ladders with the dude, ok that concept is free, next one you will have to pay ;) “, haha.
Here is another example that I liked. Simple and to the point. He is critical, but balances his critique with positive aspects of the design, “The characters are a bit cliché, would have been way better if you made text out of the foam or something else, really well executed and the T colour choice is spot on”.

Bleet is already earning himself huge praise from the Springleap community and his skills seem to be growing at an exponential rate.

When you consider how good he is it is abundantly clear that he will very soon have his first Springleap victory under his belt.

It’s one of those ‘It’s not if he will win, but WHEN’ kind of a situations.
His latest submissions to the Hansa Pilsener ‘Special Ingredient’ competition stands testament to his growth. Until the last drops 02 and HANSA FLAGS are both highly rated by the community and stand a BIG chance of scooping the win!

Thanks again for the great comments Bleet, enjoy your prize ;)

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MAY 2011 WINNER – IZZICANE

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May has been another amazing month here at Springleap, both of our Open Theme winners were absolutely brilliant and we announced the winner of the Stepdog competition.

We have had an equally impressive amount of informative feedback and comments from the community.
The King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner would likewise have to be somebody who really deserved it .

The great news is that we have our very first Queen of Comments.
Congratulations go out to Elzaan , aka: Izzicane , for her HUGE contribution to the competition.

What I really like about our South African winner is that she may not be a designer, but she is passionate about good design. Izzicane says, “I’m not a designer or arty person but I love creativity and a good shirt :)!”

Not only did Izzicane get involved with most of the submissions up for vote, but she also tweeted on just about every design too.
Wow that really is awesome!
Springleap appreciates you going out of your way to bring awareness to our designs.

Izzicane had loads of insightful comments, but this is my favorite:

“Great design Hanno, the layer affect really works well. I feel that the design or logo just needs a bit more colour though as it has a lot of white open space, which could be a bit distracting. Maybe if you put some more shading into the moon or dirty the white up a bit? Maybe consider enlarging the logo a bit as well to give it a bit more attention and like Maike said maybe place it closer to the moon. I love the hand drawn feel and I think you nailed the eerie and sombre feel you where going for, over a great piece of art.”

I like that she compliments the design, gives constructive criticism , but at the same time isn’t patronizing .
That’s the way to do it guys and girls!

Thanks again to Elzaan and well done!

Find out more about the King of Comments, Queen of Quotes competitions.

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APRIL 2011 WINNER – SIMON

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Greetings one and all.

First off, thanks to the community for their awesome feedback with the April competitions.
Seriously, we are lucky to have a community that goes out of its way to make constructive comments about design submissions.

It is usually a very difficult, or at least a close race, when it comes to making our choice.
However, April 2011’s King of Comments winner was a relatively easy decision for us!
This was because one Springleaper really went out of his way to make positive yet ‘helpfully precise’ suggestions.

Huge congrats and thanks go out to Simon for his comments which undoubtedly helped raise our designers A-game .

Here is one of his comments that I really enjoyed:

Hey, you know what, I am a GUY and I love the pink, so bleh! This gives me the feeling of a vintage cake shop, I don’t know why, but I like cake so hey, what the hell! This is one of those shirts that I reckon would be quite “fashionable” when worn with some nice dark faded jeans. It has a ‘vintageness’ to it, and that seems fairly popular these days. I think the way you’ve used the typography as the “chair” is a clever touch. Because she is sitting down, one would naturally be drawn to the “chair”, in this case your words. Looking at your design preview on white, I think the design has been placed too large. Another thought, I could see this working without the background pink and it’s containing border, so if the girl just sat on the words to the left or right of the bottom area of the shirt I reckon that could work too? Agree?

For those of you who have been Springleapers for a long time , you will definitely recognise this talented designer’s work. Perhaps one of the greatest ‘designers designs’ ever to grace Springleap, came from this man.
Take a look at the design on the left of the above image, CMY… was an instant hit with creatives and sold very well indeed.

How long is a piece of String? , feature on the right hand side , is another simple yet effective design that helped raise Springleaps cred back in the day.

Thanks again to Simon for being a true all-around Springleaper , who adds value to our platform and community.

Enjoy your prize ;)

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MARCH 2011 WINNER – ACME

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Hi there friends .

It’s time to announce our King of Comments winner for MARCH 2011!

It has been really fantastic to see so many people getting involved and sending through positive feedback to our designers.

We would like to send a big THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS to our winner acme !

This designer had plenty of helpful hints for our community of designers, whilst still being a nice guy ;)

Take a look at two of his comments below. This is just the sort of thing we are looking for from the King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner:

“I think the concentric circles make it a bit stiff overall, specifically the outer ones . It could loosen a bit then it would be really great. The fist and electric shocks are the most powerful elements of this design so that should be the focus”

“That unicorn is EPIC! Would have loved to see more of the unicorn and clouds without the geometric elements though”

Acme is already very well known on Springleap!

You will surely know his hilarious Mule Bear and beach-arific Big Wave Challenge submissions.
Both were very well received and got impressive high scores . It is not a question of whether or not acme will win on Springleap, rather when he will win.
Which we have a feeling will be soon .

Most recently acme’s Happy Dolphin design made a huge impression on our March 1 OPEN THEME.
You didn’t know whether to laugh or be horrified , hehe, awesome work!

Thanks again acme, we hope you enjoy your prizes .
Please send us a few pics of you in your t-shirts ;)

So, who will be our King of Comments, Queen of Quotes winner for April?
Wanna get involved? CLICK HERE .

SL team.

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Thanks Ya'll.. im super stoked.. glad i could help out. and i'll aspire to continue the good comments and crits shoutBack on 29/8/11 by Valesidecc

Well done Matsanni! You continue to motivate and inspire the community :) shoutBack on 1/8/11 by CathRon

Rock on Bleet dude! Well deserved :) shoutBack on 14/7/11 by DuncanBoxie

jeeepers shot dudes…thats awesome case of beers and cash…def quitting my job (just kidding dig my job.) but thanks my friends u da shizzle in the dizzle shoutBack on 12/7/11 by bleet

Well done Bleet! shoutBack on 1/7/11 by amyabrahams

Well done Simon. I especially log in to read your constructive and inspiring comments. I think you have done a great deal in motivating our designers to push the limits, so this win is well-deserved! Thank you for your imput and keep it coming! shoutBack on 4/5/11 by CathRon

Well done Acme! shoutBack on 6/4/11 by CathRon

Robot design has changed so much over the years!

These days you seem to have three prevailing groups of robots that continue to make their presence felt: mecha, retro-robo, contemporary

Mecha is the term given to robots (more precisely gigantic robot-like battle armour) that come from a Japanese animation origin, otherwise known as anime.

Mecha have become seriously popular, especially since the ‘robotic uprising’ of the late 90’s (Flight of the Conchordes would be proud) when anime/manga really struck Western audiences with its epic might. This kind of robot art was vastly different from what most people were used to in the West and this ‘fresh’ take on robots was welcomed with open arms by robot lovers everywhere. These days it seems that every 3^rd robot design I see has its roots in anime.

Take a look at this perfect example of an anime style robot design. Ahbiasaaja’s illustration ‘And outcome the Wolf’ shows the scale that some of these mecha can reach (which can in actual fact get much, much larger). Most diehard fans will usually list mecha such as those from Macross and Gundam fame, as your stereotypical mecha designs.

The other aspect of Ahbiasaaja’s design is the fact that it shows a human soldier, standing quietly, almost seemingly appreciating the scene of the giant mech. Mecha are tools used by humans! They are for the most part, not sentient machines with advanced ‘artificial intelligence’. The future is often seen as a time where gigantic robotic creations are used by humanity as weapons or simply as a part of industry for practical use. This symbiosis of man-and-machine working together, on a daily basis, more prevalent than in Japanese mecha illustration!

Retro-robo is the kind of robot design that our parents and grandparents remember from their youth. Stretching as far back as the weird and wonderful rounded robots during Asimov’s time, to the shapes of the 80’s, I would consider all of these to be retro. The humanoid style of the time, such as the C-3PO automaton of Star Wars, was a very popular trend in robot design that continues today.

The concept of realistic humanoid robots has been a passion of sci-fi lovers the world over. In more contemporary times the humanoid automaton has been likened to robots that have a structure identical to their human creators (also a very popular trend in anime/manga).
The retro robot is still a huge source of inspiration for designers. The classical, almost humorous style (in our current opinions) of yesteryears robots, is mega unique and can often be seen employed in illustrations where the designer wants you to pick-up on a specific feeling.

Take for example this wicked robot design by Mathieu Leyssenne, simply entitled, ‘Robot’.
This is undoubtedly a retro-robo. The rounded shapes of the robot itself and the single red beam of light (War of the Worlds), not to mention the unfriendly disposition are all very retro in nature. Of course it helps that there is an old school ‘bubble headed ray gun wielding’ space adventurer in the image too, hehehe.

Finally, contemporary robot design. Wow, this is a rather difficult category to define. The reason for this is the fact that the robotic design trends of the past all seem to have been integrated into what we term modern robot design. Retro, and more recently anime, have totally entrenched themselves in the minds of designers and undoubtedly the influence has become inescapable….nothing wrong with this at all, this is the evolution of robot design!

I found this awesome illustration of the Star Wars B-2 Super Battle Droid. This is the exact kind of hybrid robot that incorporates a retro aesthetic with that of the anime influence. While this droid didn’t exactly look super hot in the movie, this illustration does look pretty awesome. I’m afraid I could not find the designers name, apologies there…anybody out there know his name?

Where do you think robot design will go in the future? Have you got any awesome examples of robots that you feel don’t fit any of these 3 categories…I would really love to see them.

R0b0t5-4-3v3r!

There is so much talent in South Africa’s music industry that it is often difficult to spot the gems amongst the gravel. That is except for singer songwriter, Toya DeLazy (aka: Latoya).

This talented young singer, who also plays the piano, writes music and composes mind blowing music. Wow, that’s like the complete package isn’t it?

Toya deLazy started playing piano at the tender age of 9 and has since gone from strength to strength to become one of SA's most promising muscial talents.
Recently she evolved her playing style to include the very awesome sounds of jazz piano and has developed her own specific sound through the diverse influences of the university she attends.

When you try and dissect Toya’s unique sound you are hit by a multitude of influences that range from R&B, soul and pop, to more classical sounds and the before mentioned jazz edge. The resulting sound is so spectacularly unique that it, please forgive me for saying this, doesn’t sound like it was produced in South Africa.

Toya DeLazy has released her first single entitled Pump It On This has been performing very well on the local scene and fast become one of the songs of the Summer.

Pump it on made its debut on 5fm (play-listed instantaneously…by the way) and has subsequently infiltrated just about every station in the country, including the college radio station, which I suppose makes sense when you think about this tracks party vibe. Definitely one of my best summer hits for 2011!

It was impossible for me to shake the feeling that Toya is destined for big things. Everybody I have spoken to here at the Springleap HQ is in love with this girl’s voice and the creative blend of soulful pop infusion. Her music, particularly Pump It On just makes you wanna dance until your feet catch alight.

Toya has now released the music video for Pump It On The video which was created by Adam Thal and Tristan Holmes of Star Productions. Well, these guys did an ace job of the music video, let me tell you. Although with the sheer power and talent that Toya DeLazy puts out there it was important that the video look and feel of the same quality….which they certainly pulled off with style – Great work!!!

 

One of the first things that struck me about Toya DeLazy’s music was the fact that it was very slickly produced. I mean you have to hear how well this music is put together. When I found out that Pump It On was produced by Jax Van Heerden and Johnny Deridder of Soft Light City, the dudes who put the zing in Jax Panik, it all suddenly became clearer.
If these guys are involved with her and see the potential in her talent, then you know this girl has something special.

This is a rising star in South Africa’s furiously competitive music scene. I get the honest feeling that Toya is going to soar to greatness here locally and VERY possibly on an international level too. Listen to her music and you will understand exactly what I mean.

There is so much we would like to know about Toya. I feel determined to discover more about the woman behind the music and how she is able to create such a unique sound, especially when originality in the music world is seemingly dying at an ever increasing rate.

Thanks for making my summer that much more special Toya, you kick serious bum!

Springleap has recently appeared in Finweek (issue – 19 January 2012).

Yes indeed, we have just been mentioned in one of South African’s most popular business magazines. This is such great news for us!

It is always fantastic to see that publications, especially those in influential circles, are recognizing our achievements and sharing them with their readers.

This Finweek article highlighted the fact that we have over 120 000 members and are now the fifth largest branded online Facebook community in South Africa. Well, actually now we are third largest ;)

We are ecstatic, thank you Finweek!