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Creative studio · South Africa

Designs that speak.

Branding, adverts, social media, video and websites for your business. And video invitations for your wedding, birthday or event.

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Where shall we start?

For your business

Everything your business hands out, posts and puts online, as professional as the business behind it.

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For your moments

Video and digital invitations for weddings, birthdays and events. Personal from the first frame.

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From your logo to your launch.

Start with one thing or the whole set. We’ll quote for what you actually need.

  1. A logo and a look people recognise, carried through everything your business hands out and sends.

    Includes

    • Logo design & brand development
    • Business cards
    • Company profiles
    • Letterheads & stationery
    • Email signatures
    • Corporate presentations
    • Any other design your business needs
    Ask about this (Branding & identity)

  2. Social media content and adverts, made to be noticed and understood at a glance.

    Includes

    • Social media advertising
    • Social media profile setup
    • Social media content
    • Advert design
    • Promotional adverts
    • Lead-generation adverts
    Ask about this (Adverts & social media)

  3. We edit your footage or create something new: video adverts, reels, intros and animated videos that get to the point.

    Includes

    • Video editing
    • Custom video creation
    • Animated videos (motion graphics)
    • Promotional & advertising videos
    • Social media video adverts & reels
    • Business intro videos
    • Product & launch videos
    • Animated logo intros
    Ask about this (Video)

    Our animation is motion graphics: moving text, logos, illustration and your own photos or footage. We don’t make 3D or cartoon-character animation.

  4. Website design, your own domain and a proper business email, so people can find you and trust what they find.

    Includes

    • Website design
    • Domain registration
    • Business email setup
    • Professional email signatures
    • Your online presence
    Ask about this (Websites & digital)

  5. Design for the things people hold, pass on and drive past.

    Includes

    • Billboard design
    • Flyers & posters
    • Brochures & catalogues
    • Banners
    • Promotional materials
    Ask about this (Print & outdoor)

  6. Starting something new? Introduce it properly, with every piece designed to match.

    Includes

    • Company introduction materials
    • Business launch campaigns
    • Promotional packages
    Ask about this (Launches & promotions)

  7. Clothing that carries your brand: for your team, your event or your customers.

    Includes

    • Branded T-shirts and golf shirts
    • Caps and hats
    • Uniforms and workwear
    • Event and promotional clothing
    • Branded merchandise
    Ask about this (Branded clothing & apparel)

Not sure what you need? Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll suggest where to start.

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The first glimpse of your day.

For weddings, birthdays and special occasions, and for corporate events and announcements: your names, your colours and your details, animated and ready to send.

Sample save-the-date invitation for Anna and Ben, 12 June 2027. Sample names, not a real couple.
Sample invitation

Picture your names here.

Anna and Ben are sample names. Your invitation carries your own names, your date and your story.

Download sampleMP4 video, 3.1 MB
  • Wedding video invitations
  • Birthday & special-occasion invitations
  • Corporate event invitations
  • Event announcements
  • Custom animated invitations
  • Promotional videos for events
Plan yours with us

Tell us the occasion, the date and the feel you’re after. We’ll take it from there.

Our brand, in every format.

Before we design yours, here’s ours: one identity, carried from a business card to a roadside billboard.

These pieces use our own brand, as an example of what we design for clients.

Business card

The first thing you hand over.

Letterhead

Every letter and quote, on brand.

Email signature

On every email you send.

Social media

A profile and a post that match.

A mock-up of our “Designs that speak.” artwork on a clean steel billboard against the sky, with the Advertalk wordmark and both founders’ phone numbers.

Billboard

Made to be read at speed.

Invitation

One frame from a video invitation.

Three brands we imagined.

We invented three South African businesses and gave each one a complete identity, from logo to billboard.

  1. Korrel, a fictional concept brand: brand board with the logo, a K scored into a round loaf, type and colour swatches.
    Concept

    Korrel

    Artisan bakery & coffee bar, Gauteng

    Concept. Not a real business. Designed to show how we work.

    We imagined a small bakery and coffee bar on a quiet Highveld corner. Its mark is three blade cuts that form a K, one the baker can score into every loaf, so the brand is on the bread itself and not just on the sign.

    • Terracotta#B0502E
    • Flour#F7F2E8
    • Charcoal#2B2927
    • Enamel blue#2E4A7D

    Besley and Schibsted Grotesk

    What we made

    Logo · Colour palette · Typography · Business card · Social posts · Billboard

    Concept · Business card
    Korrel, a fictional concept brand: business cards, a flour-white front with the wordmark and a terracotta back.
    Concept · Billboard
    Korrel, a fictional concept brand: roadside billboard in a winter field reading Bread’s out. Coffee’s on.
    Concept · Social posts
    Korrel, a fictional concept brand: social post in terracotta listing opening hours, Tuesday to Sunday.
    Korrel, a fictional concept brand: social post with a round loaf scored with a K, headed Fresh this morning.
    Korrel, a fictional concept brand: social post in enamel blue, set as a dictionary entry for korrel.
  2. Ixia, a fictional concept brand: brand board with the aubergine logo card, the X drawn as shears, type and swatches.
    Concept

    Ixia

    Hair & beauty studio, Western Cape

    Concept. Not a real business. Designed to show how we work.

    We imagined a quiet, grown-up hair and beauty studio in Cape Town, then redrew the X of its name as a pair of shears. That cut, a finger-wave texture and a calm, frank tone of voice carry across its cards, posts and billboard.

    • Aubergine#3B1A33
    • Rose#C8949A
    • Porcelain#F6EFEA
    • Jade#4F8F84

    Castoro Titling and Ysabeau

    What we made

    Logo · Colour palette · Typography · Business card · Social posts · Billboard

    Concept · Business card
    Ixia, a fictional concept brand: business card in aubergine beside its porcelain appointment card and a hair pin, on warm stone.
    Concept · Billboard
    Ixia, a fictional concept brand: roadside billboard reading A good cut grows out well, beside a rose hair texture.
    Concept · Social posts
    Ixia, a fictional concept brand: social post with studio hours under a rose finger-wave texture on aubergine.
    Ixia, a fictional concept brand: social post listing Cut, Colour, Treatments, Brows & lashes and Skin.
    Ixia, a fictional concept brand: social post reading A good cut grows out well, with open shears on rose.
  3. Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: brand board with the T mark, its construction grid, colour swatches and Archivo type.
    Concept

    Tweespoor

    Farm transport & supply, Mpumalanga

    Concept. Not a real business. Designed to show how we work.

    We imagined a family-run depot in Mpumalanga that takes feed, seed and fencing out to farms and brings the harvest back. Its T is a farm entrance seen from above: the two-track farm road meeting the tar, drawn bold enough to read from a passing truck.

    • Midnight#13233A
    • Harvest#C9962F
    • Chalk#F1EFE9
    • Signal#D2392B

    Archivo

    What we made

    Logo · Colour palette · Typography · Business card · Social posts · Billboard

    Concept · Business card
    Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: business card, navy front and cream back, beside a compliments slip.
    Concept · Billboard
    Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: billboard by a rural road, the T mark and the line To your farm gate.
    Concept · Social posts
    Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: social post, an aerial farm map above the line Now delivering across Mpumalanga.
    Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: social post with hazard stripes: Gates shut. Loads strapped. Calls returned.
    Tweespoor, a fictional concept brand: social post on ochre, planted rows above the line Planting season.

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From hello to finished work.

  1. 01Talk

    Send us a message on WhatsApp or by email. We’ll ask a few questions and send you a quote.

  2. 02Concept

    We come back with a first concept, so you can see the idea before anything is final.

  3. 03Refine

    You say what you’d like changed, and we refine it together.

  4. 04Deliver

    You get the finished work, ready to print, post, publish or send.

Hi, we’re Madelein and Caru.

Advertalk is run by the two of us. We believe your brand deserves to stand out, connect with your audience and look as professional as the business behind it.

Your celebrations deserve the same care. A wedding, a birthday or a launch starts with the invitation, and it should feel like yours.

We’d love to hear what you’re planning.

Let’s talk.

Tell us what you need and we’ll send a quote. Choose a service, add a note, then send it on WhatsApp or by email.

Based in Gauteng and Mpumalanga. We work with clients online, and we’re happy to come to you.

What can we help with?

Pick as many as you like, or none.

The business or the occasion, any dates, anything that helps.

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