About
Striving for perfection! Africa's finest crafts at your fingertips.
"Re ikgantšha ka bohwa bja rena!"
Established in 2005, Noko designs specialises with various decorative artworks, accessories and business services. The company has been successful in receiving finance and sponsorship, though this has only pushed the drive and passion of founder Bethuel Mapheto’s to further express his creativity through innovative and highly appealing hand-works.
Noko Designs is a well-known national and international brand through its production of high-quality and visually appealing art pieces, through attendance of different exhibitions and award recognitions locally and around the world.
Noko Designs managed to accumulate various awards in the creative sector for innovation and excellence. One of the organization’s aim is to provide business assistance to emerging creatives that will equip them to efficiently conduct their own businesses and to form partnerships and cooperatives to market their products internationally.
To be a leading and recognised craft design brand in South Africa and abroad.
Noko Designs aims create local employment opportunities as it continues to grow and to capacitate local communities with various skills development programmes.
To enhance the arts and craft production capacity through skills development, product design and product development while entrenching production of quality and market related products. To implement a comprehensive and integrated arts and craft development programs for both practitioners and learners.
• To facilitate skills and cultural heritage transfer from the older to younger generation.
To promote traditional craft skills whilst promoting innovative and market driven contemporary craft production.
To tap into new markets for the organization and others. To get exposure for income generation. To educate participants on how to access local and global markets as well create partnerships.
Our partnerships are based on collaborative arrangements between various actors, such as local governments, non-profits, businesses, and residents, to address shared issues and pursue common goals in an effort build sustainable solutions in tackling community development.
Our approach is to build on mutual trust, open communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement. We do this by leveraging our partners’ strengths and resources while engaging businesses and local organisations to create a lasting positive impact to benefit the community as a whole.
Should you wish to collaborate with us on community development projects kindly contact us: info@nokodesigns.co.za
Striving for perfection! Africa's finest crafts at your fingertips.
"Re ikgantšha ka bohwa bja rena!"