About Lindie

Teaching design is where my passion comes alive. At the Information Design department at the University of Pretoria, I lecture UI/UX, social innovation design, corporate identity design, and visual culture (place and airline branding).

My master's thesis explored otherworldliness, aesthetics and death in post-WWII Japanese poster design, reflecting my fascination with languages, design, metaphysics and history.

I'm also a language coach, YouTuber and blogger on the side. I promise I have hobbies, too! I can spend hours learning about flags, reading books, watching films, painting and traveling.

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I was born in South Africa, but grew up in Pakistan, France and the UAE. I've lived and worked in Japan, South Africa and Singapore as an adult.

Skillset

DESIGN & SOFT SKILLS

Product design
Branding/corporate identity
Design systems
Prototyping
Usability testing
User research
UX workshops
Service design
Illustration
Graphic design
Video editing

LANGUAGES

English & Afrikaans - Native
Korean - Proficient
Japanese - Fluent
French - Advanced
Spanish - Intermediate
Mandarin - Intermediate
Hungarian - Upper beginner
Dutch - Beginner
Vietnamese - Beginner

SOFT SKILLS

Public speaking
Cross-cultural competency
Mentoring
DesignOps
Language coaching
Design lecturing