Onica Lekuntwane
Head of Department - Graphic / Multimedia Design
MA (Digital Arts)
Onica Lekuntwane graduated from Greenside Design Center (with distinction)
in 2002. This was followed by a short stint in the commercial design and advertising industry, until the calling of social responsibility became too loud to ignore. In 2003 Onica started Homegirl, a community based project which combines her love for graphic design, with her passion for empowering women through sustainable community engagement. Using discarded materials that are painful reminders of persistent societal challenges; her team of young women makes innovative crafts and artifacts from mainly recovered beer-bottletops. In 2007 Onica was nominated for ‘Community Builder of the Year’ at the FNB/Emang Basadi Woman of the Year event, in Gaborone, Botswana.
The Homegirl range of bottletop fridge magnets, badges, and earrings are appreciated both locally and internationally, and have been featured in exhibitions and media in Botswana, Denmark, Sweden and North America (at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC). The lead (Mma Ramotswe) character in The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency film wears Homegirl earrings. Onica, who also holds an MA degree in Digital Arts, is currently the Head of Graphic and Multimedia Design at Greenside Design Center, in Johannesburg.
Onica recently co-authored a Graphic Design publication for Macmillian Education, South Africa.
in 2002. This was followed by a short stint in the commercial design and advertising industry, until the calling of social responsibility became too loud to ignore. In 2003 Onica started Homegirl, a community based project which combines her love for graphic design, with her passion for empowering women through sustainable community engagement. Using discarded materials that are painful reminders of persistent societal challenges; her team of young women makes innovative crafts and artifacts from mainly recovered beer-bottletops. In 2007 Onica was nominated for ‘Community Builder of the Year’ at the FNB/Emang Basadi Woman of the Year event, in Gaborone, Botswana.
The Homegirl range of bottletop fridge magnets, badges, and earrings are appreciated both locally and internationally, and have been featured in exhibitions and media in Botswana, Denmark, Sweden and North America (at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC). The lead (Mma Ramotswe) character in The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency film wears Homegirl earrings. Onica, who also holds an MA degree in Digital Arts, is currently the Head of Graphic and Multimedia Design at Greenside Design Center, in Johannesburg.
Onica recently co-authored a Graphic Design publication for Macmillian Education, South Africa.