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About

Sahre, Victore, Wilker is an annual, independent gathering, where experimentation and creative thought rule. For five intensive days participants collaborate to reconsider their working processes and push their ideas. 

Participants from around the world are welcome!

Created by Paul Sahre, James Victore and Jan Wilker, their annual workshop is a mix of hands-on design challenges, guest speakers, micro-exhibitions, surprises, discussions and anything else. Based in New York City, Paul, James and Jan are taking the workshop on the road. This is a one-time-only opportunity to study with them in Cape Town!

2011 Facts

• This year's workshop will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 5 to 9 September, with a little kick-off party in the evening on 4 September.
• There will be a group exhibition and closing function on 10 September as part of Creative Week Cape Town.
• Everyone from around the world is welcome to register.
• Participants should be 21 or older.
• The workshop fee is ZAR1800 (around $260), excluding travel and accommodation.
• A continental breakfast and small lunch is served daily, with warm coffee and tea available on request.
• Bring a pen, sketch block, a laptop wit Adobe CS and your head.

“The things we have in common, other than being three white guys, is that we love what we do and we want to share our enthusiasm for making things with those in attendance. We try to immerse and overwhelm. One of the strengths of our workshop is that each of us is present at all times, discussing and sometimes arguing about what's at hand. Participants don't get the luxury of adhering to one teacher's monopoly of the truth, they have to actively engage in the discussion and argue for their ideas. We're very much looking forward to this year's workshop in beautiful Cape Town. See you in September!” - Paul, James and Jan

Further questions? Just get in touch with matthew [at] interactiveafrica [dot] com or Tel: +27 21 465 9966.

Event details can also be found at www.sahrevictorewilker.com.

Paul Sahre

Graphic designer, illustrator, educator, author and editor, Paul Sahre established his own design company in New York in 1997. Consciously maintaining a small office, he has nevertheless established a large presence in American graphic design.

The balance he strikes, whether between commercial and personal projects or in his own design process, is evident in such things as the physical layout of his office slash design studio. On one side would be the silkscreen lab, where he prints designs and posters for various off-off Broadway Theatres (some of which are in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum); while on the other side, he is busy designing book covers for authors such as Rick Moody, Chuck Klosterman, Ben Marcus and Victor Pelevin.

Sahre is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times "Op-ed" page. He is the co-author of Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio, a book based on a collection of QSL cards, which amateur radio enthusiasts exchange after communication with other operators around the world.

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James Victore

As a self-taught and independent designer, James Victore's work ranges from publishing, posters and advertising to illustration and animation. His clients include Moët & Chandon, Target, Amnesty International, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum and Portfolio Center.

Victore's posters are in the permanent collections of the Palais du Louvre, Paris; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich; among others. His work has been featured in exhibitions and magazines around the world, and in 1999 a book of his work was published in China.

He teaches graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in New York and is a member of the AGI. Awards Victore has won include an Emmy for television animation, a gold medal from Broadcast Designers Association, the grand prix from Brno Czech Republic Biennale, and gold and silver medals from the New York Director's Club.

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Jan Wilker

Jan Wilker is from Ulm, Germany, and received his MFA in 2001 from the State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart.

In late 2000 he moved to New York to start a design studio, Karlssonwilker Inc, together with Icelandic friend, Hjalti Karlsson. They work on all sorts of projects for an eclectic mix of cultural and commercial clients, from local nonprofits to global corporations.

In 2003, Princeton Architectural Press published their Tellmewhy, a book that chronicles their first 24 months in business. Their work has appeared in more than one design publication and they have received many awards. Wilker frequently lectures and gives workshops on design and he continues to work with a diverse collection of clients, including A, the B, C, D, E, the F Club, G, H mag, I, J, and K.

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