Step 1.
Brief and discovery
A conversation about the business, who it is for, what already exists, and what would count as a useful outcome. Notes stay in plain language.
You would leave with: a shared picture of the problem. Not a design yet.
Work and process
No client projects yet.
This page is the proposed way of working, plus the self-initiated pieces that exist while the practice is built in public. Nothing here is a case study, a client quote, or a result achieved for someone else.
Proposed process
Written down before it has been used with clients. Treat it as a method, not as proof that the method has already delivered.
Step 2.
Written scope
A document that names the deliverables, the rounds of review, what sits outside the work, and a fixed quote for that scope.
You would leave with: something you can accept or decline. There is no hidden rate card.
Step 3.
Design review
Work is shown at the agreed points. Comments are collected in one pass, so they do not contradict each other halfway through.
You would leave with: a reviewed direction, or a clear request for a change that is still inside the scope.
Step 4.
Delivery and handover
Final files, or the live site, plus a short note on how they are meant to be used. Domain names, hosting accounts and other logins stay in the owner’s name.
You would leave with: the work, and enough context to live with it.
Step 5.
Optional support
Further help is a separate written scope. It is not assumed, and it is not an open retainer by default.
You would leave with: only what that later scope describes.
Self-initiated · Not client work
This website
The Mbombela Made site is designed and built by Mfundow as the public face of the project. It is an experiment in structure, typography and plain language. Status: in development, towards a January 2027 launch.
It is not a client outcome. There are no visitor numbers, enquiry counts or before-and-after claims attached to it.
Self-initiated · Division study
Mbombela Made Apparel
A visual system for location-tee streetwear from Mbombela. The point of the study is consistency: the same wordmark, a small set of placements, and a strict use of black, white and the logo red. Garments are not for sale on this site.
When client work exists
It will be added here with the client’s name, what was agreed, and what was delivered. Until then the page stays as it is, rather than filling up with grey boxes, invented logos or mock results.