our company

"We have mastered the mammoth mission of making marketing messages move from the marketplace into the mind.. this is branding." - Arthur C. Van Wyk

About the Company
The company was launched in 1998 as Delagetto Communications, a specialist youth marketing consultancy that did outsourced BTL and promotions work for clients as varied as Saatchi & Saatchi, J Walter Thompson, SABMiller, Distell, Levis Jeans, British American Tobacco and Sony Music. In addition, Arthur Van Wyk worked as a club deejay, a live event promoter, a freelance writer for YMagazine and owner/editor of online entertainment portal URBANTAINMENT. After a relocation to Durban from Cape Town and a 4 year hiatus, the company was relaunched in Kwazulu Natal in 2005 - as KOOLOOMA.

We are sometimes referred to as a design company..a branding agency... other times a communications consultancy.. many have even called us an ad agency. Well whatever you wanna call our business, and whatever it is we've done or going to do for you.. we do this with a passion and only one objective in mind.. whether it's on your company profile, your website, your staff uniforms, your building signage, print advertising or just your business card.. oh yeah, and even your bank balance. WE MAKE OUR CLIENTS LOOK GOOD.

Our People
Linda Van Wyk - CEO.
Linda started her business career very early in life - managing the finances of her family home. Further learning continued with her working in furniture retail for several years. Here she learnt the harsh disciplines of finance and management. She has held a management position with Ticketweb SA and in 2002 heeded her calling to the world of entrepreneurship. Linda is the founder of Bon Apetit - a FMCG manufacturing company, she co-owns Durban Major Events with her husband and two other partners and is a shareholder in local media company NGIZWE.

Arthur Van Wyk - Creative Director
He dropped out of university in 1997 - with one more year to go to complete a BCom degree - to walk the untrodden path of self-employment. This included being owner/editor of a hiphop magazine, running an entertainment portal, a spaza shop, a computer sales & training business and doing graphic design work on the side. Following a management position with Ticketweb SA, he founded Delagetto Communications - a youth marketing agency. After relocating to Durban in 2000, Arthur worked in telecoms call centers for 5 years and re-entered the business arena in 2005 by launching KOOLOOMA. He is an avid blogger and contributor to business and technology websites. Arthur drives the creative engines of this company.

our bouquet

The services we offer

  • Advertising
    Creating a mixture of textures, images and copy with the power to sell.. and not just look pretty.
  • Branding
    The same as taking a red hot iron and burning your name into the hide of a cow or a bull. The name sticks.
  • Communication
    The movement of information from one location(seller) to another (buyer), sprinkled with a little subtle persuasion.
  • Design
    The use of computer software to take normal images and convert them to visual buffets.
contact us

Speak to us now, or forever hold your peace. Peace.




PO Box 50824
Musgrave Road
Durban, 4062
info@koolooma.com

our portfolio

Some of the companies we're proud to call clients

Some of the identities we created

Websites conceptualised and designed in our studios.

Some of our clients
Indiza Capital
Safmarine (Pty) Ltd
Quiksilver
The Keona Group
Vision Net (Dubai)
BOSSS Marine
Krost Recruitment
NSF Accounting Services
Kingdom Movers
In Style Events
Kamanga Properties