The shortlist is in, and now the community gets to choose what we print.
We asked the FEDSA community to design the official FEDSA t-shirt for DevConf 2026. The submissions were genuinely excellent, and we’ve narrowed it down to 4 finalists.
How to vote (takes 20 seconds)
Read through the 4x design finalists below, and then vote in the poll in the newsletter below 👇
Voting closes: Sunday, 26 April (23:59 SAST)
Winner announced on social media and in our next newsletter!
The prizes
Winner: R500 Takealot voucher + their design printed on the official FEDSA team shirts for DevConf (14–16 May) + a shirt for the winning designer + credit across FEDSA channels
Runner-up: R250 Takealot voucher + public credit (and eternal bragging rights)
Please vote for your favourite design below:
Option 1: Let Me Cook by Dominica Wannenburg | “Let me cook” meets braai culture: a cheeky nod to South African gees (we gather, we build, we get “ish” done).
Option 1: Let Me Cook by Dominica Wannenburg | Portfolio
Option 2: All in a Year by Schalk Venter: A single-swatch collage of the most newsworthy front-end + design tech moments from the last 12 months (with extra easter eggs to be added if selected).
Option 2: All in a Year by Schalk Venter | Portfolio
Option 3: Multilingual Hello World by Dean White | “Hello World” in multiple South African languages (Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, Tswana, English), rendered like code comments / print statements across languages (Python, JS, Rust, etc.). Colours reference the South African flag.
Option 3: Multilingual Hello World by Dean White | Portfolio
Option 4: Deploy Kindness by Zaakir Deminck | Celebrates community, connection, and kindness: developers across South Africa coming together under the FEDSA umbrella.
Option 4: Deploy Kindness by Zaakir Deminck
Which is the best T-shirt design for FEDSA 2026?
Alright, you’ve seen the finalists. Now do your civic duty:
Vote in the poll.
Winner + runner-up get Takealot vouchers, and the winning design gets printed on the official FEDSA team shirts for DevConf.
And please forward this to that one friend who always has an opinion about design. Let them fight in the comments (politely).