Plett ARTS Festival: Augmented Reality (AR) – Merging digital and physical worlds
“You can paint your soul with any medium.” – Jeet Aulakh
Join Debra de Villiers, Garth Ensley and Ian Rossenrode at the Plett ARTS Festival for an immersive and entertaining look at the worlds of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) at the Piesang Valley Hall.
Debra’s interactive exhibition will be opening on 21 September 2024 with a special VR headset experience with Garth Ensley, join conversations with Debra and Ian Rossenrode on the link between traditional and digital art, AI and AR on 26 September, and a taster pop-up digital exhibition on the Plett Twilight Meander at the Ivory Haus coffee shop terrace on 20 September 2024. Debra will be exhibiting in the Piesang Valley Hall foyer from 20 – 26 September from 10am – 4pm daily. Learn more.
Debra de Villiers, is a multimedia graphic designer, whose design business, Dimension Design, specialises in professional branding, websites and marketing materials. Her art focus is also on the fusion of her traditional art and digital design background with the latest creative technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), AI, 3D and Motion Graphics. She is passionate about the intersection of art, design and technology.
Debra’s digital art brand, Firehart, is where her own creative expression runs free. Debra prints her digital art onto clothing and other products that can be found in some local retail shops and online. Clients are able to order custom animated digital illustrations of anything you can imagine!

Augmented Reality (AR) is an exciting technology where digital content such as video and 3d can be overlayed onto the physical world in 3d space, or on printed items.
Dimension Design offers Augmented Reality (AR) Services
- Imagine: your printed business card coming to life with a promo video of your product or service when people view the card via a phone
- Imagine: moving digital information appearing from any physically printed image, like your business brochure, event poster, signage, maps
- Imagine: 3d elements coming out of the screen of your website
Your digital info can evolve and change over time via the same physically printed item, or pop up in different physical locations via location based services. View a video demo of how this works on Debra’s website.
Book a free consultation to find out how Debra’s Augmented Reality & Motion Graphics Services, can benefit your business or project, with exciting and innovative solutions and effects !! Dimension Design offers AR-branding, AR-websites and AR-motion graphics, fascinating cutting edge technology.Please Contact Debra by email to set up a telephonic or in-person meeting – debra@dimension-design.com.
During the Plett Art Festival – come and see artworks come alive with animation and 3D at the annual Firehart Augmented Reality Digital Art Exhibition organised by Debra, at the Plett Community Hall Foyer, Piesang Valley 20-26 September 10am – 4pm daily. Also try an immersive VR experience by Garth Ensley and join conversations with Debra and Ian Rossenrode on – The link between traditional and digital art, AI and Augmented Reality.
Please see the Plett Arts Festival Program for more details www.plettartfestival.co.za.










