From being a blogger, to a photographer and a stylist, one of South Africa's most prominent digital trendsetters Trevor Stuurman is now a hat designer.He said he started this venture because every time his fans would see him in the streets, they would ask him when he was going to start designing hats."Design has always been in me and it was just a matter of listening to my followers and giving them something designed by me," he said.As a creative, Stuurman said he wants his work to live everywhere and that comes with him exploring the industry.His personal style, which is heavily influenced by prints, is usually finished off by one of his signature Simon and Mary hats. The local hat producers also manufacture his new hat range. "I chose to work with them because of the quality of the brand," he says.The designer's personal hat style has evolved over the years. He has been seen rocking 1950s-style military hats reminiscent of the Russian military, as well as the Muslim topi-inspired style.In collaboration with artist Nelson Makamo, the collection is titled "Home Is Where the Art Is" and consists of 10 hats that come in fedora and bowler styles.Makamo's first collaboration with a fashion designer was in 2014 with Ole Ledimo of House of Ole on his Autumn/Winter15 collection. There he explored acrylic paint on suit fabrics.Known for painting children's faces, Makamo's art work is made of a number of techniques such as media-watercolour, pen and ink, monotype, silkscreen, charcoal drawing and painting (oil).On the "Home Is Where the Art Is" hat collection with Stuurman, Makamo has painted his hand-print, his signature and his iconic trademark face paintings."I have been following Nelson's work for three years and being fond of it, I was inspired and knew I had to work with him," said Stuurman.Inspired by his home province, the Northern Cape, the young designer says he was on his way home and took a picture of a landscape and realised how dry the province is - hence the colours are earth tones."As a storyteller I decided to do earth-tone colours such as browns, green and blue which resemble my home province."The collection comes in two-toned colours designed for an understated and bold look at the same time."In the past Stuurman has worked with world renowned designers including Laduma Ngxokolo of Maxhosa by Laduma and international actor and producer Terry Pheto.Stuurman believes collaboration is the future, stating: "Collaboration allows similar minded creatives to find strength in one another. Collaboration moves the industry forward allowing each and everyone to expand their network and, as we all know, two minds work better than one."..