Enlightened
Recently we took in the visual spectacle that was Canberra’s Enlighten. One of our favourite installations was ‘The Cloud’. Brought to life by Canadian artists Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett and composed of 6,000 incandescent light bulbs set against the night sky. It was impactful in its simplicity. As it drew you closer, you […]
Bill Takes the Plunge
Designers often talk about the importance of white space – well, a Sydney Festival installation by SNARKITECTURE takes it to another level. They have taken an urban space – The Cutaway, at Barangaroo Reserve and filled it with 1 million white balls, transforming it into THE BEACH an interactive monochromatic art installation. Complete with all […]
Pantone Colour of the Year 2017
The Pantone colour of the year 2017 is Greenery 15-0343. Greenery is a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade symbolic of new beginnings. It is nature’s neutral and signals consumers to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate. The more submerged people are in everyday life, the more they crave the beauty and unity of the […]
Sweet Design
Every now and then you see just the right amount of design that just works oh so well! Totally appropriate design that cleverly targets an audience is persuasive.It can make all the difference when umming and aahing over what brand or product to buy. Fantastic food package design excites the palette and suggests it’s going […]
Spectrum at The Art of the Brick: DC Comics
Bill headed north and amongst other pursuits he and his daughter headed to the Powerhouse Museum to check out a glorious mash up of two of his favourite childhood toys – LEGO and comics! Who knew you could make a living as an artist doing this! The two of them were astonished at the volume of […]
Pantone Colour of the Year 2016
For the first time Pantone have selected two shades as the Pantone Colour of 2016. Rose Quartz PMS 15 – 3919 & Serenity PMS 13 – 152. These colours blend together a sense of tranquility and balance, evoking ideas about peace and order. We dare say that this year we will see many projects with […]
Cobblestones and smiles = Roobiax shenanigans
Bill recently took off to Victoria for his annual June long weekend pilgrimage to the Melburn Roobaix This a participation event where ‘winning’ is frowned upon and simply enjoying the cobblestones, cow bells and dressing up are encouraged. Pictured is ‘Maverick’ and ‘Goose’ from Top Gun – with their aviators on and Kenny Loggins ‘Danger […]
We love a thank you!
Just before Anzac Day a client dropped off a thank you pressie…aww.! We’d managed to turn her bespoke one-off ‘magazine’ around pronto and she loved it! It was a fun gig but we only had a few days to go from an idea to execution and presentation. After the design was approved we had to […]
Movie Posters
Designing material beyond the expected, trying a new creative approach or not following a formula can often make a target audience get [re]excited about a promotion. Here’s a good example of what we mean. The Batman franchise has gone from the cheesy [which some of us liked] to the macabre [think Heath Ledger as The […]
Dirty Granny thank you
This was a pleasant surprise! We recently had a case of ‘Dirty Granny’ cider dropped off to the studio as a thank you for [another] job well done by the team. A number of these were emptied by week’s end! Thanx Polly! The name got us chuckling and the taste got us smiling!
