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MADE IN THE NOW

This morning I designed today’s t-shirt for Made in the Now. Made in the Now is a tee shirt company that produces a new shirt everyday, based on a breaking news story. It was extremely challenging having to design and upload a print-ready tee in a couple of hours, especially with the design having to be based on a pretty obscure news article. In the end I found being forced to think on my feet and embrace the limitations of the project a very rewarding experience. If you like the shirt you still have about 23-hours to get your hands on it. Below is my rationale for the design;

“Keeping in mind the advice from MITN ‘would my mates buy this shirt?’, I felt it important that this design is only inspired by, and not a visual retelling of the news article. I wanted my shirt to work on its own as a design open for interpretation, but gain a deeper meaning when placed in context of the news story.

I chose this quote by T. S. Eliot because I think there’s something both sad and romantic about this story when you think about the two people who the instruments once belonged to. While they have been gone for over 45,000 years it’s comforting to know that during their time they enjoyed the same things as we do now. It’s amazing the bridges music can build.”

    • #MITN
    • #Typography
    • #black and white
    • #design
    • #lettering
    • #made in the now
    • #print
    • #quote
    • #shirt
    • #t-shirt
    • #ts elliot
    • #type
    • #music
  • 1 week ago
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BRANDING: INSIDE OUT

Here’s a quick invitation I put together for the upcoming AgIdeas Studio Access night we are hosting at FutureBrand Melbourne.

    • #design
    • #graphic design
    • #branding
    • #type
    • #typography
    • #poster
    • #print
    • #futurebrand
    • #agideas
    • #melbourne
  • 2 weeks ago
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I can’t say this is a statement I agree with but here’s a poster I designed for brand strategist and PowerPoint aficionado Florencia Tarelli.
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I can’t say this is a statement I agree with but here’s a poster I designed for brand strategist and PowerPoint aficionado Florencia Tarelli.

    • #design
    • #graphic design
    • #indesign
    • #poster
    • #type
    • #typography
    • #powerpoint
  • 1 month ago
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Drink orange juice.
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Drink orange juice.

    • #delicious
    • #design
    • #experiment
    • #illustration
    • #juice
    • #lettering
    • #orange
    • #type
    • #typography
  • 2 months ago
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TESD Demonic Shield
This is a crest I put together for one of my favourite podcasts, Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave. I wanted to try something a little less friendly than their current logo and design something inspired by heavy metal album covers. Being a comedy show recorded in a comic book store with guests like Dave Wyndorf, I hope this feels pretty fitting.
If any of the TESD boys want to use this for anything, please get in contact with me and I’ll send through the artwork as a thank you for the many hours of free funny.
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TESD Demonic Shield

This is a crest I put together for one of my favourite podcasts, Tell ‘Em Steve-Dave. I wanted to try something a little less friendly than their current logo and design something inspired by heavy metal album covers. Being a comedy show recorded in a comic book store with guests like Dave Wyndorf, I hope this feels pretty fitting.

If any of the TESD boys want to use this for anything, please get in contact with me and I’ll send through the artwork as a thank you for the many hours of free funny.

    • #banner
    • #comic book men
    • #crest
    • #design
    • #graphic design
    • #illustration
    • #jersey
    • #kevin smith
    • #logo
    • #shield
    • #tell 'em steve-dave
    • #tesd
    • #demon
    • #demonic
    • #scott w kirkman
    • #smodcast
  • 3 months ago
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Please Spare Us.
Another unposted illustration I found on my computer from a few years ago. I have no idea why I drew this or what I was doing thinking up bowling puns…
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Please Spare Us.

Another unposted illustration I found on my computer from a few years ago. I have no idea why I drew this or what I was doing thinking up bowling puns…

    • #design
    • #illustration
    • #screen print
    • #bowling
    • #pins
    • #drawing
    • #10 pin
    • #humour
  • 3 months ago
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Drawn in anticipation of Mad Men Season 5.
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Drawn in anticipation of Mad Men Season 5.

    • #1960s
    • #belle and sebastian
    • #illustration
    • #mad men
    • #poster
    • #screen print
    • #step into my office baby
    • #type
    • #typography
    • #design
  • 4 months ago
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I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to design my second studio Christmas card for FutureBrand Australia. Keeping with the theme of the 2010 card, the front features some of the most talked about topics of 2011.
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I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to design my second studio Christmas card for FutureBrand Australia. Keeping with the theme of the 2010 card, the front features some of the most talked about topics of 2011.

    • #card
    • #christmas
    • #design
    • #futurebrand
    • #graphic design
    • #print
    • #type
    • #typography
    • #xmas
  • 4 months ago
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My identity design for The Beatle Boys originally began in 2009 as a university project, back when the band was still going by the name The Beatles Experience. We were given an assignment in which we had the option to either do work placement, or to self-manage ourselves on a design project of our choice. Being a recently new fan of The Beatles at the time, I jumped at the opportunity to design a new visual identity system for the very popular live stage show in which my cousin plays Ringo Starr. While the design was well received it was never implemented.
A few months ago my cousin called to tell me that the guys were working on a new The Beatles show and would like me to adapt my original concept to work with the new show title, The Beatle Boys. After looking back at the design two years later I still liked the concept but the execution was a little lackluster. This seemed like a very rare opportunity to be able to polish a design that I never felt was quite there.
I found going back to the well with this project was a really interesting experience as the finished project shows exactly how much(I hope) I have grown as a designer in the last couple years. View the full project here.
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My identity design for The Beatle Boys originally began in 2009 as a university project, back when the band was still going by the name The Beatles Experience. We were given an assignment in which we had the option to either do work placement, or to self-manage ourselves on a design project of our choice. Being a recently new fan of The Beatles at the time, I jumped at the opportunity to design a new visual identity system for the very popular live stage show in which my cousin plays Ringo Starr. While the design was well received it was never implemented.

A few months ago my cousin called to tell me that the guys were working on a new The Beatles show and would like me to adapt my original concept to work with the new show title, The Beatle Boys. After looking back at the design two years later I still liked the concept but the execution was a little lackluster. This seemed like a very rare opportunity to be able to polish a design that I never felt was quite there.

I found going back to the well with this project was a really interesting experience as the finished project shows exactly how much(I hope) I have grown as a designer in the last couple years. View the full project here.

    • #the beatle boys
    • #rebrand
    • #brandmark
    • #the beatles
    • #logo
    • #design
  • 8 months ago
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Designing the office’s 2010 Xmas card was one of my very first projects at FutureBrand Melbourne. Saint Nick’s beard is made up of some of the most talked about topics in the FutureBrand office throughout 2010.
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Designing the office’s 2010 Xmas card was one of my very first projects at FutureBrand Melbourne. Saint Nick’s beard is made up of some of the most talked about topics in the FutureBrand office throughout 2010.

    • #futurebrand
    • #christmas
    • #card
    • #2011
    • #graphic design
    • #design
    • #typography
    • #type
    • #xmas
    • #print
  • 1 year ago
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