I earmarked Ptarmak design studio in Austin a while back to do a post on because, aside from having solid portfolio of branding projects, they have a real flair for presenting their work and an excellent HTML site to top it all off.

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The first post on this blog is more than a year old now and it was a link to the ‘World of Logotypes’ book published in 1976 and re-discovered and scanned by designer Eric Carl.

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NotJones.com is the web portfolio of UK Graphic designer Aled Williams and he’s also not half bad.

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I’m having trouble keeping up with all the web aggregates and feeds and enewsletters and cryptic notes I’ve written to myself.   I’m digging up and stumbling upon things while stuff is buzzing and tweeting so I can’t be sure how I came across Magpie Studios but I’m glad I did.

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Sometimes a good, simple idea is like a gorgeous girl on the arm of some average-looking bloke.  You’re jealous but at the same time you can’t help but stare.

I think this logo was a bit like that for me.

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At the start of this year I was asked to design postcards on behalf of the Financial and Consumer Rights Council. The FCRC is an advocacy group representing the interests of people with actual financial difficulties (as opposed to the ‘financial difficulties’ of those of us who decided to do an arts degree).

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Melbourne is amping up for 2010s Laneway Festival and the organisation is busy assuring the local indie music fans that they wont be taking the rough and ready approach they did last year that resulted in a great number of pissed off people in plaid shirts and skinny jeans. But if you dig the lineup for next year, or you’ve seen the promo posters, then you’ve seen the work of We Buy Your Kids.

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The final printed business cards for sound and lighting technician Jacob Battista.

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These business cards were made for Thomas Fairman, a Forest Scientist from the University of Melbourne working on land carbon reserves in Victoria.

The design was done by yours truly with printing by West-Australian company Saltprint. They offer a range of 100% recycled paper stock which use a mix of totally chlorine-free and elemental chlorine-free pulp fibers and part of their commitment to the environment includes planting one native tree for every order to offset the carbon cost of the printing. They also use renewable energy sources like wind and hydro for most (92%)of their power requirements.

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I updated my print folio with this promo poster for ‘Lens Flair’- a fund raising event I helped organise on behalf of latenitefilms.com.

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NewPage Corporation is one of the largest pulp mill and paper distributing companies in the world and, at first glance, it seems to be a company that is taking its corporate responsibility seriously. Much of their website is devoted to the policies and systems put in place by NewPage to offset the carbon ‘footprint’ of the organisation. Their stated intentions are certainly commendable. Often times it is a lack of transparency and oversight that allow large companies to continue practices with high short-term returns at the expense of the natural environment in the long term.

In lieu of that, NewPage appears to be doing just what their name suggests; stepping up and educating the public and retailers on best practices when it comes to sustainability.

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Here are a few initial proofs for a logotype for sound and lighting technician Jacob Battista.

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I recently met the mysterious artists behind the ‘Past Use By’ Metcard installation in the foyer of the Adelphi Hotel. Their work, also part 0f the State of Design Festival looked at the paper waste that results from single-use metcards.

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As part of the state of design festival festival Melbourne company Electrolight is running a competition centered on creating new fixtures for sustainable lighting.

Part of their marketing for the competition was the creation of this silkscreen poster by local design studio Buro North. Details of the production and photos of the printing process itself can be found on For Print Only blog.

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The State of Design festival kicks off on Wednesday (15/7) here in Melbourne. The 09 program includes a number of events, exhibitions and workshops focusing on the local design industry.   One such exhibition is cloud19 which has its opening night this Saturday with “a futuristic landscape of 15 design disciplines fused with electronic music showcasing design creations from over 40 emerging and established designers from Melbourne and Sydney.”

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