Some labour-intensive identity work from Dutch designer Roald van der Meer using forced-perspective to bring the MTV logo to life.

(more…)

In keeping with the last few updates on branding and Identity design I’ve scanned in some excerpts from this book of Japanese family crests and heraldry.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

Dave and I here at the Riddip headquarters in Northcote have spent the last couple of months putting together a memorial website for the wonderful musician and raconteur John Rasmussen.

(more…)

Putting the finishing touches on the John Rasmussen website I’ve been working on with a friend for quite a while now but I was missing a few album covers for John’s archival recordings. So I made a couple of new ones.

(more…)

Thanks to Benny and Matty for letting me ride shotgun yesterday.

(more…)

The view from Mt Feathertop last Saturday.

(more…)

Europe is filled with Cathedrals built centuries ago that were designed to inspire awe and show off the wealth of the church and the city-states that helped finance them.

(more…)

“Progress is not inevitable, it requires commitment. There are setbacks and regression but I leave this place still optimistic that Australians will seek and find in their representatives declarations and deeds that elevate hope above fear, tolerance above prejudice and that they may be proud of laws made by Parliamentarians and the contribution they make to help build a fair, decent and civil society for quickly coming generations.”

- Petro Georgiou

With the release of Chris Parkinson’s book on the street art of Timor Leste I went through my photos and uploaded a selection of images I took of street art and murals in Dili.

(more…)