Illustrations, Graphics & Visuals
2016 - now
Graphic Design
This is brief collection of some of my graphical works. They have a wide range and is a veritable source of inspiration too!
Client
Multiple Clients
scope
Illustrations, Graphics & Visuals
year
2016 - now
duration
Multiple durations based on brief.
Overview
In Brief . .
Alongside architecture, I’ve spent over a decade making graphic and visual work: logos, posters, banners, web assets, illustrations, mental maps, printed books and even textile design, such as the USP student overalls. The clients have ranged from design studios (Design X Design, FeetInch Studio, Contemporary Design Stylez in Australia) to a gallery (Galleria Forum Box), universities, non-profits and musicians. What they share is a real subject to communicate and no room for an agency-sized process.
The Challenge
Sketch to Reality.
Most of this work has to explain something to people who aren’t designers. A poster has one glance to land, and a book or a gallery wall has to make a large amount of material make sense. The content often arrives unsorted, as photographs, archives and notes, so it has to be organised before it can be designed. Small clients face a further problem: an agency is out of budget and a template looks like a template.
the solution
Mood Before a Manual.
I start with the content: archiving, editing and sequencing it, then building the layout around it. Illustrator handles identity and illustration, InDesign handles books and technical prints, and Photoshop and After Effects handle imagery and motion. On the Design X Design 10th Anniversary Book I worked as photographer, archivist, editor and curator, and the same approach shaped the USP Student Guide and the printed material for my master’s thesis exhibit. For identity work I deliver the whole system (logo, typography, layouts and assets), so it holds together across web, print and social. One person takes it from first conversation to print-ready files, and the design decisions stay with me.
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