some quick portraits

I've been very lucky recently, because I've been able to invest in some fancy new toys - a brand new MacBook Pro and a Wacom Bamboo tablet! I feel very spoilt and happy! These are some of the first drawings that I've done with the tablet, they are not perfect, but I like them. Was going for a quick, rough look anyway. They are actually faces of my target audience, for a moodboard that I've had to put together for a presentation tomorrow... hoping it goes well!

StudioPod visual identity

An exciting brief for the first project of my BTech course. Our class was approached by the client, who designs modular housing units that have been made from reclaimed shipping containers.

The client was looking for a new target audience and visual direction, so I came up with this concept.

Due to their interesting design, clever use of materials, modern finishes and clean simple spaces, these modular units would make great work-spaces. Combine this with the fact that the Modupod can be built practically anywhere and leaves hardly any impact or scarring on the land, and you have the perfect solution for an outdoor office, studio or exhibition space.

A modular unit (or cluster of units) will be set up within the forest and marketed as “creative space for rent". Rentals will only be on a short-term basis, allowing more individuals to experience this unique concept. This would be perfect for people who are in-between leases and are looking for a new but temporary location, or those who simply need a fresh perspective and a break from the city.

lizard king

desktop wallpapers

This is a set of wallpapers/ screensavers that I made for the exhibition but ended up not using because the system preferences panel was locked on the mac that Stuart and I were sharing for our stand. Anyway, I've decided to put them up here and share them with you instead!

Click on the one you like for a bigger image, then simply save and use.

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nearly there

A screenshot of my desktop, with a wallpaper I made to cheer myself up by remembering that it's not too long now before our trip to the mountains...

New Project

A set of bicycles - part of a collaborative project with three classmates, Zulpha, Harriet and Lisa. 

The project is an online magazine, in the form of an interactive PDF. Our mag is called CLAN and is all about a "creative community"and basically showcases work and features interviews with some top class creatives.  

This issue of CLAN is "the bicycle issue", where each creative is depicted as a customised bike, reflective of their personality and unique creative style. The reader picks a bike, on the contents page, and the creative, then takes the reader on a tour through their "hood", which then leads up to the 'content' of the mag. 

I had a lot of fun doing these!

hello

Just messing around, trying to show the effects of being in front of a screen for hours at a time, combined with stress, boredom and winter weather!

Sangoma Illustration

final poster design

Colour study before doing the final one. I actually think I like this more than the final!

preliminary sketch

I just completed this A2 -sized poster illustration. 

I'm not so sure about the end result and am keen on making some changes.  

Any advice or comments here would be great!

Is that your final answer?

plain logo

"stickers" that were intended to be used throughout the slideshow-gameshow

logo in action - the title page of the slideshow-gameshow

I designed this logo and set of "stickers" for a slideshow presentation that our design history group had to present yesterday. The whole thing was a play on the "Who wants to be a Millionaire" franchise, with a bit of a cultural twist.

100 grams

This is a Communication Design project that I finished last year, but somehow forgot to post on here. Below is a quick design rationale that sums it all up nicely ...

front cover

seeds

popcorn

butter

matches

painkillers

wool

laundry detergent

copper sulphate

ribbon

back inside cover

inside front cover

back cover

This publication is a real mixture of literal and conceptual design.
The theme and title is 100 grams, and is an investigation into 100 as a unit of measure, more specifically in weight/ grams.

The main focus is on the small and often overlooked everyday products and items that, when measured in 100g, take on very different and often interesting roles.  

Working with 10 as a design tool, substances were chosen for their photographic (aesthetic) and reactions or effects when measured in 100g.

I chose to work in a square format, because 100 is a square number. Each 'page' (the booklet is in concertina form) measures 10 by 10 centimeters exactly, which then equals to 100 centimeters squared.  I purposefully chose a very clean-cut and minimal illustration style, in order to showcase the substances clearly, with silhouettes of human hands to indicate the interaction that we have with each of the ten items.

There is, however, a twist – the hands are not using or interacting with the substances in a conventional manner, in fact they are doing things that would never normally be possible – which adds to the intrigue and makes these seemingly ordinary materials appear to be amazing.

From the outset, I wanted to create a design that was subtle but still playful and intelligent. The typography has also been kept very simple, in order to clearly communicate the message throughout the publication.  The concertina format is also intended to add some playfulness to the publication.


Lastly, but most importantly, the finished design is printed on Sappi Reviva. Specifically chosen for “the difference it makes” - it is 100 percent recycled and 100 percent environmentally friendly, as well as being locally produced. Its natural texture and speckled finish work very well with the theme and overall design language used.

 

 

Here is the logo that goes with the packaging project that I just completed. The name, Intwasa, means "the calling" that one gets from the ancestors, summoning them to become a Sangoma or traditional healer.  

The logo design is directly inspired by the wildebeest tail swish that Sangomas use in their rituals - both by the hair of the tail and the swishing motion it creates. 

The type was all done by hand and is meant to loosely represent bones that are also used in ritual "throwing of the bones" ceremonies and the hair of the wildebeest tail as well.

Quite a simple logo, but  I think it's also pretty effective!

(I will post the rest of the packaging design very soon!)

Tea cures everything

i love this photo of these Victorian styled ladies!

I think I must be going slightly mad - for the first time ever last night I did something that I always thought completely unthinkable, impossible, too ridiculous to even imagine ...

I did some design history homework instead of prac work (logo design for a packaging and market research project, focusing on Sangomas - which is actually pretty fun and interesting)!

and I actually kind of enjoyed it ... 

gasp! What's wrong with you, Sawyer!

Anyway, here are some of the pictures that I made to accompany a little brief on traditional English Afternoon Tea, for my three group members who are coming to my house on Friday for some tea and scones and cucumber sandwiches and whatever else goes down well with tea.  Hope you appreciate this, group 3! haha, only joking...


Alright, no more procrastinating... lets get back to that packaging project!

 

 

 

 

 

 

and this is a picture that i took in Covent Garden last October - think it goes nicely with this project!