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The Hobo Hi-Fi is a self contained, self powered sound system mounted to a shopping trolley. Hence the name. It has a unique hand built, second hand aesthetic to it, so any associated design work needs to reflect this without seeming amateurish. To establish a web presence whilst the website is under construction, I have [...]
This is my first attempt at giving MySpace a professional overhaul. Stonnington’s Freeza committee, Soundslike productions, came to me with a few ideas about what they wanted for their myspace and I worked and massaged them to fit inside myspace’s antiquated layout. For this project, I really had to delve into the dark recesses of [...]
A simple but effective website for the Dan O’Connell pub in Carlton. The aim was to create a no-fuss website which was easy to update and contained a simple contact form for people to enquire about the pub’s function room. The site uses WordPress as the CMS and contains numerous hacks and fixes to make [...]
This is a site for freelance writer Andrew Stapleton. Due to the fact that the site had to function as a portfolio as well as a blog, I used numerous hacks and templates within Wordpress. Each section has its own template page and displays posts relevant to it. i also played with the default Wordpress [...]
This is a site for a walking tour based in Melbourne. The site had to be simple but still convey all of the information about the walk. So as not to over complicate things, I decided to put everything on the one page and use a simple javascript transition between the sections. The site uses [...]
This was created as part of a press kit promo for up and coming Melbourne punk band, The Duvtons. A majority of the design work was done by the band’s lead singer Marvel, all I was required to do was to link it all together. I had to use various bit of Actionscript to make [...]
When I was doing the website for Melbourne by Foot, the owner asked me if I could also do some print work for him. The logo needed to be cleaned up and prepared for printing on a t-shirt. He also wanted a business card and a simple brochure designed. For the brochure, we decide to [...]
This came about when I was approached to re-design the Dan O’Connell Hotel’s website. We decided that the place could do with a newer look than what it had at the time. I discussed several options as to what feel they should go for. The final logo consists of a silhouette of Daniel O’Connell’s head [...]
This is a poster I made to promote my own Friday night residency DJ’ing at the Fox Hotel in Collingwood. I traced the artwork by hand, scanned it and then filled it in using various water colour effects in Photoshop. The idea was to make the poster look like a 70’s blaxploitation film poster. The [...]
These are several print projects that I was commisioned to do by The Dan. They range from straight out Illustrator to complex Photoshop work. They were all designed at A3 300dpi with A0 black and white copies made of each for the front of the pub. This was quite good exposure for me and led [...]
A couple of posters I did for a bar in Thornbury. Unfortunately the posters went a little bit better than the bar, which was forced to close last year. Done entirely in Illustrator, the posters are a mix of stock vectors, hand drawn art, and the logo provided to me. The brief was to create [...]
A re-design of the take away menu for Mojo’s Weird Pizza in Clifton Hill. As most of my print design work is done in Photoshop, this was a nice challenge to see if my Illustrator skills are still up to scratch. I had to make the menu look different enough from the previous one that [...]
I was approached to create a CD and poster for Melbourne funk/soul band Crazy88. Both the products had to cement the feel of the band and appeal to both people booking for corporate functions as well as venues looking for a band. The design had to evoke 70’s nostalgia with a modern edge and also [...]
This is a logo I designed for a restaurant in the Dandenong Ranges. The restaurant is situated on the grounds of a nursery and ornamental garden, so the design needed to contain elements that reflected that. I felt the word feast evoked warm, almost wintery feelings so I decided to explore this by using deep, [...]