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Category Archives: Graphic Design
Fashion Friday: Take 2
February 4th, 2011
Nadeesha Godamunne is another fashion illustrator doing interesting things in New Zealand. Writer Sam Eichblatt profiled her in ProDesign 110, and noted her distinctive style and also the development from her trompe l'oeil move into satirical illustration – a move that comes through quite clearly in the series of images below. She’s only just graduated from AUT’s masters programme [...]
Fashion Friday
February 4th, 2011
In the last issue of ProDesign we took a quick look at a couple of fashion illustrators that are producing great work. We had a lot of images left over, so thought it best to whack them all up here, gallery style. First up, the ephemeral illustrations of Kelly Thompson and, in particular, some of her work for [...]
John & Eye
February 4th, 2011
International graphic design magazine Eye is much-loved by its readership, so much so that you might say it puts the cult into culture. Artist and designer Catherine Griffiths recently caught up with music-loving Eye editor John L Walters before, and during, his recent visit to Wellington. Portraits: Bruce Connew. From ProDesign 110. John L Walters rolls up [...]
Made Something
December 8th, 2010
A short report on Make Something, a collaborative art and design project organised by graphic designer Bevan Tonks. One never knows what to expect with art projects, but it's always nice to have one's expectations well and truly exceeded. Thus it was with the Bevan Tonks-organised Make Something, which was on show in the dying stages of [...]
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Bean There: Adventures in Infographics
November 29th, 2010
I enjoy a good infographic as much as the next person, but this one, obtained from Stephen Richardson, of Parinto t-shirt fame, almost slipped under the radar (there's nothing like a computer upgrade to spur on some re-organisation of slack material filing tendencies). Richardson says the poster, below (and a limited edition t-shirt run), was designed in conjunction [...]
Grafitti Architecture
November 27th, 2010
Graffiti architecture — "grungy and streetwise" — was how the New Zealand Institute of Architects summed up the slender Perry Architects-designed apartment building on Cuba Street. Here at ProDesign, however, we tend to think that the building's refinement is accentuated by another form of letter-based adornment — in this case comes a typographical slash sound sculpture by Catherine Griffiths. ProDesign published a review on [...]
The Big Picture
November 26th, 2010
There's been a lot of interest in the last ProDesign cover, so for those interested, here's the full version of the image supplied to us by Apropos, which was part of a campaign for Post-it called Love My Mum. Check out the vid below to see the Post-it mosaic being created on the window of Whitcoulls, Queen St.
Showreel Friday
November 26th, 2010
Couple of free Friday minutes on your hands today? Well, take a trip down whimsy lane courtesy of National Park. Showreels can sometimes be a bit more miss than hit, but National Park has nailed this one. Charming, honest and hand-made indeed. National Parker Steffen Kreft was recently one of the many well-received participants at the Blast symposium [...]
Make Something on Friday
November 23rd, 2010
Make Something, a "collection of collaboration" based in downtown Auckland kicks off with an opening party Thursday evening (invite only, I believe) and then exhibition proper from Friday. And it's shaping up to be a pretty interesting event, with some top notch designers and artists joining forces for some cross-disciplinary, non-commercial collaboration. This year’s participants are Brogen [...]
Also posted in Art | Tagged Bevan Tonks, Brogen Averill, Davor Popadich, Dean Poole, Jamie McLellan, Make Something, Mechanical Turk, Tana Mitchell | 1 Comment




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