Category: Graphic design
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Daft Punk: Reimagined sleeve art
I was never fond of Daft Punk. As someone who likes rock music and 80s synth I thought their work was just okay. This changed though when I watched Tron: Legacy at the cinema in 2010. Their soundtrack for the film remains to this day one of my favourite albums of all time. Copyright Daft…
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80s Branding: The Neon Laser Basement
As a child of the 1980s I have a great appreciation of media and artefacts created during the so-called decade of greed. This coupled with my love for research led me to my first blog in 2018, The Neon Laser Basement. The website and logo needed to reflect the period so I set out to…
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Reimagining Album Art: New Order’s Lost Sirens
Lost Sirens is New Order‘s ninth album. The album was released in 2013 and contains material cut from the their 2005 album, Waiting for the Sirens’ Call. I like the album, even though it is just a bunch of B-sides, but I always thought that the cover art felt out of place. This is not…
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Reimagining a Film Poster: Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Lars von Trier is a complicated director, and while some love to hate him, others are enamored with his films. Make no mistake, his films are cruel, violent, visceral, graphic, and even misogynist, but at the same time they are beautifully filmed and they do comment about the human condition in thoughtful ways. Nymphomaniac (2013)…
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Logo portfolio
Below are some of the logos I created over the years. This is by no means everything, but it gives you an idea of what I have done. Gametrader I had a lot of fun creating these four logos. The brief was simple: “Create a logo that would appeal to gamers of all ages”. I’m…
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Case Study: Cycle Pro Academy
From 2007 to 2009 I did a lot of projects in the South African fitness industry. At one point I had almost a dozen clients. I’m not going to mention the companies by name, as all off them, except two, closed down in the wake of the 2009 global economic crisis. One of the companies…
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Looking back: Business Card Design
Hardly anyone uses business cards anymore, but between 2007 and 2009 I designed around 500 business cards for small mom-and-pop businesses. Most of these were done for new businesses that were capitalizing on the business boom we were experiencing in the little river-town of Parys. Being an hour’s drive away from the greater Johannesburg area…
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The Inspiration and Branding Behind Moonlander One
I’ve been a freelance graphic designer and UX specialist for over a decade. As the business grew over the years, I thought it the right time to register a company and do some proper branding for myself. The branding needed to reflect my design sensibilities, but also my interests. I like sci-fi a lot, but…