An exciting new venture from Hugh Evans and partners. Their goal is to buy marginal farmland and grow it into eco-sanctuaries with some awesome other uses. They are working toward a progressive model of land stewardship. Right now they are developing a super site and experience in the hills above Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington.
Stevenson Tua’i
A new portfolio site for Tai and Mike and Kassidy – who now operate as Stevenson Tua’i. They made it nice and smooth and easy with good photos and a nice clear brief. It was a nice process helping the guys with the new company name and typemark. Thanks to Williams Signs + Graphix for the help with the window design for their cool new office.
Cell Division's new ciders
Design for cans and tap badges for Jamie’s new classy cider Linda, and its offshoot The Orchardist for which he collaborated with Peckham’s. It was fun trying to create the feel of Winnie-the-Pooh books.
Vision 20|20
In late 2020 I got to help with this great project named Vision 20|20. It’s about vision testing resources and learning for school students.
The dynamic team was made up of occupational therapists, an optometrist, product designers, and a whole big mob of teachers and intermediate school kids. The Vision 20|20 team asked me on board to help design some testing resources, and a logo, and to create some short animations.
Update: the project is a finalist won silver in the Best Design Awards, in the category Value of Design. Woop! Thanks to Machiko, Mary, Kelechi and Sarah and the rest of the team.
New beer label for Cell Division
Here’s a new beer label for Jamie' McQuillan’s boss beers. This one is a thing he’s been working on up in Tasman with Peckham’s Cider, and it’s named Fire Graff. It’s coming out soon, in a can.
Jamie wanted something that felt Surrealist, like a Magritte painting, and we settled on the idea of a painting of the two main ingredients on fire. I’m not a good painter, but I made the idea suited a nice flattish naive style, and was good fun to paint. Thanks to Liz who did the sweet letters.
