At Otago Polytechnic School of Design we hosted a design symposium in October – a short, upbeat, informal talkfest for industrial designers. It was really fun and a lot of work, and a nice privilege to help with the design and organising. We wanted the name and look of the thing to reflect the values of our team, and be as un-scary and down-to-earth as possible. The event was really well-supported and we were super grateful to all the speakers and conveners, OP, Mike Waddell, the industry friends and students and other attendees, and all the many people who helped behind the scenes.
Bye, Musikband
I had to share just one more of these. Die Musikband unfortunately had to dis-band, and recently enjoyed the happy-sad feeling of playing a great final gig (thanks, friends and Crown people!). Here’s the poster I made. The band were all stoked with the idea of something that felt Soviet poster-ish, and this sort of coincided with Yuri Gagarin’s pioneer journey into space 60 years ago. Our bass player Karen is a massive fan, she urged me to include Vostok 1. In the foreground is the Cadbury’s building, viewed from our practice rooms, bandaged like a small-town Christo work, soon to be demolished for the new hospital. Lots of change.
Tour image for Die Musikband
Die Musikband had a fun mini-tour in December. This was my first attempt at properly drawing something with the tablet and stylus. I love the versatility but not so much the touch, compared to paper and pen or pencil.
Band poster for January gig
Clay, photograph+shop, hand-drawn text. Cool questioning clay figure by Liz.