cmyplay

These form part of an internal branding project for Etiket. Each designer needs to produce 3 A3 poster designs that are to be featured in a studio exhibition.

It’s tough to find the time to produce these, especially if they aren’t specifically briefed into the production pipeline. Nonetheless I enjoyed working on these more than some of the other work I’ve done over the past few months.

I repurposed the Hard-drives illustration as both an iPhone background and as a badge design. The badge was submitted to Net#work BBDO as part of the Visi Covet promotion at the Loerie Awards 2010 earlier this month. I’m pretty disappointed that I didn’t see the end product.

Starting work at Etiket in May has left me with very little time to contribute to cmyplay. Thanks to a guest post over at Miss Moss, my fires of self-expression are now rekindled.

One of the earlier projects that I worked on was a pair of TV spots for the Rapport newspaper. It was pretty hectic, like most AV deadlines tend to be. The 60 second spot was a week and a half of team effort from most of the designers at the office. This 30 second spot was completed afterwards, primarily by myself, over the course of a week. I have a new appreciation for the flexibility of Particle Playground.

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with Pretoria-based Etiket Br& Design on an AV presentation. I’ve worked with them a couple of times before, and it’s always a good experience.

The AV was produced for The Innovation Fund (which is part of a merger that will result in the formation of The Innovation Agency). I had a limited amount of time to contribute to the project, and I held down the fort while the guys attended the Loeries in September. The project afforded me the opportunity to try out, albeit cursorily, Photoshop CS4′s 3D capabilities. There are some good ideas there, from what I can tell. I’ve posted a couple of screenshots of the final work alongside the original design I did for a number of elements that were included in the presentation.

I’ve just completed my 2009 showreel and uploaded it to my Portfolio page. For the music, I made use of a piece of the Munchausen By Proxy track Yes Man.

I’ve just completed my 2008 showreel. It contains work from 2007 to present. For the music, I made use of a piece of Kevin Drew’s track Big Love.