I was asked to do the cover for the US design magazine, Print, as well as given [almost] free reign over eight interior pages. The idea for both came from the content I was given to work with for the interior: predictions of the future of graphic design as made by designers 40 and 50 years […]
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Michael Bierut at Pentagram hired me to work with him on this campaign for Saks Fifth Avenue, and then I was fortunate enough to work directly with the lovely Terron Schaefer at Saks. We started with the signature piece for “Want It!” and then moved on to the 18 individual “Want It!” items (9 each for men
I’m a big fan of the band The National, so when I got a call to do a gig poster for them, I was very excited. This wasn’t to be a poster that would hang on the streets, but would be more of a commemoration of the event, for sale at one concert only: at
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I was happy to be asked once again to do another poster for The National. This time they were playing in my home town of Vancouver at the Orpheum. The 3-light-condition design of the first poster was hard to beat, but I’ve always wanted to print on a mirrored surface, so I worked with Jake
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Each year, Print Magazine publishes the winners of their Regional Design Awards. I was asked to create the cover, a title page and 6 separate opening pages for each region. The cover is built off the structure of the PRINT logo. The title and the regional pages are built off a grid based around the
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Marian Bantjes’s first complete monograph, revealing the astonishing range of her graphic design, typography and illustration over the past decade. From a remote cabin off Canada’s Pacific coast, Marian Bantjes has created a unique visual language that combines typographical craftsmanship, illustrative flair and personal observation. Her generous approach, meticulous attention to detail and wit have
