The (Sydney) Magazine
There is a small article on me in The (Sydney) Magazine today – pleasing!
Pop-Up Book workshop: Sydney Design Week 2010
Exciting news!
I’ll be teaching a Pop-Up Book workshop for kids at The Powerhouse Museum as part of the Sydney Design Week 2010 festivities.
The two workshops are on Saturday the 31st of July and Sunday the 1st of August. Book now for your kids to learn a bit of paper magic!!
HERE is a link to the website.
Pop-Up for Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the Commonwealth Bank
Now that its screening on television, I can finally show you the pop-up I engineered for a recent Commonwealth Bank advert. It was directed by none other than Jean-Pierre Jeunet of Amélie fame. I got to meet him which was a real buzz – it was a wonderful little project to be involved in!
My little pop-up book >>
And below a sign I made for the intro.
Vogue.com.au review
Whoa!
Blessed with an amazing review HERE on Vogue.com.au’s ‘How We Survived RAFW’ post this week.
A big thank you for their words.
The dresses were not my creation, as it may sound. They were realized by NYC fashion designer Zaldy and shipped to Sydney for the evening. I art directed the dinner event; briefed to engineer all surfaces of our chic ‘French Townhouse’ covered in crisp white paper. Pictures to follow soon.
P.ost S.cript >> Just found another great review on Alive Sydney HERE .
The Design Files interview
Lucy Feagins, creative mastermind behind the superkool Australian webspot The Design Files, finally chased me up to do an interview for her HERE.
I’m so glad she did, because the result is just capitol. Its made me so happy to see my work and answers presented with such a genuine sense of interest and care. Thanks Lucy!! You’re the best – see you at the Salone in Milan I hope.
Follow her on Twitter HERE (for your latest dose of interweb kool) and follw me too, HERE (for lots of paper related goodness).
Have a great day paper nerds!
Parklife Poster and Collateral
A little teaser of Fuzzy’s Parklife 2010 poster branding I engineered. Finished artwork soon.
Smirnoff Black Vodka
A package I’m engineering for the ‘Essence of Black’ Smirnoff Vodka launch _ to be unveiled soon.
Below_ A sneak peak of my progress to date <bad lighting here> – but the whole form is starting to come together.
Paperform & the ‘Memphis Group’
The Memphis Group and the design they spawned has always been a deep passion for me. So when I was asked to create some paper sculpture recently, I jumped at the chance to reflect my take why I love the style so much. Here are the final sculptures installed in Gallery 69 on Smith Street in Melbourne as part of the 2010 Midsumma Festival.
And below some working shots in my studio
I’ve lost my camera, so sadly, I dont have any better shots of this work yet…
Hermès Christmas Windows final shots
Wings plus Birkin
Wings plus Scarf
Wings plus Porcelain
Wings plus Saddle
Wings plus Ready To Wear
Photography: Murray Fredericks
Summer Bliss
Hey paper nerds!
Have been enjoying my month off for summer… blissed out Sydney = beach, food, beer and friends (esp my visitor from Sweden)
I’m working on two projects – one for the Midsumma festival to be unveiled in Melbourne next week _think Memphis geometric shapes_and a new package for Smirnoff Black Vodka.
Will post some images of both projects soon to keep you interested, but in the meantime follow me on Twitter here:
benj
