I'm a graphic designer from Melbourne with a passion for logo design, brand identity, web and print, working worldwide.

If you’re not Australian you probably didn’t get the Mr. Squiggle reference in the title, but who can pass up an opportunity to relive their childhood. Sorry.

Back to business though, shown here is a line of food packaging for hot air balloon company Reve by Laura Berglund. Continue reading...

While the bulk of most graphic designers work is destined for paper there’s a whole world of substrates out there. ( substrate is fancy design talk for stuff to stick your design on. )

Gathered from the excellent packaging design site, The Dieline, here is an interesting collection of packaging substrates and designs applied to them, starting with the above conceptual colourless Coke can by Harc Lee. Continue reading...

Walk into any bottle shop and it’s much the same. Nearly every wine bottle is the same shape, spirit bottles have a small selection of shapes, generally square, round or with a slight contour. Whatever the case may be, typically it’s up to the label to sell the product.

But what about the bottle? The Coca-Cola bottle for example is as much a part of the brand as it’s logo and makes the product recognizable regardless of the label.

Included here are 10 products with beautiful bottles designs. What a difference these would make when trying to stand out on the shelf. Continue reading...

Any graphic designer knows the basic of intellectual property. To sum it up, any original ideas you move from your head to an actual medium, such as paper or webpage belong to you.

When it comes to the finer details however, unless you’ve really done your research, there are likely to be some grey areas. Continue reading...

This is a great presentation by designer Stefan Sagmeister at a 2004 design conference in Monterey. Set aside 20 minutes when you can to see some happiness inspiring design.