reach for the stars

As most of us are either busying about with our all-consuming Christmas shopping sprees, dreaming about what goodies may lie under the tree or scrolling the endless wishlists of family-members, a recent project redirected my gaze of greed-is-good to yet another possibility.

silly gets serious

As a postscript to my true characters post, here's an example of a side-project turning into a real one.

something's brewing

naha tea goes live:
www.nahatea.de

naha tea – münchen
brand development

A Sri-Lankan import to Munich, Nadeeka Cyril-Corsten had been modestly selling her fabulous Ceylon tea to friends and a slow-growing, discerning customer base in a quiet, non-branded fashion.

schmata schrift

Unlike me, my mother is a pack-rat.

doing it for the kids

birthday invitation
personal

Every June I am faced with coming up with a birthday invitation for my youngest child (my oldest has long taken over this task herself).

what's in a name?

nameplates
personal project

A while ago I started fiddling around with type compositions having fun simply exploring graphic form, limits of legibility, and color schemes.

looking further

weiterschauen_2012
virtual identity christmas card

Looking towards a new year, weiterschauen_2012 was developed in collaboration with a client who was looking for a more meaningful year-end gift.

sleeping with the enemy

I have read with much amusement the critique of Comic Sans trending the web this past year.

sizzle fo' shizzle

Come rain or shine, this client opens its' Maxvorstadt online agency and terrace to clients, employees and friends as a mid-year networking hub and opportunity to kick off the b-b-q season.

labour of love

Don't think that I haven't actually been busy with "real" work all week – what is "real" work anyway?

Seasonal Shine

In a recent Christmas piece for the digital media agency, virtual identity, I wanted to subtly suggest the seasonal shine i spoke of in my last post, Capturing Christmas.