When Dutch singer-songwriter Tenfold caught her eye on my project ‘A Forgotten Language’ she was immediately sold. Once I explained her the whole story and concept behind it, she asked me if I wanted to develop more bouquets for her upcoming album.
For two singles we were able to use already existing bouquets, they fitted like a glove. For the single of ‘Danny’ and ‘Response to Rivers’ we needed to design a new bouquet. First she had to fill out the characteristics card and according to those values I was able to rearrange new bouquets.
Alongside the art direction for the bouquets, I also designed a website and took care of the social media graphics for all platforms related such as Spotify, Instagram, Facebook and her YouTube channel.
The latest addition to this awesome project is the freshly pressed 12’’ vinyl record! it just got out on February the 19th and is being sold in record stores throughout the whole Netherlands.
www.iamtenfold.com
Recently I have been working on a design for a simple, yet clear website for Tineke Hussaarts, a Dutch singer-songwriter who also teaches singing, songwriting and performance classes. It has a feminine touch but is yet a serious looking page that provides the information in a clear, organized way.
For Simons Kräuter I recently designed a new line of packagings. They have created a new organic tea mix with cornflowers and mint and calendula and lemon balm. I decided that a mix of botanical drawings and imperfect illustrations were a good combination to project that their tea blends are also a mix of ‘wabi sabi’.
In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, roughness, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
Beside the new labels for the organic tea blends I also thought of more elements that one day could complete the line.
For Sabrina Hassler from a village near Klagenfurt, Austria, I developed a small branding for her newly opened nail salon. Sabrina gave me just one restriction, it had to be a clear but feminine design, for the rest I took some freedom. The ‘clashy’ colors make it a modern and young looking brand. Typography that is applied vertical makes it look dynamic.
I designed a logo, chose a color palette according to her business values, made business cards, designed a watermark for her instagram posts, I designed Instagram stories and posts and made a mini animation in After Effects.
Bilston Creek Farm in Metchosin, Vancouver Island, asked me to help them out with designing some clarifying cards to accompany their lavender products. The cards are standing in the shops, are being sent together with gift boxes and guide costumers at market stands. A very simple and clean design, but it has a clear goal: to communicate to the buyer what they can do with their products.
These designs were rejected for a series of agendas and daily planners. I created the illustrations and the patterns for this. Sadly they haven’t been produced but I am looking for a way so that one day they do see the light :-)
Aperio is a self initiated project. After I made my own ceramic vermut set I got inspired by designing a whole brand of vermut around it. Since I am a big fan of designing packaging (I am the kind of person that buys stuff because the packagings looks so appealing. I choose my wine based on the label design, guilty!) I decided to design everything that could fit into a vermut-bar or vermut truck.
Simons Kräuter is an organic tea farm based in the rural countryside of Austria. They don't only produce tea on the farm but also lots of different herbs for organic infusions, soups and spices. I designed them a small identity, several tea and herb packagings, social media content, a poster and a tea card. The latest addition to this range is a big round sticker for their newest product: bio celeriac!
There are things that you don't always want to speak out loud, but you somehow feel the need to say it. Back in the early days of the 17th century, it was quite common for painters/artists to 'hide' messages in their artworks. Every flower had and still has its own symbolic value, we just don't really use that secret code anymore.
I created a new formula by connecting the symbolic values of the flowers to personality traits of people. Like that you can always compose the perfect bouquet for that person you want to give the flowers to. Just fill out the Personality Checklist. Even if they just have negative traits (which is hard to imagine), I can arrange a beautiful bouquet according to the formula!
Carefully I arranged bouquets that carry a special message, based on the symbolic values of each flower. Some are nice, some are not so nice ;-)
1. I am proud of you
2. I am still a virgin
3. I want to get to know you
4. I hate you
Beside this formula I also designed a seed buffet. An almost 4 meter long table with glass jars with 40 different seed variations. Each of the flower seeds had their characteristics laser printed next to the glass jar.
Paco from Braseria Catavins asked me to help him with a renewal of his identity. Basically he didn’t have any identity of his own at all, so I helped him out. In exchange for a few delicious dinners at his cozy restaurant I designed him a logo, a small website and some promotional flyers. Sometimes (most often actually) the way to my heart, is through my stomach ;-)
This book is about the use of ceramic systems in architecture and explains in different projects and example cases how these techniques were applied.
The cover is finished off with a shiny, 'pearlish' paper. The orange typography is meant to imitate the actual base element of ceramics: terracotta. Design for publishing house Birkhäuser, together with Proxi.
I love to do experiments! These are graphics I created after an experiment with nail polish on paper. With a little editing in photoshop I created these beautiful stains. I wouldn't mind to have a stain like that on my t-shirt ;-)
Obataimu is a fashion boutique in Bombay, India. Since they were closed for the season to work on their new stunning collection of garments, they needed a poster to keep their visitors patient, and to let them know that they will be back for the upcoming season. I designed the poster for the opening. And since it's a festive occasion where supposedly, some alcohol will flow, I designed some coasters too!
For the Obataimu fashion boutique in Bombay, India I created this animated invitation. Last Grabs, to score the last items from the store before closing for the upcoming season.
Kobalto is Elsa Sanchez. Elsa works as set/shop-window designer and uses all kinds of objects in her designs, so logically we decided to use all kinds of different objects on her cards too to express the variety in her work. The cards are printed with white ink which gives it an extra rich contrast! In cooperation with Proxi.
