Valley of 1000 hills

I went to the valley of a 1000 hills about two weeks ago. The plan was to go out to the country side and take pictures of the landscape and the people. To catch the morning light, which is amazing in South Africa, because the sun is so low on this half of the earth, we went really really early. Too early to see any people because they must have either still been asleep or in church. We had a great time anyway and did get some good shots, I think. Click here to see the images Gary (who kindly took me there) took.







This wall shows all the winners of the Comrades marathon, which is 90K from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.

Barcelona

MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona)


Nice graphic design



At the flee market

Hand drawn Typography

I am a big fan of hand drawn typography. Breaking up the strict structure of a real font by (re-)drawing it just adds some live to text. About two weeks ago I found this cover design of the Sunday Magazine. It is designed by a company called Disturbance, which also did the layout of the magazine, which I really like. Anyways, the font on the cover inspired me to a blog about typography.


Cover design of Sunday Magazine, Durban, couple of weeks ago





3d font illustration for Flash project




Design for last years Christmas Card


Sketches for a portfolio design


Letters painted with a sponge




Illustrations for magazine spread


Hand drawn Helvetica




Stitched letters for a PhotoTypography project



Designs for animal cards






Designs for an animation project





Designs for a tarot card



Illustrations for spice mix

Culture shock

I see the harsh differences have finally sunk into my brain a little. The cultural differences end up being just a bit of an overwhelming feeling.

Harry Potter

I went to see this on Saturday. Definitely watchable but not a must, the best thing was the fact that 3 tickets for the cinema cost less than 1 in London. Note to myself: must go to the cinema lots here!


Harry Potter 5

I-JUSI

i-jusi (ie-juice-ie) is a South African magazine published by Orange Juice Design, Durban.
I think they do 2 issues a year, and each one is full of really exciting graphic design. Every issue focuses on a different topic (i.e. death, brand, city etc.), but in a very unconventional and unrestricted way. Everything is bold and colourful and uses typography with a very brave approach. I really like it.






issue no. 6


issue no. 3

The Dogs

I am currently enjoying the company of two very beautiful dogs. One is a Ridgeback, called Zipper, and the other one is a Golden Retriever, called Nugget.




Nugget


Zipper