Posts tagged vintage

Tommy and His Pony

I was immediately seduced by the colour combination in the inside spread (first picture). But it is also the tone created by the narrative in both books that I really find so enchanting. Why don’t people speak like that any more?

SKETCHING IS EASY

Well it was in 1948 when the wonderful book of the same title was published. Another bargain last Sunday for $10. Pity we have lost these skills.

LADYBIRD LADYBIRD

Beautiful vintage illustration from ladybird vintage book I bought last Saturday for $2. I wish I could paint like that!

Beautiful local vintage signage

THIS IS MY VISUAL LANDSCAPE. THE PLACE WHERE I RECORD PONDERINGS, SITINGS, MEETINGS AND OTHER HAPPENINGS.

I am an ethnographer, illustrator, publisher, graphic designer and educator. I am interested in telling stories with pictures.

I have just written, illustrated and published "What the Hell is Your Problem?" A Kit for Uptight White People.

If you click on the kit in the links section, you can check it out!

I lectured for six years at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. I also have a graduate Diploma in Education, and a Masters in Cross Disciplinary Design.
I have taught Communication Design at private colleges, and set up the inaugural Communication Design Program for the Box Hill Institute in Kuwait. Most of my past professional design work has involved designing identities for grass roots organisations, such as community health centres, and the Brotherhood of St Laurence.

I am interested in the developing role of Design as an agent for positive social change, around which I centred my final masters project, by designing a "kit for uptight white people", to raise civil engagement.