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Recent work for Realestate.com.au

07 Jul 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Project Stories, below the fold, 0 Comments

Recent work for Realestate.com.au


Our relationship with the REA Group has seen us work on a number of projects for them, including their careers website, and now the identity for their employee communications program. The identity encompasses a broad range of staff activities and human resources programs, and is starting to be rolled out this week.

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Recent work: ANZ Investor Guide

17 Jun 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Print, below the fold, 0 Comments

Recent work: ANZ Investor Guide


Since creating ANZ’s Online Shareholder Review in 2009, we’ve been working closely with the Investor Relations team on a number of projects. The most recent of these is the print version of their Investor Guide, which is now viewable in our gallery. The task was to reduce the document from its previous booklet incarnation to a more accessible “at-a-glance” guide to the Bank and its operations.

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Vintage Stories

06 Apr 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Print, Project Stories, below the fold, 0 Comments

Vintage Stories


2010 is the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Chateau Tahbilk, one of Australia’s most respected wineries. Over a six-month period we worked closely with the team at Tahbilk, the author Fay Woodhouse, and print management group Invicium to put together a striking publication chronicling Tahbilk from the 1860 through to today. (more…)

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LoFi Melbourne, a photo project.

27 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Thoughts, below the fold, 1 Comments

LoFi Melbourne, a photo project.


Like most designers, we’re big fans of analogue photography. There’s nothing we like more than taking a Holga or a Lomo out for the day and seeing what happens when you shoot from the hip. But like they say, the best camera is the one you have on you, and the camera we all have on us these days is the iPhone. (more…)

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The Women’s Story

24 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Print, Project Stories, below the fold, 0 Comments

The Women’s Story


The value of an organisation as complex as the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne is a difficult thing explain to people. It means different things to different people, and it’s tempting to tell the story from the point of view of the people who work there. Tempting, but probably the wrong thing to do in the long run. (more…)

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Lady Archibald

24 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Brand Identity, below the fold, 0 Comments

Lady Archibald


We’ve been working with Stanley Archibald now for over a decade, and when the chance came to design a new range for him, we were delighted to be able to help. The premium range is available at his store in Hardware Street, Melbourne.

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What is Coopers doing with its brand?

24 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Thoughts, below the fold, 0 Comments

What is Coopers doing with its brand?


South Australia’s Coopers Brewery has built a strong brand based on its heritage values. Outside of its home state of South Australia, where it produces a number of lower-volume beers, it is known for hand-crafted, bottle-conditioned ales. Coopers drinkers feel an attachment to the company, which remains defiantly family-owned after all these years. (more…)

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