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Randomly-sized pegs, square holes.

09 Jul 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Featured, Thoughts, 1 Comments

Randomly-sized pegs, square holes.


When we decided to go ahead with And Now It’s In Print, our motivations were many. We wanted to promote some great talent. We wanted to design something interesting. We wanted to show that print is still amazing. We wanted to prove that gatekeeping matters. We wanted to have fun.

I don’t think any of us had “I want to learn something about the way people communicate today” on our lists. (more…)

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Environmental Graphics – Folio Update

08 Jul 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Brand Identity, Featured, 0 Comments

Environmental Graphics – Folio Update


Our work in branded communications covers a huge spectrum of work – we’re always making sure our clients’ brand work well in any application. With that in mind, we’ve just added more work to our folio section. If you’re interested in seeing what we’ve done in environmental graphics and placefeel, this is the place to look.

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On Print

11 Jun 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Featured, Thoughts, 0 Comments

On Print


(This article originally appeared in The Big Issue Australia #366)

As long as I can remember, I’ve worked in a world where the conventional wisdom has been that print is dying. If you listen to a lot of pundits (mostly online pundits, naturally) you’ll hear that print is already dead; it just doesn’t know it yet. (more…)

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careers.realestate.com.au

14 Apr 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Featured, 0 Comments

careers.realestate.com.au


We’ve recently begun working with Australian Online Property giants realestate.com.au. Our first completed project for them is the design of their new careers website. Take a look at the site, and remember – they’re hiring!

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ANZ Online Shareholder Review

06 Apr 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Featured, Project Stories, 0 Comments

ANZ Online Shareholder Review


We’re exceptionally proud of our work on the 2009 ANZ Online Shareholder Review, which has attracted a lot of attention from Australia’s publicly-listed firms. See more at the site, or in the folio section of our website. If you’d like to talk to us about how we built powerful and valuable online reports, just get in touch. We’re keen to talk to you.

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SafeZone Film Festival

27 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Featured, Project Stories, 0 Comments

SafeZone Film Festival


Of all of the ways to encourage young Australians to moderate their drinking, a film competition is certainly one of the most innovative ideas. That’s exactly what  our client (more…)

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24 Feb 2010, Posted by Ross Floate in Blog, Featured, Thoughts, 0 Comments

Graphic design’s credibility problem


One of the problems with the client/designer relationship is that most designers don’t take the time to get interested in what their clients do. They spend so much time thinking as designers that they worry too much about looks, and not enough about results and substance.

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