Category Archives: Design

Australian INfront Retrospective


INfront Nascence (version 4) launched in 2001.

I’ve been busy trawling through old drives and putting together an INfront Retrospective on the INfront forums. I founded The Australian INfront in 1999, and over the years a lot of content has gone missing offline, not to mention the names of people who really ought to be credited for making INfront what it is today.

It’s going to take a while to get all of this content back online, but it’s been a rewarding reflection for me already. I’m pretty sure I’ll get most of it up by the end of the month.

Visit: Australian INfront Retrospective

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motorculture

Just finished this simple but effective logotype design for Motor Culture, an automotive advertising network.

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Advan design work


Advan Neova Cup Competitor logo design.


Design as a sticker on a competing car.


T-Shirt design concepts.

I’ve been doing a little bit of design work for Advan. I’ve always thought that the Advan brand was cool. When I first got into JDM Style Tuning I’d see the old triangle Advan logo placed directly above the side indicators on a lot of JDM Honda DC2R’s (like so).

It’s not always easy to do work for things you love. It’s been an aim of mine for so many years (to be paid for what you love doing) but in retrospect doing crap for for crap clients is probably easier as you don’t have to invest so much of yourself into the job, and thus not place so much value on the outcome (I’ve done a LOT of horrible work which will never make it to my “portfolio”).

When Advan first launched in Australia (2009 Advan Industry night) I was in 2 minds about whether or not the Australian arm would get the culture right IE: Whether they’d have to ditch everything I loved about the Japanese Advan brand and make it suit an Australian motorsport market. It’s been a while since then and it’s looking like they’ve done really well, and going from strength to strength, especially with the World Time Attack Challenge.

I’m glad to have a foot in the door with them. Nothing is concrete as yet but I’ve been given the freedom to initiate and develop some exciting new future projects. Baby steps I suppose, baby steps!

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JDMST + IB Collab T-Shirt

It’s been a month or more in the making, but the JDM Style Tuning + Import Bible collaboration T-Shirt is now ready to roll out. What’s more is that we’ve decided to donate all profits to the Japanese Relief Fund!

CLICK HERE for pre-order details.

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Modern Pet Crick or Crock Giveaway

Our Alessi giveaway last month was a huge success. All people had to do in order to go into the draw to win was “like” our Facebook page and in just a few weeks we gained over 3000 Facebook fans. We thought we’d keep the giveaways going, this month we’re giving away a United Pets CRICK or CROCK pet food container designed by Italian Designer Stefano Giovannoni (the product is made in Italy too).

This time around we’re asking a little more of our contestants. They’ve got to upload an Easter themed photo of their pet onto our Facebook page. Whether it’s going to be a success or not, we’ll have to wait and see.

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AK GarageWorks

I love grass roots efforts. Alex, the guy who made and sent me the fatty kit for my Honda Zoomer, runs a business making stuff with his brother in his garage. He’s got some decent equipment which I’m sure he puts all his savings into and he’s developed some pretty awesome fabrication skills (I’m very jealous and I’d love to do a welding course at TAFE next year).

He really looked after me with the kit so I decided I’d help him out with a little graphic design, on the house of-course.

His username on the TotalRuckus forum is “alleykat” and he’s been using a logo with Felix the Cat’s head. Not wanting to change things to much I just re-worked it a little (this is what his old site and logo looked like).

He was quick to give me his hosting details, it turns out that there was one press WordPress install option so I just got that going, a few tweaks later hey presto, another WordPress site. :)

Visit: www.akgarageworks.com

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JDMST

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JDMST + Import Bible Collab T-Shirt


JDMST + Import Bible

The guys have been screaming for a new JDMST T-Shirt for some time now and the ball is officially rolling on something special. More updates as they come :)

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Modern Pet ALESSI Facebook Giveaway

Modern Pet ALESSI Facebook Giveaway

Modern Pet Shop hasn’t been doing great since launch late last year. We had high hopes but there haven’t been as many sales as we’d like (in fact, hardly any!).

With Jamie and Richie expecting a baby, and Christina and I planning a wedding, it’s going to be one very busy year, but we’ve decided to give Modern Pet one last shot. We’re going to have to get more aggressive with our marketing and the first of many more promotions is on the way.

This month we’re giving away an Alessi Lula dog bowl, or Alessi Tigrito cat bowl. At $119.95 each they’re perhaps the most expensive pet bowls out there, and if we can’t sell one we might as well give one away!

I’ve noticed a lot of online shops and community sites using facebook “Like” buttons. I’m not a huge fan of facebook but I’ve decided to get my head around it a little more this year and so all you have to do to go into the draw to win the prize is “Like” the Modern Pet Facebook Page.

Also, for this month only, if you enter “MARCH” in the coupon code box on checkout we’ll take another 15% off your order. That’s a pretty decent saving, one which will see us just break even, but hey, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do!

Please help us spread the word. We’d really appreciate it!

Modern Pet Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/modernpetshop
Modern Pet Shop: http://modernpetshop.com

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Tarmac Warrior


Logo design I’ve been working on for a new modified car sales web site – coming soon!

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