Each of us brings to the partnership different strengths and knowledge, and we work with our contacts in the industry to be able to provide you with services outside our specialist areas.

In this way, we offer you our services with a personal, one-on-one approach whilst providing the reliability and scope of a larger organisation.

Lucy Arnold
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communications)

     
     
     
 

Lucy's illustrations for the tourism and arts industries have appeared on posters, packaging, information graphics and in various publications.

Earliest design memory? Practicing handwriting with my grandpa.
Right now I'm reading... The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner and The Uncommon Life Of Common Objects by Akiko Busch. And I'm looking at the pictures in Kitsch Deluxe.
It would be most unfortunate if... real life was really like reality tv.
My favourite colour is... any shade of green between pale lime and leaf.
I'd like to live in... a house with a balcony.
I find beauty in the ordinary and everyday... in my vegetable garden, and in the antics of my pet rabbit, who delights in being silly.
Right now I'm listening to... a compilation of Nancy Sinatra, Ray Charles, the Beatles, Duke Ellington, Dusty Springfield...
I have an irrational belief that... Katie can read my mind.


Mel Blowes
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communications)
Certificates in Professional Photography & Digital Photography

     
     
     
 

Mel specialises in photography and print design. Her work was exhibited at Quentin Frost Gallery as part of the 2007 Art Trek.

Earliest design memory? Playing with shrink plastic at a birthday party.
Right now I'm reading... The Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett, as I've run out of Neil Gaiman books, and Naomi Klein's No Logo, to offset the fantasy with a little reality.
It would be most unfortunate if... coffee was banned.
My favourite colour is... green.
I'd like to live in... the Catlins, with a high speed internet connection and an open fire.
I find beauty in the ordinary and everyday... watching children throwing tantrums and catching little micro moments in other peoples lives.
Right now I'm listening to... the quirky orchestral sounds of Beirut, as well as Feist, Architecture in Helsinki, and the new offerings from Radiohead and Portishead.
I have an irrational belief that... the best way to avoid Murphy's Law is to befriend old Murph, and give him a bit of personification. We seem to be on fairly good terms at the moment.


Katie Wilson
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communications)
Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art & Design), The London Institute

     
     
     
  Katie specialises in print design, with a particular interest in typography. She has designed for the arts and fashion industries.

Earliest design memory? Making a Paper Eagle and its friend, the Lesser Paper Eagle.
Right now I'm reading... Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
It would be most unfortunate if... there were no vegetarians.
My favourite colour is... dark grey (Pantone 443C).
I'd like to live in... my house, transported to a big paddock with some trees. On a cliff by the sea. With some mountains and hills nearby.
I find beauty in the ordinary and everyday... walking and bicycling around, getting to see things from a different perspective and at a leisurely pace.
Right now I'm listening to... The Smiths.
I have an irrational belief that... my computer can read my mind.

 

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