Advertising Campaign

Geoff Bade approached Motherbird to art direct a campaign that would refresh their look in appealing to their desired target audience. The outcome was 
a fresh typographic direction applied to refined, fresh photography.

Creative Direction
Art Direction
Advertising
Print Design
Digital Retouching 

Photography by Mike Long

Website Design

Marcus O’Reilly approached Motherbird to refresh his website.

Album Artwork

After a decade and five successful albums as lead singer of Australian cult band, The Cat Empire, Felix Riebl took some time out to pursue his solo projects. Motherbird worked collaboratively with Felix to establish his identity as a singer/songwriter. The resulting brand, debut single, album artwork and online collateral, heavily inspired by his countless worldly experiences, passions and most predominately his music.  Working with Felix on such a personal project has been an absolute pleasure.

Collage – Miles Allinson
Illustration – Jamie Edward

Creative Direction
Print Design 

Album Artwork

Working with Warner Music and Ryan Meeking to design an illustrative piece for the bands debut EP release “Night Owls”, Motherbird quickly set about putting pen to paper. The subsequent illustration encapsulates the artistic and sometimes entangled journey Ryan experienced in creating this EP.

Creative Direction
Illustration
Typography 

TV Set Design

Motherbird were commissioned to design the backdrop for a new kids show featured on ABC3 aptly titled ‘Studio 3′. The artwork references the amazing work of Roy Lichtenstein with a suggestion of Manga illustration also present to appeal to the shows youthful audience.

Creative Direction
Illustration 

Lookbook

Gawaa Miyay developed by the exceptionally talented Lucy Simpson infuses the tradition of visual storytelling with contemporary indigenous design to create an amazing collection of Australian prints and homewares.

Motherbird was engaged to produce a look book and brand collateral, in which the natural colours of Lucy’s designswhere enhanced though careful paper selection and lovely Singer sewn binding.

Creative Direction
Print/Layout Design

Print Collateral

Thirty is the yearly exhibition of the top 30 posters from the annual Positive Posters design competition.  The artwork created for the event reflects the notion of ‘careful selection’ – like choosing a good cut of fish.  To enhance the outcome, the paper selected subtly takes on the texture and appearance of fish scales.

Creative Direction
Print Design
Illustration
Typography 

Event Collateral

Positive Poster’s inaugural student conference Sex, Drugs & Helvetica set out to educate the future working generation on the Australian design industry. Motherbird created the branding for the event, and applied this to the conference collateral. The abstract geometric text reads ‘Terra Firma’ which related strongly to the theme of the 2011 Positive Posters competition.  Motherbird where also invited as guest speakers at the conference.

Creative Direction
Typography
Layout & Print Design
Copywriting 

Wallabies Aircraft

Qantas commissioned Motherbird to brand a Boeing 747 with a support message for Australia’s national Rugby team, the Qantas Wallabies. Working on a new canvas, this project was an exciting and unique challenge for both Motherbird and the Qantas engineers, who were responsible for applying the largest decal to date onto an aircraft in the Qantas international fleet.

Produced in the Wallabies team colours, the design flows with the contours of the aircraft. The iconic Qantas tail features a rugby ball tucked under the Kangaroo’s arm. Ready for take off.

Creative Direction
Graphic Design
Illustration
Typography
Copywriting 

Advertising Campaign

Commissioned to create a series of posters for the iconic Greville St Bookstore in Melbourne’s suburb of Prahran, Motherbird looked to capture the quirky and bespoke nature of the unique store.  Using these ideologies, a surrealist style was applied to explore the themes of curiosity, people, place and the future.

Creative Direction
Illustration/Collage
Advertising