Image making

Motherbird – Not a spaceship

Image making

Four times a year Australian InFront ask designers to submit an image based on a given theme.

Our entries to 4 of the competitions have been well received with a 2nd, 3rd and a finalist.
The themes have been; Portrait, Woman, Black & Future.

Assorted posters

AGDA 2010 – Optimism
AGDA 2009 – Sampling the Future
NDC 2008 – Strength in Numbers

Image making

A poster series where photographs are deconstructed cropped and rearranged turning the real, surreal.

Image making

An investigational poster series, where overlapping and interlinking shapes are used to produce larger dynamic forms.

Image Series

Brought to life in a digital collage, Elsewhere is a narrative where tangible elements are embellished in a dream like world. Newton’s laws are exaggerated and flaunted as the story unfolds.

Illustration
Image manipulation
Photography 

Custom Typeface

Born as a custom typeface for a branding project and composed entirely of cross’s Kevin, is inspired by the geometry and consistency of cross-stitching.  Kevin is delicate yet courageous, classic with digital sub references.

Experimental Typography

Things Change is an experimental piece blending type and image to create an emotive, thought-provoking statement.

Typography
Digital manipulation
Photography 

Motherbird Mascot

Rex is our studio pet. He likes chicken, trips in the car and giving Chris the silent treatment. At the end of each year Rex runs amuck in the studio, photographing him creating the chaos is always an interesting challenge.

Model making
Photography 

Motherbird Branding

Just shy of 1000gsm thick, our triplex, copper-foiled business cards are both a pleasure and a burden to carry (a belt is required when lugging around more than two at a time). We give out our stationery with pleasure, as these cards represent who Motherbird is and where we come from – the unexpected, beautiful image gracing our stationery was taken in 1945 of Dan’s grandmother, at the age of 21.