Happy Christmas everyone!
Brainstorming meeting with Lawson Heath, long time client whose business I branded 10 years ago. Hey Logan Hyperdome Chiropractic Centre, it must be time for a rebrand? 😜
#funclients #branding #brandingdesigner #suffolkpark #Logan-brisbane #brainstorming #funmeetings #chiropractors
I seem to have had a run on signage… everyone s’been updating their old signage, from roof and awning signs to flags and merch. Must be a sign of the times 🤔
There’s been some behind the scenes rebranding action here at pm3 HQ… been doing a bit of housekeeping and giving myself a freshen up. Ditching the pink and orange for mustard, terracotta and olive green and after many attempts at completely changing the logo, I went full circle and ended up returning to my existing typographical design, giving it a simple makeover by ditching the detail, tightening it up and updating the colours. Its hard work being a client! 😜
Thoughtful, creative, fun design...right up my street 😍
May your Christmas be merry and your New Year even merrier 🥂Back on deck January 8
#bubblesoclock #branding #marketing #graphicdesign #logo #design #byron #byronbay #christmas2023
I’m a grinch when it comes to Christmas decorations – I’ve never liked them visually and I object to adopting northern hemisphere imagery like deers and snow when here in Oz and the rest of the southern hemisphere, Dec 25 is near to the height of summer.
My mother on the other hand loves Christmas and all it’s tinsel and sparkle and gets annoyed when Christmas is at mine for the lack of tizz. So this year to appease her, I created my own version of Christmas decorations. I hope she notices 😂.
#byronbay #diydecorations #christmas2023 #australiansummer #graphicdesign #summerchristmas #pm3artdesign #simpledecorations
Let's talk colour
Let’s play ‘spot the difference’’ or, in this case, spot the colour combo difference. Check out my profile page and you'll see there's a strong use of black, white, orange and particular pinks. Now compare it to this post, spot anything different? There’s a rogue colour that's not part of my brand.
My brand colours began way back with a bright pink and orange, however colour trends changed and a more muted earthy trend came in. If you're a colour nut like me you'll have noticed how much green, sage, rust, terracotta, mustard yellow and salmon is around these days. Throw in the forever classic navy blue and you have the current trend. It’s been everywhere for around 5 years; homewares, bed linen and fashion.
As a designer, I have to adjust to the trend whilst maintaining the integrity of my brand’s colour palette. How, you ask?
I introduced derivatives of both the pink & orange and created 3 new pinks in paler, muted tones together with a paler orange then gradually lessened the use of the original, brighter colours. Simple. I slowly introduced them into my visual identity including the socials you see here.
So, have you spotted the rogue colour?
If your brand needs a colour trend upgrade, let's talk.
I’m a designer, not an illustrator so when a client wants a caricature of their dog in their logo, what do I do? I dig into the designers tool kit Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create a simplified, graphic version from a photograph. The basic shapes of the magnificent Merv’s gorgeous face and head worked a treat, and voilà Merv became the face of the Big Merv’s coffee brand.
#designergraphic #designsgraphic #brandinglogo #customsignage #visualbrandingsolutions #branddesignagency #pm3artdesign #brandingagency #brandingdesigner #brandingstudio #bigmervscoffee #brandidentity #byronbay #brandingdesign #brandingidentity
For those who don’t know, I’m on the committee for the Byron arm of @SourdoughBusinessWomen and tomorrow night we’re running an event at the forever generous @elementsofbyron where I’m on stage with photographer Kate Nutt having a chat about all things personal branding. And it’s sold out! Whoop whoop, so excited.
Kate as a personal branding photographer is passionate about the topic and given we can both really chat, I have no idea how I’m going to contain things to the required 30mins - yikes!
Kate Nutt Photography
#sourdoughbusinesswomen #katenuttphotography #personalbranding #pm3artdesign #elementsofbyron
IWD is a big annual fundraising day for The SHIFT Project but thanks to COVID, it’s been on hold for 2 years. But today it was back… and IWD 2023 was a cracker.
Having been involved with The SHIFT Project for a number of years, I’m normally behind the scenes but today I was a guest for the first time and what a joy it was. It’s always powerful and today was no different with some beautiful heartfelt moments prompting collective tears… and shock horror, we had a male as a keynote speaker! WT? And what a brilliant speaker he was – author of a number of books but most recently, and pertinently, The Dreaming Path by Dr Paul Callaghan. Google it, you won’t be sorry.
Elements of Byron did another superb job with the floor staff working like a well oiled machine and Chef Ebony Baker over delivering again. To cater for over 160 people with such flair and care was mind boggling. Superb!
@elementsofbyron
@chefebonybaker
@theshiftproject
@katenuttphotography
@fabladieswine
@shetiles.byronbay
@surfgetaways
@meagankruger
@gastronomicgoodness
@justinedorrellconsulting
@moywordswork
@cultivate_consulting who has a beautiful new website cultivateconsulting.com.au with a gorgeous colour palette (nope, not one of mine but I may or may not steal the colour palette 😜)
And lastly… for the only decent photo in this post
@salsinghphotography_
