• Selected Work
  • Visual Diary
  • About
  • The Beatle Boys
  • Balmain Marketing
  • I Speak Bahana EP
  • Black Stump Lager
  • An Inconvenient Truth
  • Momentum Project
  • Anvil Buses
  • I (Heart) NY?
  • The Beatle Boys
    When first I began this project to create the identity for a live The Beatles stage production, I didn't realise the design challenge I had just taken on. I wasn't simply branding the stage show, I was essentially attempting to rebrand The Beatles.

    With a massive career spanning an entire decade, capturing the essence of The Beatles in a single brandmark was no easy task. Since The Beatles music and style constantly evolved as they reinvented themselves every few years, there was no single visual I could use that would successfully capture who The Beatles were in their entirety. To solve this difficult problem, I created an illustrative wordmark that ties together some of the most iconic imagery from the many different phases of The Beatles career.
    Branding
    2011
  • Balmain Marketing
    Identity design for a marketing firm in Richmond, Victoria specialising in the fashion and real estate industries. The brandmark was applied throughout the collateral as a blind emboss with the credentials document singer stitched and presented in a button-tied envelope.
    Branding
    2010
  • I Speak Bahana EP
    Album artwork for I Speak Bahana's debut self-titled EP. ISB is a solo music project by Rob Campbell from Newcastle, NSW. With influences including Bloc Party, Midnight Juggernauts, MGMT, The Rapture, Lykke Li and The Knife Rob's sound is best described psychedelic electronica with a minimalist approach.
    Package Design
    2010
  • Black Stump Lager
    Branding for Black Stump Lager, a conceptual Australian beer intended to be sold and marketed in North America as a boutique Australian import. I wanted the label to have a distinctive Australian outback feel while appearing handcrafted. This project was completed as an assignment for the University of Newcastle.
    Package Design
    2009
  • An Inconvenient Truth
    A conceptual book cover design for Al Gore's bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth. While I was working at a book store in Newcastle NSW, I would often come across great books with terrible covers. In some free time I thought I would see if I could improve one of the offending titles by redesigning the hardcover edition.
    Graphic Design
    2009
  • Momentum Project
    In 2009 I was one of the founding members of the Momentum Project, a studio/exhibition project in Newcastle, NSW. Over a few weeks we converted an ex-Chinese restaurant into a functioning studio and gallery. Other major contributors included Asgier Hoem, Lars A. Bratteberg, Thomas Green, Chris Stonestreet, Matthew Lugton, Christopher Brown and Shinya Dalby.
    Exhibition Design
    2009
  • Anvil Buses
    Identity design for the Hunter Valley based charter bus company, Anvil Buses. Anvil, a family owned business has been serving Singleton, NSW for decades with bus and coach charters as well as winery tours. The brandmark is designed to represent speed and efficiency, visualising a wheel moving forward.
    Branding
    2009
  • I (Heart) NY?
    I was fortunate enough to have a piece of my work published in the 2010 Sydney Semi-Permanent book. A copy of the book is given out to every ticket holder at the event as well as eventually becoming available to buy in book stores across the country.
    Typography
    2009
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If this was a movie, Kevin Rudd would kick the doors in at Parliament House next week with a full-beard and furrowed brow.
About 15 hours ago

@matt_calloway A great folio hosting site for designers and artists. Glad to see he already has work online.
Feb 21st at 12:01am

@matt_calloway Wow, his stuff needs to be online. Very impressive. Set him up a CaroCollective or something.
Feb 20th at 11:58pm

@davechensky My advice is to just hit delete. You have close to 9,000 people right here that think the exact opposite to that guy.
Feb 20th at 5:29am

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About
  • I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and Newcastle expatriate now living in Melbourne. I design for FutureBrand but occasionally take on freelance projects, specialising in branding, album artwork, book covers and posters.
  • Email: swkirkman@me.com
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