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Here’s where homepage features go to ‘retire’. Chucking stuff out is not one of my strengths! Enjoy…
Featured project
March 2022
WHAT’S COOKING?
Influenced by a monthly veggie swap held by the Natural Resource Centre in Normanville (my ‘other’ community), and overwhelmed by a bumper crop of tomatoes, I started the V4V produce swap in the summer of 2015. Initially taking over the outdoor tables of a restaurant on O’Connell Street, the swap aimed to bring community members together to ‘share’, be it home-grown produce, home-baked goods, home-made pickles and jams, or simply stories. After a short time the swap moved to my home in Gover Street, where it became a hugely popular community event. Also, given I had a courtyard where everything grew in pots, I thought it a good way to inspire others who didn’t have gardens to grow their own produce. Attracting new people each month, but also maintaining a bunch of ‘regulars’, there are now over 200 people on my mailing list. Thank goodness they never all came at the same time! The turnout was generally about 20–30 people – like-minded, but from all walks of life. The atmosphere was relaxed and nurturing. A safe place to be and share. Given COVID lockdowns and restrictions during 2020 we managed just three swaps, but the final pre-Christmas champagne cocktail swap in December gave us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the end of what had been a trying and challenging year for us all. Whilst ongoing restrictions have meant we haven’t been able to meet often since, we have remained in contact. That is how the idea of sharing a collection of recipes was born which, with the help of a City of Adelaide grant, and a hard-working project team, has culminated in this cookbook. The official launch was held on Sunday 27 March at Wellington Square/Kudnatu, North Adelaide, with a fabulous turnout and so many cookbooks sold on the day, that we have ordered a reprint! All proceeds from sales of the cookbook will go to support the work of the Café Outside the Square. Please help us to support them by purchasing your own copy via the link. The recipes have all been submitted by members of our ‘community’, which now reaches across the country, and around the globe. We hope you enjoy them, and our stories.
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Featured project
February 2022
CARVING OUT A CAREER
I have known Geoff Bromilow now for almost a decade. He and his wife Kathryn Pentecost are the closest neighbours (geographically) to our farmhouse in Delamere. I was thrilled when he and Kathryn approached me to work on Geoff’s website, and I very much enjoyed putting it all together. Geoff is an extremely focussed and talented sculptor, as well as being a very popular tree feller (fella). Also a quiet activist, witnessing first-hand the devastation that was 9/11. At the time, he documented history in photographs, then ultimately (a decade later), authored by his wife Kathryn, published this photographic essay as Peace & War: 9/11 stories, which is available to purchase by contacting Geoff through his website. While you are there, do have a browse, and also note that Kathryn has a book in the pipeline that will expound much more about Geoff than I possibly can! If you are interested in finding out more, you can also contact Kathryn here.
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Featured project
February 2022
THE BEFLOWERING OF SHEBUS!
In her former life Shebus, our motorhome, lived on Kangaroo Island, being hired by all and sundry. When we saw her advertised for sale on Marketplace last year, we had already paid a deposit on a Winnebago. However, we immediately went to see her, and it was love at first sight! She had exactly the right bones and structure for our needs, and oodles of pockets for us to store our needs – and wants! We knew immediately she was our girl. We named her Shebus, and gave here the plates to prove it. We managed a few short trips together, down to the Fleurieu a couple of times, and up to World’s End, before she had her solo sojourn to Manta Automotive to have a full health check and a few nips and tucks. Before she came home in January, I designed her beautiful flower trail decals. Then the amazing team at Ochre Digital, with very limited time, managed to fit in absolutely perfect production and installation. She then had a good scrub and polish, and we filled her with the final bits for our trip. And then off we went to start our adventures together!
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Featured project
January 2022
NATURE TO NURTURE
The Greater Adelaide Environment Network (GAEN) is a newly formed alliance of nine community-based environment (or natural resource) centres operating across the Greater Adelaide area, bringing together a wealth of experience and local connections under a new collaborative and coordinated
framework. Having worked with the Normanville Natural Resource Centre, now the Fleurieu Environment Centre (FEC), when GAEN needed a prospectus document to share with potential funders and government departments, the chair of the FEC management committee came to me to design it. The result, a simple, clear, professional document, was very well-received by the steering group, and will hopefully prove be a great tool for securing future funding. |
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Featured project
December 2021
A KIND OF EVEREST!
The final annual report for 2021 is now done and dusted. It’s always a pleasure to come together with Kaz and the team at the Australian Himalayan Foundation to work on this project. A pleasure, but a challenge that leaves us feeling as though we’ve conquered Everest ourselves! They are the best bunch to work with, and I feel proud to support the work that they do in the Himalaya. Do check out their website, and lend your own support, if you are able. It will certainly be greatly appreciated!
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Featured project
November 2021
MAKE WAY FOR A NEW LOOK!
A very long-standing client, I have been working with South Australian Native Title Services (SANTS) since returning to Adelaide in 2005, initially as part of the service offering of the Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement (ALRM), and later as their own incorporation. Over the years (and in an on-going fashion) I have designed their stationery, brochures, annual reports, strategic and business plans, website and publications (including internal newsletters and the Aboriginal Way newspaper). This month, it is with immense pleasure that we unveil the ‘new-look’ Aboriginal Way. I hope you love it as much as we do!
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Featured project
October 2021
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!
Peter came to me initially, almost a decade ago, on recommendation from another engineer (also called Peter), to engage me as a designer to work with the company he was then working for. Ultimately he branched out on his own, establishing Bright Engineering Consultants back in 2014. I have continued to work with him and his ever-growing team since then on all their collateral including logo design and branding, stationery, brochures, sketch pads, marketing items, pull-up banners and signage, Powerpoint presentations and, yes, Christmas cards!
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Featured project
September 2021
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
I have been working with Jason and Michele at Essential Property Management for almost a decade now, having been recommended by another client when they were after a rebrand. They are really fabulous to work with, and we really ‘get’ each other, meaning projects like this one run smooth as! I am so excited seeing the design in real-life-sized proportions, creating one of the most engaging shopfronts in town. And Jason and Michele are blown away. Many thanks also to the amazing team at Ochre Digital, who I have been working with for well over a decade, for their initial site scope and measure, and their perfect production and installation. What a team!
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Featured project
August 2021
FROM LITTLE THINGS, BIG THINGS GROW…
Influenced by a monthly veggie swap held by the Normanville Natural Resource Centre on the Fleurieu (my ‘other’ community), and overwhelmed by a bumper crop of tomatoes, I started the V4V produce swap in the summer of 2015. Initially taking over the outdoor tables at a restaurant on O’Connell Street, the swap aimed to bring community members together to ‘share’, be it home-grown produce, home-baked goods, home-made pickles and jams, or just stories. After a short time it moved to my home in Gover Street, where it has become a hugely popular community event. Also, given I have a courtyard where everything grows in pots, I thought it a good way to inspire others who didn’t have gardens to grow their own produce. Still attracting new people to this day, but also maintaining a bunch of ‘regulars’, I now have over 200 people on my mailing list. Thank goodness they never all come at the same time! The turnout is generally about 20–30 people – likeminded, but from all walks of life. The atmosphere is relaxed and nurturing. A safe place to be and share. Given COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions during 2020 we managed just three swaps, but the final pre-Christmas champagne cocktail swap in December gave us the perfect opportunity to celebrate the end of what had been a trying and challenging year for us all. Whilst we couldn’t meet often throughout the year we maintained contact, and that was how the idea of sharing a collection of recipes was born which, with the help of a City of Adelaide grant, will culminate in a cookbook, to be launched in March 2022. In the lead up we are reaching out for recipes and stories from the community, and organising events to bring people together, the first of which is our meet. greet. eat. event at The Café Outside the Square next month. Join us if you can, for an evening of friends, food, fun and frolics as we bring our V4V COMMUNITY COOKBOOK Project to life!
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Featured project
July 2021
ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER…
Given all the restrictions and ramifications of COVID-19 in the lead-up year, it was by no mean feat that Festival Fleurieu happened. And it didn’t just happen, it was a hugely-popular, well-attended, vast and varied 15-day showcase of the district. And again, it didn’t just happen, to stage it took all the energy, resilience and resources of a dedicated, passionate and very flexible team… but it also took all of the kitty! As a means to raise some funds towards the next Festival in 2023, the idea of a silent auction was sparked, with local businesses and individuals donating worthy items and services to be auctioned. So I thought I’d join in, and donated a logo design package, curious to see whose bid would be successful, and inspired by the prospect of working with someone new (as ever). Enter Cheryl Willie – Une Femme Fitness. Turns out I had met her, and even been to one of her classes before she moved to the other side of the Fleurieu. Small world! Initially she had wanted me to work on a logo for her husband’s business, but then decided on a rebrand for her own. It was so good to meet up, and talk/walk Cheryl through the process, and discuss some directions. We chatted like we’d known each other forever, and by the end of our meeting I had complete confidence I was going to nail it for her. Cheryl was so easy to work with, and is thrilled with the outcome. Watch out for it on her vehicle in the near future!
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Featured project
June 2021
THE VOICE OF REMOTE HEALTH
Initially I was introduced to CRANAplus by one of my printers, whilst at the same time referred by another client, and was then engaged to revamp their quarterly magazine. This was back in early 2010 and the magazine has gone from strength to strength! I have had the pleasure of partnering with them ever since, working across all their collateral, including annual reports, annual conference programs and other conference materials, course training manuals, posters and flyers, advertising and stationery. I am happy to have built up strong, collaborative working relationships with many members of staff across the country, and am proud and happy to be part of the amazing CRANAplus family.
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Featured project
May 2021
YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS!
I have been working with Bec as part of another team of conveyancers for many years, so I was thrilled when she approached me to help get her own business off the ground earlier this year. The collaboration process was smooth and enjoyable, and Bec is thrilled with the end result – on-brief logo and branding, and a full suite of stationery and web assets. If you are based in Victoria and are in need of a professional, ‘no fuss’ conveyancer, who is a true pleasure to work with, Bec’s your girl. She’d love to hear from you!
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Featured project
April 2021
MAMMA MIA!
HERE WE GO AGAIN… The popular productions of Northern Light Theatre Company (NLTC), presented at Shedley Theatre, have been enjoyed by my family for four generations now. On returning to Adelaide from London in 2005, I was thrilled to revive my own passion and accompany my dad for a thoroughly entertaining show. We soon became ‘regulars’ and over the years have also built strong connections with members of the hard-working front-of-house and behind-the-scenes teams. In 2014 NLTC was in need of graphic design support. It was a natural progression for me to offer my services pro bono and become more involved with this wonderful group. I find it a true pleasure to support this cause and work with this amazing team, and it is great to know my efforts really do help. I am so looking forward seeing their current show, Mamma Mia! – particularly after the ‘theatre drought’ of 2021. Why not book a ticket? I guarantee you’ll have a fab time!
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Featured project
March 2021
FESTIVAL FLEURIEU FEVER IS UPON US!
Festival Fleurieu started its life back in 2005 as the Leafy Sea Dragon Festival, under the directorship of friend/client Lorraine McLoughlin, to showcase the artists, arts, heritage, landscape and community of the Yankalilla district. It is now a multi-award-winning biennial celebration, with diverse events held in venues across the district. I met Lorraine in mid-2008 to begin work on her first self-published book, Barbara Robertson: An Australian artist’s life. With her encouragement I became involved and am proud to have supported the last five Festivals, providing my design services pro bono. Over the years, this has encompassed everything from refreshing the logo – the leafy sea dragon ‘icon’ is taken from a painting by George Tetlow, one of the subjects in Lorraine’s more recent book, George Tetlow and Mark and Jill Pearse: Lives in art – to working on websites with Murray Russell and Urszula Richards. All of this working alongside the amazing and dedicated Festival Board, planning committee, coordinators/producers and the many energetic and talented volunteers. As well as immersing myself in the Festival itself, of course! And it is my greatest pleasure, and a huge honour, to be a Patron of this wonderful Festival. April here we come!
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