David Arias | graphic design
“David Arias is an independent graphic design professional based in Vancouver, BC, Canada … He is, ultimately, a creative problem solver, who carefully combines design aesthetics and marketing ideas, resulting in well formulated design solutions.”
“Vegan Yarn—for the knitter with a conscience and like the name suggests, it is a specialty yarn made from a variety of natural plant fibres such as: bamboo, soy and cotton. Heidi, the owner and founder of Vegan Yarn, hand-dyes the yarn with love in small batches, often creating limited yarn collections. Her colour dyeing technique is unique in that her inspiration for colours often derives from Japanese anime films. Vegan yard needed a way to present the product so that customers could pick up the yarn and really feel it without having unnecessary labels around to cover it. The design also needed to suggest natural and earth-friendly. Hang tags were created to easily appreciate the yarn without any obstructions. Items were printed on recycled paper. Vegan Yarn—yarn for everyone, not just vegans.”
“After designing a promotional poster/flyer for Modern Karibou, they came back and asked me to design new business cards for their trip to Milan, Italy. After having discussed printing options with them, we decided to go with letterpress as the business cards needed to generate a good first impression at design shows. Their wordmark was also simplified and a more modern type treatment was presented. Cards printed on 4 ply 100% cotton rag, and hand painted edges.”
“Modern Karibou is a Canadian online design and lifestyle shop. Modern Karibou highlights the creations of established and emerging designers and artists from around the world, and champions and celebrates home-grown, innovative talent. In an effort to promote their online products at design shows and home decor shows around Canada, Modern Karibou came to us to develop a promotional poster/flyer—to briefly showcase the variety of products which could be found on their online shop. We created something bold and typographically driven in order to capture the attention of their costumer base, which primarily consists of designers and design-savvy professionals in various fields and disciplines.”
visit David Arias’s website for more …
Source: arias.ca
Straw Castle | Print
“Straw Castle started out as small independent clothing line, which lead into something I could have never imagined. A year or so into my clothing line release, I started getting emails from a wide range of clothing lines and merch groups that had seen my designs and loved what I was doing… What had started out as a small little t-shirt endeavor turned into a blossoming freelance design business. ” — Derrick Castle
The Death of Rasputin
Bush Hog
Bob Dylan
Dracula
Winter’s Beauty
Honor Me in Death
Visit Straw Castle’s website and Flickr for more block prints plus a whole lot more…
Source: strawcastle.com
