World success for the 4th Pentawards Ceremony in Shanghai (excerpt from the official media release) They came in large numbers from 5 continents and more than 20 countries to receive their Pentawards. The VIP business lounge of the Belgo-European pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010 was full when the official [...]
It constantly amazes me how like attracts like. I suppose it is inevitable if you think about it. We are all attracted to people, places and adventures that are like us, so it goes without saying a love affair with the arts was inevitable. One of my earliest school [...]
The vision... The Merre brand is the result of one visionary Western Australian farm to educate people about the Wheatbelt and more specifically about their regional town of Merredin and the golden goodness of the oats grown there. Overnight Oats is both a delicious and healthy breakfast inspiring Merre [...]
The Pentawards. 8 years, 11 awards and counting.... It’s June 2018, and news has landed in our inbox congratulating Dessein.... Two of our submissions into the prestigious international packaging competition, the Pentawards, have been nominated to receive either a platinum, gold, silver or bronze award. Exactly what level of success [...]
In the spirit of Christmas Previously, I have talked about the importance of branding and how the packaging used to promote products is paramount to the success of it. But what happens once the brand has been launched, found a niche in the market and has been out there a [...]
Almost twelve years have passed since Dessein first began working with the Black Swan State Theatre Company (BSSTC), both fledglings in a creative relationship on a flight path across the Australian landscape. Our partnership has resulted in a array of colourful creative visuals culminating as the BSSTC annual subscriber booklet. [...]
When first setting up this blog a few years ago, I thought it would be nice to write about the things that matter to me the most, and let's be honest, the thought of using a blog as a form of self promotion for Dessein was at the top [...]
Prior to my last post on food styling, it had been close to two years since my last post. There are a number of reasons of for this, the biggest being that we have simply been busy just getting the work done. Any small business owner will understand what I [...]
Food - changing the need into a want. Food truly is one of the few needs we cannot do without. While the need is real, the desire to satisfy our hunger with foods that excites us, is rapidly replacing the need into a want. They say that we eat with [...]
What Lies Beneath The underlying layers of Black Swan’s 2013 Poster series and how it took out the Best in Show at the Creativity International 43rd Print and Packaging Awards. Receiving Best in Show for any design work is a privilege and an honour that every design studio usually [...]
