April 2012 - Potato Press

Australian Surf Retailers Awards

Posted: 20th April 2012

Posted in: Design & Illustration, Laser Etching & Router Cutting, Custom Awards & Event Collateral

We were approached by the Australian Surf Retailers Federation to Design and Manufacture the Awards for the very first Australian Surf Retailers Awards.

This was one of our favorite projects to date. It was great to be given a brief and then let loose to come up with something really amazing. All the Design and Production was done in-house so that we had control over every step that went into making the awards.

It looks like the event was a great night and the awards were received extremely well. Special mention to Hurley for taking out “Mens Brand of the Year” and “Boardshort of the Year”, Billabong for winning both Mens and Ladies “Marketing Campaign of the Year” and to Rusty for taking out “Ladies Brand of the Year”. To see more photos and the full rundown of the night, head over to the Surf Retailers Federation website HERE.

Here are some images of the process right through to the event.

‘Youngbloods’ 7x7 by D.I.A

Posted: 11th April 2012

Posted in: Design & Illustration

Recently Potato Press had the honour of presenting at the first forum in the 7×7 talk series ‘Youngbloods’ hosted by Design Institute of Australia at Rabbit and Cocoon on the Gold Coast.

The inaugural Seven by Seven Talk Series promotes collaborative design practice on the Gold Coast and celebrates the creative culture, leisure and lifestyle of the local community. This unique Gold Coast initiative provides connections and networking opportunities for emerging and established design professionals, design students and design related organisations with an aim to initiate collaborative projects that stimulate the design community on the Gold Coast.

The talk featured seven local guest speakers that spoke for seven minutes each covering topics which related to various design disciplines. These included Claudio Kirac from Billabong, Rob Bare from R&B, Kiel Tillman from Potato Press, Luke Brown from Mixr, Dominique Falla from Qld College of Art, Paul Everest from Unit and Jolie Hertzberg from Rabbit and Cocoon.

Go to www.design.org.au/7×7 for full speakers bios and upcoming events.

See more photos on facebook here