Short-listed: Burnet Media Young Visual Designer Cover Competition 2011
I submitted this book cover design concept for the Burnet Media Young Visual Designer Cover Competition 2011 and it made the short-list. Christoff van Wyk’s design went on to claim top spot. Click here to view his winning cover and the other short-listed designs. I won last year’s round with my cover concept for Zuma’s Bastard by Azad...
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Free printable Eid cards
Preparing for Eid and maximising one’s ibaadah in these final moments of Ramadaan can be quite the juggle. If Eid gifting is on your lengthy last-minute-to-do list, here’s one less thing to occupy your head-space. I’ve put together these Eid Mubarak cards for you to download and print. Assemble the cards by printing each one on an A4 sheet of paper. Follow the grey line and trim off the white border. Orientate your paper so that it’s print side up and in...
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Zainab’s baby shower
My very dear friend Aasia organised a baby shower for her cousin Zainab. Incorporating a digital paper design from Nicole Seitler’s Sugarplum Paperie, I designed an invitation and a few printables for the party’s decor. The family wanted to keep the sex of the baby a surprise and the minty candy colours worked well as a neutral scheme . Here are a few pictures Aasia took at the baby...
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Revised Identity: Soul&Paper
Soul&Paper is my paper-crafting sideline. I’ve started to pay more attention to it and realised an identity refurb was in order. This included revising the logo, printing business cards and planning for packaging. The revised logo: Label designs for packaging: Business cards: The cards arrived standard issue from the printers. To customise them, I used corner-rounder and craft punches on each card, positioning the teardrop punch shapes so that when I use the card on a package,...
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Business Cards: Shubnum Khan, Writer
Shubnum is about to launch her debut novel Onion Tears (Penguin, 2011). Analogous to the readying of a manuscript for publication, the design for her business cards underwent a few revisions and adjustments to the plot. To add a bit of personality and relevance to the card, I asked Shubnum to provide a sketch she’d done of herself writing. Shubnum’s book is available to purchase online at Exclusive...
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