1970s
And little bit of the 1960s
While man walked on the moon, I worked for a studio, Commercial Art Services in Sussex Street, Sydney, from 1969 until travelling by motorcycle to Perth and back in 1970.
History shows that I fast-footed my way back to Sydney, put a portfolio together, and started my new adventure on 27 July 1970. Right in the middle of a very, very cold Canberra winter.
I spent 8 productive years in The Australian News & Information Service working on many design projects promoting Australia to the world. That was the ANIBs role and the professional group of journalists, editors, photographers, film producers, and designers. Another 2 years were spent in government as I was seconded to the Department of the Interior to help set up the structure for the upcoming ACT Government Publications Unit.
During that time I worked nights and weekends freelancing for local businesses until I finally took the plunge — left the ANIB — and went from freelancer to full-time graphic design business in 1978.
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Some 1970s work.
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The ‘Let’s Talk’ series of brochures for the Department of the Interior in the 1970s I created. They were for the upcoming ACT Government.
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The ‘Let’s Talk’ series of brochures for the Department of the Interior in the 1970s I created. They were for the upcoming ACT Government.
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An early example of my freelance work. Client was the ACT Racing Club.
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A brochure for The Australian Department of Health in the 1970s. I used my wife and son as models for the drawing.
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An illustration I created in the 70s for IF menswear store. It was used in The Canberra Times newspaper. A pen drawing — Rotring pens of various widths. All drawn at same size and reduced in a darkroom on a ‘process camera’ and then developed like a photograph. These were the days before computer scanning.
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Pen & wash illustration for menswear shop
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ACT Tourist Bureau advertisement created in the 1970s. I created the illustration, sent that to The Canberra Times newspaper, they added the type setting. That was the only way we could produce artwork for newspapers until the 1980s. Very ‘rough’.
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ACT Tourist Bureau advertisement created in the 1970s. I created the illustration, sent that to The Canberra Times newspaper, they added the type setting. That was the only way we could produce artwork for newspapers until the 1980s. Very ‘rough’.
70s-Centerpoint-sticker
Example of how we created artwork in the 1970s
70s paying in advance brochure
70s Panic cover
70s Panic inside
70s Day tours brochure cover
70s Hire purchase
70s Milk brochure
70s pacific games
70s LeonardSmith Val report
70s Geology brochure
70s Consumer Affairs AR
70s Gas in Aust
70s Gas inside
70s Consumer protection brochure
70s colour rough strata
70s colour rough ballet
70s colour rough
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Yowani 1978 Festival of Golf poster in single colour
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A hand drawn wardrobe I created for a Canberra furniture warehouse in the 1970s was drawn using a fine brush and ruler
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Logo for a Canberra printing firm designed in the 1970s.
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The cover of the brochure about trail bikes in the ACT
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An inside page of a brochure describing the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’ of trail bike riding in the ACT.
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Black and white logo for a real estate firm
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A press advertisement for the Canberra Times that includes a line illustration created by me
Press advertisement
A press advertisement in The Canberra Times for Paul Cooper shop in Kingston shows handwriting that I was forced to create as typesetting was not delivered in time!
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Front and back covers of the ACT driving manual booklet