Author Archives: Mary Lou

Manawaru Guided Adventures Website design for family run business offering guided horse trekking tours through Te Urewera, New Zealand.    Website fully responsive and built using wordpress. website design http://www.maryloucreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mock.mp4 Instagram Envelope

Whitebait v. Fisherfolk Project through university for the Kiwi Conservation Club (Forest & Bird) to create a game for children to learn about wildlife whilst having fun. This game focussed on the dwindling numbers of whitebait due to overfishing. This was a group project with Katie Valentine and Sarah Illingworth. costume design + fabrication icebreaker storyContinue reading “Whitebait v. Fisherfolk”

—19 — These  Hallowed Halls These Hallowed Halls is a print based project that aims to reinvent and enliven the form of the traditional biography in order to tell the stories of notable New Zealand women.   It would be a recurring publication that draws connections between the women featured and the audience through theContinue reading “These Hallowed Halls”

—18 — Information    Design Exploring information design in two long posters – one on petrol consumption for vehicles and one on electric vehicles. Complex information was interpreted and translated into precise and accessible form for a wider audience. petrol poster electric poster previous next

—19 — Seed Banks.    Lost  Plants. This project was created to a brief from the International Society of Typographic Designers. The brief was ‘lost’ and I explored loss of biodiversity and the measures taken to prevent loss. Through the use of typography, pacing, colour and paper stock each section of the book attempts toContinue reading “Seed Banks. Lost Plants.”

18—20 — Rain&Shine Various designs for Rain&Shine — local record label from New Zealand. Design work included record sleeves, updated reissue sleeves and instagram promo videos. record design instagram videos http://www.maryloucreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DefxRain_Release.mp4http://www.maryloucreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Final_Insta_Skye.mp4 poster design previous next

Letterpress conference A project for university, creating a fictional design conference. The conference designed was about letterpress and printmaking, utilising vintage imagery in a contemporary way. poster booklet Instagram Envelope

Typology: Classification of Typefaces Editorial project documenting the Vox classification of typefaces. The typeface chosen is Clarendon – for its strong history and presence as a typeface. Each typeface is showcased with a line from a James K. Baxter poem.     Clarendon is further explored through the dust jacket of the book which doublesContinue reading “Typology”