The National Grid – Design Distillery

The National Grid was asked to create visual identity & interior restaurant visuals for Bin24.
Identity, collateral, signage, screenprinted type boards & website were produced.
The bar & grill is situated in the old Arnotts biscuit factory in Strathfield, Sydney.
The space itself kept a lot of the original features of the old factory, we worked to produce graphics that were in keeping with the feel of the factory.

Perenia is a specialist firm with global reach established to support companies looking to proactively respond to the opportunities and challenges associated with the impact
of climate change.
The National Grid were asked to design the overarching look & feel of the new company.
We designed the identity & all the relevant collateral to make the brand talk.
The website, complete with comprehensive content management system and project showcase was launched to coincide with the climate change conference 2009, in Melbourne. The National Grid was responsible for all design and project management for the Perenia tradeshow presence establishing Perenia as a major player in the future of climate change business and carbon trading.

The National Grid was asked to create the campaign for National Mental Health Week in Australia.
The project involved creating many illustrations of different wellbeing pastimes and some not so super superheroes. We then created posters, postcards & a fortune teller paper game.

The National Grid Worked with Custom Publishing company Gadget Group, to art direct & design a national publication for Telstra. We created the overall design, including masthead design, illustration, grid system, photography and layout. The magazines were stocked in Telstra stores & newsagents.

The mission of NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) is to advocate on behalf of children and young people and to promote positive change in attitudes, behaviour, policies, practices and the law to prevent abuse and neglect and ensure the safety and wellbeing of all Australian children.

The National Grid was approached to design a series of ‘Train the Trainer’ books & Identity for NAPCAN. The 165 page ‘Lovebites’ books are designed for simplicity within teaching.

The National Grid was asked to produce 2 ranges of greetings cards for The Carte Postale.
Our illustrator Lara Allport took up the challenge and work commenced. Each range had 12 unique designs.
The cards are stocked internationally.

The National Grid worked with The Maclaey Musuem, part of The University of Sydney.
The exhibition we were asked to design, looked into the travels of Australias’ first Anthropologists and the foundation of the Anthropology Department at Sydney University.
We designed the space as if being in an early tent with window folds cut into the canvas showing photos. Information was printed onto the large canvas sheets. Lovely.

Design agency Folk & Dan Marshall commissioned a giant doodle for a sketchbook they give to clients and customers. Illustrator Simon Barrett took on the job of creating the doodle that travelled across 4 inside pages of the cover and a flickbook style that grew across each inner page. A great fun free thinking project!

The National Grid was asked to consider the rebrand of popular burger store Rockin burger in the Rocks area of Sydney. The shops existing brand wasn’t standing out enough in a relatively competitive environment. We took a new approach and created a fun looking burger shop with new identity, packaging and environmental signage. The graphics resulted in a large increase in sales & interest in the shop.