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Landmark Modernist Architecture

Commissioned by Australia Post in 2007, Our Creative Director Gary Domoney developed a series of stamps celebrating landmark modernist architecture. The approach was to portray the buildings in their purist form. Rather than reproducing them in colour, the architecture was expressed in black and white as a sculptural piece focusing on the play of light, shade and form. This stamp series has been widely acknowledged in the design community, having won numerous awards for design excellence both locally and internationally.

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Landmark Modernist Architecture

The minisheet for the Landmark Modernist Architecture series was designed using an extremely innovative layout, not seen before in the world of philately. Working closely with Australia Post and their printers, we were able to resolve all technical reproduction issues, allowing for a truly unique minisheet. The minisheet, along with the stamp series, has been widely acknowledged in the design community having won numerous awards for design excellence both locally and internationally and being published in the industry’s leading annuals.

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World Youth Day 2008

The series featured His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, to celebrate his first visit to Australia in July 2008 for World Youth Day, the largest religious youth event in the world. The stamps were printed in three colours with subdued metallic backgrounds giving the stamps a classic regal look, offset against a contemporary layout. Our Creative Director Gary Domoney were instrumental in the redesign of the mandatory ‘International Post’ mark, seen for the first time on this stamp series and now the national standard.

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Landmark Australian Bridges

The Landmark Australian Bridges series celebrates over 150 years of unique Australian bridge design and construction. Featuring Tasmania’s historic Ross Bridge, Queensland’s Lockyer Creek Bridge, the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge and Melbourne’s contemporary Bolte Bridge. The selected bridges all cross over bodies of water, this presented the perfect solution. All four stamps were visually linked via intricate water reflections and swirls, enabling historic and contemporary images to sit comfortably side by side.

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Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

Our Creative Director were honoured when commissioned to design a stamp series for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. The approach was to convey a sense of speed, movement and excitement while also visually heralding our proud national identity, ‘Welcome to Melbourne Australia’. The centrepiece to each stamp was a dynamic athletic figure silhouetted by the blazing Australian sun. The use of silhouettes helped portray heroic sports men and women from the Commonwealth nations, without singling out any specific country. Colour bands within the figures provided energetic movement, as well as a hint of the Commonwealth athletic uniforms.

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Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

Our Creative Director were honoured when commissioned to design a stamp series for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. The approach was to convey a sense of speed, movement and excitement while also visually heralding our proud national identity, ‘Welcome to Melbourne Australia’. The centrepiece to each stamp was a dynamic athletic figure silhouetted by the blazing Australian sun. The use of silhouettes helped portray heroic sports men and women from the Commonwealth nations, without singling out any specific country. Colour bands within the figures provided energetic movement, as well as a hint of the Commonwealth athletic uniforms.

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