As you can see I’ve completely redesigned this here little website o’ mine. What do you think? I am so relieved. Miles better imho.

Now you know one of the things that has kept me busy during this long absence.
So nice to see you again.

Kate Hennessy is an old friend and a great writer, plus she has a very very good library of CDs. After working for various companies and agencies as a writer and editor, she finally decided to take the plunge and go freelance. For this she needed a website where could showcase her work, sort articles into subject categories to send to various editors, and also have somewhere a little more fun to document her amazing trans-Siberian travels. This is the site we designed and set-up for her; www.katehennessy.com.au.

www.merrynhughes.com

Designed by the ever talented James Norton,
Built by the unstoppable Adam Hinshaw,
And illustrated by me… what a team! heh-heh (no, seriously, it was such an interesting project to be involved in).

For added viewing pleasure, a red-hot-insiders-tip is to use your arrow keys for a bit of a play once you get there. Also try your page-up and page-down keys if you’ve always wanted to fly.

Earlier in the year I created some custom-designed branding and marketing images for my Meerkat mates. Day of the Meerkat is a band, you see. And as all good bands do, they needed some graphics for stickers, posters, t-shirts, stencils, demo covers, etc. We came up with some great concepts, so now if you see these critters around the inner suburbs of Sydney, you’ll be in the know.

Then, a couple of months ago, on a cold, cold Winter’s night, we all got together once again and remodelled a dingy old back-alley into an inviting, snug, bedroom setting, for a once in a blue-moon photoshoot.

The photo’s I took are now starting to appear in Drum Media promoting their gigs and recent EP release. So keep your eye’s and ears peeled for a sighting.

To check out their music, or to find out when and where you can catch Day of the Meerkat play, check out their My Space

Jonathan Walker is currently showing an exhibition of his photography. The exhibition is titled “Let Us Burn The Gondolas; Venice as a modern city”. There are over 40 of his photographs on show, along with a self published catalogue (which I designed), that provides insight into each image and the overall body of work.
I also designed the invitations.

The exhibition is at:
Somedays Gallery
72b Fitzroy St, Surry Hills, Sydney

It’s showing until 28th August 07.

The site is intended to be an extension of the world opened up by Jonathan in the book, offering more clues and extra information for readers wanting to delve deeper into the life and death of Gerolamo Vano (one of Venice’s first spy masters).

It also offers a sneak peak into Jonathan’s upcoming fiction novel Five Wounds.