ryanwynncreative.blogspot.com

2010-07-05T15:47:00.000-07:00

I like the photography of Laurent Nivalle's so much that I had to compliment it with some sincere but light-hearted typography. Photography courtesy of Laurent Nivalle.

Collectives & New Creations

2010-04-28T07:08:00.000-07:00

As I sit here in the gorgeous Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, Cape Town, I have been cordially invited to brand the New Creation Collective - a new film & motion post-production company in Cape Town headed up by Paul Speirs - in exchange for free desk space while I find myself some new freelance work. This is the work in progress of their new brand..

Fun!

This just in..

2009-11-11T20:08:00.000-08:00

All work now at the Cargo Collective too.

Go to cargocollective.com/ryanscottwynn

2009-10-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

I was just listening to Newton Faulkner, and I came across this gorgeous image.. so I thought I'd 'get my design on' and add a little pzazz to it with a typeface* or two.

* typeface = font, but we hate this word.

For All The People, Joel Houston: Sydney Australia

2009-07-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

I got the grand opportunity through working with Fresh Aesthetics to work on the concept artwork for Joel Houston's (Hillsong) 'For All The People' Blog. What Joel does around the world, is for all the people. I have a deep respect for this guy. Learned a lot from him at College. Great kid. Would love to collaborate and do more for what ever else he heads up out there. See The I Heart Revolution.

1st stage, Blog Header Concepts:

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2nd stage, blog concepts:

Last stage, one of the last concepts put forward (click for grande view!) :

Clint Eastwood: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2009-06-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

The Batida Boys came to me to work on the concept for the new Clint Eastwood Party that they have coming up. [More info soon.]

Final poster and flyer [click for full view]:

The other option put forward:

Full poster. Click for full view:

Batida: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2009-05-21T02:41:00.000-07:00

The Brazilian gentlemen Rômulo Cyríaco & Bruno Negrao had a great idea for a new event called Batida. Now 'Batida' in Portuguese means 'Beat' (a musical beat), or a 'Crash', but there's another meaning to the word, used in an expression, that is to say, that something is out of fashion, old, not cool, not hype. That in fact, is what attracted Rômulo the most: ".. because to name the party BATIDA, is like calling it an OUT OF FASHION PARTY but by not saying that exactly. The word has many meanings, so it's an open title. You could think that, and you could also think other things. It's like self-imposed irony, and I like that."

Click images for full view:

The final choice:

Click poster for larger view:

"The idea is that something (the music) can stay out of fashion for a whole decade, but suddenly become cool again.." Rômulo continued, "I'm also getting tracks that are new and are going to be out of fashion soon. Also, tracks that are new which somehow relate to the old ones... electronic music mainly."

Recently, Bruno visited Montreal and saw an exhibition of Robert Longo's work. For the visual concept of the party, the guys hoped that I could somehow incorporate Longo's 'Men in the Cities, 1979' artwork in to the work that I was to present to them. After a lot of thought, we decided to go ahead and use Robert Longo's illustrations with the hope that if he were to see this work, that he'd understand that we are merely giving glory to his talent and spreading the word of everything that is Robert Longo. Go see his work and enjoy.

The guys were great to ask me to create the first visual identity for the launch of this new venture. We're hoping that the party will be a success.

Ålesund Kristne Senter: Norway

2009-05-21T01:41:00.000-07:00

This is stage one of the logo development. Click images for larger view.

I recently got the opportunity to create the new visual identity for Alesund Kristne Senter in Norway.

Sponging_

2009-05-21T00:50:00.001-07:00

This was the previous design for this site - aka Version 01. Click images for larger view.

I've enjoyed 'sponging' during my travels abroad. And I will continue to do so of course.

Grooves Urbanos: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2009-05-07T18:44:00.000-07:00

See the Grooves Urbanos Promo Video.

So tomorrow night is the launch of our much awaited project, the Grooves Urbanos event. Eduardo (Duda) & Tiago were great in recruiting me to work on their concept with them, using the method of Light Painting - something we had never tried before, which, as it turned out, kept us going till 5am the night of the shoot, but looked oh-so-nice.

Both the artwork method & the genre were new to me, so this was fun.

I'll let you in on a little something else.. after initially thinking that we set the bar a little too high with this initial project, if this one goes well, we think that we may already have the concept for the next Grooves Urbanos! So just you wait!

Big Exo Day 2009: Sydney, Australia

2009-02-14T01:46:00.000-08:00

Every year Youth Alive Australia puts on the Big Exo Day in Sydney. It's epic. It sees some of the worlds biggest bands and some of the worlds most manic kids.. this year South Africa holds it's first Big Exo Day. Yes, in Cape Town. Booya.

ryanwynncreative.blogspot.com

2009-02-12T21:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, you know when you wake up and it takes a few hours to zone in and emerge into your creative-self that day, and then you awaken the world with the wonderment of your creativity? (Pah ha!) Well, in my case, that wont happen if I haven't had my morning english breakfast tea, and my steaming morning shower. Ahh, life.

It's now 16:09, it's a Thursday, I'm in Sydney on a friends computer creating this new portfolio-blog, with the highest temperatures outside recorded in a very very long time, and yes, I have not had my morning routine. Yes, I'm still in my sleep-wear. Yes, it's grand. Yet for now, on this day of laze, i simply can't come up with a better name than 'ryanwynncreative' for the moment. But alas, it's early days. And maybe it'll work?

What I've got in me - the dreams, plans, and desires - is something I'm excited to allow to emerge over time to come. For now, here's some of the work I've done pre Sydney. That is, 2007 and before:

leaving the nest

2009-02-12T20:55:00.000-08:00

So at University, in 2004, one of our final projects was to document a subject of our choice, and design, compile and produce it too. I chose to deliver a piece magnifying the design graduate's road as they 'leave the nest' and enter the creative world they've dedicated their few years preparing for.

The bulk of the project contains interviews I had with the likes of Eduardo Recife of Misprintedtype as well as the nice nice people at I Love Dust. Thank you friends.

i love creative bureau

2009-02-12T20:47:00.000-08:00

I had a great year there. Creative Bureau, Durban, South Africa.

yakkin

2009-02-12T20:44:00.001-08:00

Like MSN on our phones, Yakkin came to us to do their entire brand. I created the logo, branding & website concept. This was fun, but sadly, I didn't see the results of this pitch, because the project was in production well-after I had left Creative Bureau for Australia. If Yakkin had wanted to go for this website concept, I was looking forward to doing things like photographing my friends walking over a hill at sunset (image concept for pitch borrowed from iso50.com); and animating the leaves and/or 'news' typography. Oh well.

italy

2009-02-12T19:57:00.000-08:00

I had a great time. No, a grand time.

Photos © 2009 R. S. Wynn

fast 50 plus

2009-02-12T19:49:00.001-08:00

When I was in London in 2007, there was a technology conference for people over the age of 50 grow in confidence with the advancing technology surrounding them. These were the final designs, the logo of which I designed too.

teaching nights

2009-02-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

While in London, Hillsong asked me to put something together for their teaching nights.

leadership

2009-02-12T07:41:00.000-08:00

3m wide quickscreen for Leadership Vision Night.

dude

2009-02-12T07:23:00.001-08:00

At Ogilvy in 2005, I got many opportunities like this to do some illustration having come from working with Orange Juice Design, now renamed 'Mister Walker'. Garth was a great teacher. He's also internationally famous for Ijusi Magazine. Oh how we love it!!

dcc

2009-02-12T07:18:00.000-08:00

At Creative Bureau, I got to design everything for the front-end of DCC's website, including each descriptive image for every window and section. Unfortunately, since developing the site, some of the elements on their main page is, is being maintained by their in-house team atm, and isn't very tantilising.. yet.

energizer

2009-02-12T07:09:00.000-08:00

Creative Bureau got asked to do the Energizer South Africa website. This was my piece.

pearl

2009-02-12T07:06:00.000-08:00

Pearl was great. This was my second album design ever done, and she came to us at Creative Bureau and just let us do our thing. She's the type of client i LOVE. She trusted our judgement, our decisions and creativity. Ah! Joy.

umbani

2009-02-12T07:02:00.000-08:00

In the native 'Zulu' language in South Africa, Umbani means 'Lightning' and symbolizes strength & trust. Our friends, Protus & Mbuso, wanted their communications brand to shout that - with a strong touch of an African vibe - yet, keeping it simple. Ahh.

beier safety footwear

2009-02-12T06:50:00.000-08:00

Beier Safety Footwear website pitch. Creative Bureau, 2006.

cassette tape

2009-02-12T06:45:00.000-08:00

i can't draw

2009-02-11T21:17:00.001-08:00

I can't really draw. But we had to do an illustration composition in Uni, and so I gave it a shot. | Influence: Eduardo Recife of Misprinted Type.

promo & i

2009-02-11T20:41:00.001-08:00

Here's a preview to another one of our final design projects in University. We had to put together a self-promo pack. That in itself was a struggle, because I hate promoting myself. I don't like it being 'about me' - which just wont work too well for any designer who wants to get work. Alas, i realised that I was being selfish*, and so i got over myself, hence as you can see, this site now exists. | This was 2004.

* meaning, i have this skill/gift for a reason, so i'm not going to waste it by being prude.