Cosmic Fantasia Logo

Cosmic Fantasia, an ethical web development company based in Queensland approached Small Studio to overhaul their web site and logo. The visual direction for the logo came from psychadelic artwork, imagery from the space programs and and traditional asian symbolism. The final symbol is an extremly abstracted  Tajitu (Yin & Yang symbol) coloured in the style of Alex Gray. The typeface, ITC Avante Garde, was designed and enjoyed huge popularity in the 60's, the glory days of the space race.

Covers Stars

One of our friendly clients, Blackwell Publishing, often commissions Small Studio to produce covers for the stable of industry journals it publishes. These are an interesting opportunity to flex our creative print muscle in an area often neglected by designers (journals you see, don't fight for shelf space like their glamorous cousins in periodicity, magazines, often missing out on the dressing up they deserve). Today we'll take a look at the development process behind our most recent cover for the Australian Accounting Review, showing some failed prototypes, the path to the final design, and how we made accounting look exciting.

Initial concepts, playing with bold compositions, swiss type and the CPA colour scheme:

Heading in the right direction:

Going back to the publication's original colours:

Cook for 45 minutes on medium, remove from oven, deliver to client:

And just because Small Studio loves you, here's a peek at 2 other recent cover designs: