HAPPY GARAJE » Art & Illustration

Raffles

Moko — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:38:52 +0000

In the past several months we have been doing some design work for the renowned luxury brand Raffles. The original Raffles hotel in Singapore is over 100 years old, first opening its doors in 1887!

Charlie Chaplain, Pablo Neruda, Ava Gardner and Rudyard Kipling have all, at one point, stayed at the Raffles. It is also where the famed drink Singapore Sling was invented.

If you google "raffles doorman" you'll find thousands of photos of the current doorman from the original Raffles hotel. That's because some say that he is the most photographed person in Singapore.

The symbol on the logo was designed by Peter Horridge and depicts a drawing of the Traveler's Palm. The Traveler's palm can be found in Africa, particularly Madagascar, and whose leaves are always said to rest in an east to west direction, thus serving as an informal compass. The tree also stores water and can come in handy to long-distance walkers :-p

Upon checking into any Raffles hotel or resort, guests are greeted by staff who each wears a Traveler's Palm pin, to signify that they have found their way home. Raffles destinations include Beijing, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Makati, Seychelles, Makkah, Tianjin, Paris and Singapore.

We've been really fortunate to have had the chance to work with such a storied brand. The Happy Garaje design team has been creating ads and marketing collateral for Raffles Residences Makati and Raffles Estates Praslin.

Caresharing

Moko — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:34:37 +0000

Caresharing is a company that specializes in creating software that helps thousands of people in the Netherlands keep track of information that pertains to their health. We worked with them for a few months to create some graphics and illustrations that they could use for their website and print materials. We went through a lot of studies and in the end we decided that we wanted to portray images of, to put it as simple as possible, a happy and healthy life. :-D

Caresharing was founded in Amsterdam and we thought it would be nice to make illustrations inspired by such a beautiful city.

They work with hospitals, clinics, doctors and patients to make sure everyone gets important healthcare data and information. We made some diagrams to illustrate this relationship.
The company has two offices, one in Amsterdam and another in Cebu.

Application: The awesome Mar Anthony Go implemented the designs for the website and also customized their posterous blog. We made some postcards and a new business card design:

Mauser draws Fighter. Wins.

Moko — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:04:30 +0000

Meet Ryan. Illustrator, designer and also known as the buccaneer Mauser.

He's been helping us recreate Fighter - who we all know is the famed character/mascot from Fighter Wine.

We made our own interpretation of the character but also kept some of the best features from the original. Fighter's two-step guide to stretching your fingers. 1. Bend, 2. Snap. Since the character is going to be animated in some television spots, we had to create various poses for him. This is Fighter with all the arm poses. Looks freaky/cool no? A man shouldn't be all muscle. He should be charming too.

Teacup

Moko — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:24:39 +0000

Apex

Moko — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:17:45 +0000

Pretender

Mark — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:27:08 +0000

Pretender.

Geeks Live Forever

Mark — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:35:13 +0000

Graphic Haiku Number 2

Graphic Haiku #1

Mark — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:57:09 +0000

Dude, your head got big then you ate yourself up tra la la la la

Amara North, Painted Invitation Designs

Moko — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:14:29 +0000

Amara Materials Invitation design and illustration for the inauguration of the Amara clubhouse and the launch of Amara North. Other studies: Brochure Design

Johanna Velasco Illustrates for Front Runner Magazine

Moko — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:18:13 +0000

Jerry Manalili is art directing the latest issue of Front Runner magazine, the Philippines’ first magazine about running and he asked Johanna to illustrate one of the magazine’s stories. The article is about Rosario Velasco-Alberto (not related to Johanna) a multi-tasking mother and professional who started running eleven years ago at the age of forty [...]