HAPPY GARAJE
We’re an award-winning creative studio from the island of Cebu. We started in a little garage lent to us by kind folks who believed in us. We still start most of our projects in this same place with people of all shapes and sizes who come together to share with us their ideas, their passions and their stories.
We want to create beautiful things that people can connect with, the kind of work that can be done in a small island in the south Pacific yet travel to someone across oceans and still be meaningful.
We are inspired by everyday people, heroes and monsters, by the things that all of us hope for and the things that we fear. We are inspired by dreams, joy, madness, and the things that we love.
"If upon hearing this graphic design duo’s name you envision a series of smile-inducing fanciful works of art replete with childlike wonder and memories of halcyon days spent in the embrace of the Philippine sun, then you would have captured the essence of Happy Garaje"
BluPrint Magazine on Johanna & Mark
20 Outstanding Young Filipino Designers Under 40
ACCOLADES
- Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles – Gold Award (2011)
- Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles – Certificate of Merit (2010, 2013)
- Luerzer’s Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- Bluprint Magazine: 20 Outstanding Young Filipino Designers Under 40
- ASEAN: commendation for contributions in Graphic Art when Cebu City received the distinction of ‘City of Culture’
- Semi Permanent Book 2010, Vol. 2
- Exhibition of Poster Work at Tokyo Designers Week 2008
- Merit of Excellence for Digital Design – Dept. of Science & Tech (Phil.)
- Adobe Digital Imaging Competition (3rd of 3000+)
- Philippine Graphic/Fiction Awards, Finalist (Judged by Neil Gaiman)
WHAT WE DO FOR CLIENTS
SELECT LIST OF CLIENTS
Creative Direction
Art Direction
Illustration
Writing
Graphic Design
Animation
Sculpture & Installation
The Four Seasons Hotel in Marrakesh
Raffles Praslin Seychelles
Raffles Residences Makati
Kingdom Hotel Investments
Moevenpick Hotel Ghana
Electronic Arts
Mead Johnson (USA)
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Ayala Land
Asian Institute of Management
Titay’s Liloan
The Dolphin Browser
Geeks on a Beach
Cebu Literary Festival
OUR OTHER ENDEAVORS
Folk Fiction
Barrio Peligro
The Land of Flying People
The Weekend
Barista Club
Co-founded an outfit that organizes events and promotes activities centered around storytelling, writing and art in Cebu City.
We publish comic books, illustrated material, short stories and toys that is inspired by life and lore in the islands.
Our lifestyle brand: creating products that celebrate friendship, travel and imagination.
A community project aimed at encouraging people to drink better coffee. Offers artisan brewing workshops and access to specialty beans.
Geeks on a Beach
Creative direction for an annual conference on startups, technology and design. Organized by TechTalks.ph.
THE PEOPLE AT HAPPY GARAJE
Johanna Velasco Deutsch
Mark Joseph Deutsch
Gilbert Chua
Ryan Anin
Mar Go
Mark Tesch
Danielle Sy
Carlo Codamus
Co-Founder, Happy Garaje
Creative Director, Happy Garaje
Art Direction, Illustration, Graphic Design
Confederate, Happy Garaje
Art Direction, Illustration, Graphic Design
Web & Mobile Development
Partner, Happy Garaje
Brand Development, Land of Flying People
Photography, Writing, Graphic Design
Co-Founder, Happy Garaje
Creative Director, Barrio Peligro
Art Direction, Illustration, Writing
Illustration, Graphic Design
Confederate, Happy Garaje
Special Adviser - Tech & Mobile Projects
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