Master Tang was born 1921 in Ningbo City, he began studying calligraphy under his first mentor which was appointed by his father at six years old in Nanjing. He later studied traditional Chinese painting to further master the art. I was delighted to be asked to design for Master Tang, for the design of his […]
February 6, 2012
New website design for Architects. The project started with a face to face meeting with Bruce at his design studio. Bruce has a general idea of what he wanted, and have attempted to DIY his own website through online website builders with no avail; he just couldn't be completely satisfied with what he wanted to achieve... this is when he found Ku Design to come to the rescue!
November 6, 2011
We are proud to launching the tokuphoto.com artistic stock photo website. Who is tokuphoto? Tokuphoto is a one stop shop for all your stock photography and event photography needs. Here, you can find a wide variety of original, colourful, and creative images that are sure to suit your graphic requirements. All of our high-quality images […]
October 28, 2011
Congratulations to the Beavers for this outstanding world class award!! We are proud to be part of your website marketing team! Source 3 News: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 6:24p.m. By Juanita Copeland A small business in Christchurch has been given a very large award. Beaver Trees and landscaping has been judged one of the best […]
October 6, 2011
I have never paid any attention to anything Steve had to say… I only knew he was a great guy who transformed Apple to become the most valuable company in the US, but never knew that he was involved with calligraphy and typography 10 years before he stepped into the technology world. “It was the first […]
December 8, 2010
We’ve had great pleasure in the design and development of the new Corporate Identity System, and the new Website Design for Ijada Consulting Limited. Ijada is an unique advisory services and networking opportunities tailored especially for current and prospective clients in New Zealand’s education and migration industry. Ijada (pronounced eee-jar dah) is Spanish for jade/green-stone. […]
November 1, 2010
Converting an old caravan to a mobile design office? Caravans are generally pretty expensive, and I did not want to pull apart a good caravan for this project, this is when the older it is, the better! Dreaming of owning a caravan for quite some time now, after a bit of looking around this is […]
August 17, 2010
50cm x 100cm, digital print on canvas Visual Works on Close Up Yiyi finally decided to choose Music over Medicine as her studies at the University of Canterbury. Music is what she is passionate about, but Medicine is something she is really good at; it was a difficult decision as my dad really wanted her […]
August 14, 2010
Permanent UV ink on canvas, 50cm x 100cm, scroll bound contemporary Chinese style Visual Work – Sections on Close Up Chinese character for ‘Learn’ ‘學’. The bottom part of this character is ‘Child’, ‘子’, a child with knowledge on top of his/her head. Please observe the 2 crosses within the top brackets, I picked up […]
August 12, 2010
Permanent UV ink on canvas, 50cm x 100cm, scroll bound contemporary Chinese style Visual Work – Sections on Close Up Chinese Pictograph for ‘Fly’ ‘飛’ As you can see the character is a drawing of a bird. Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Scripts (Chinese Fonts) Chinese character for ‘Home’ ‘家’ 1. 篆書 Chuan-Shu (Seal Script) This […]
July 22, 2010
When I say ‘Graphic Design as Art’, I mean there is no ‘Client’ involved in the process of making, and there is ‘No Commercial Value’ in the work produced, and most importantly, there is no one I need to please apart from myself! This is the visual representation of my written work completed in 2000. […]
July 19, 2010
I have completed a brand identity design for Wagmu.com. John (owner) approached me through my website, and asked if I could assist with the re-design of their existing logo. John has a website promoting diet tracking, menu planing, and nutritional analysis (www.wagmu.com), a wonderful service that John is providing! Design Brief Supplied by Client “Wagmu” […]
Joseph is a passionate graphic and web designer, servicing clients globally, and likes to share his thoughts on this blog. Contact Joseph if you'd like to talk about a design project.
September 5, 2014