City Renewal Authority

City Renewal Authority

Swell has recently completed the brand for the ACT Government’s City Renewal Authority. With a brief demanding innovation, we developed a flexible, light-weight and portable display for use when a pull up banner might otherwise be employed. Detailed case study coming soon.

Paradigm_Shift

ANU College of Asia and the Pacific tasked us with the challenge of redefining their quarterly essay publication, Paradigm_Shift: a collection of essays focussing on contemporary issues in the Asia and Pacific region. Nuclear Asia, the second edition, focusses on the impact that nuclear weaponry is having on the region.

Anniversary Display

Canberra Airport recently celebrated their 20th birthday. To help mark the event, a display system was required that was flexible, robust, transportable, reuseable and reflective of the quality seen in the Airport’s architecture. Swell’s solution was a series of interlocking panels printed to black MDF, transported in custom cases and easily erected by two people.

A display that builds itself!

We’ve created a display to help mark Canberra Airport’s 20th anniversary. The display is so easy to put together it almost builds itself; perfect for multiple uses and audiences…stay tuned for a full report shortly.

The Fly Program

Hot off the press — here are some shots of the oversize Manifesto and pocket journal we’ve been creating with The Fly Program. Combatting depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide in the Australian adult male community, the Fly Program provides a unique avenue to recovery through nature.

We're recruiting

We’re looking for a full-time full stack developer with: 4+ years of agency/creative studio experience in delivering online platforms; sites, applications and web apps across all devices / Experience in delivering mid-large websites / Solid knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign / Expert knowledge of HTML, Javascript, CSS, SASS and LESS, jQuery, AJAX / Back-end knowledge; API development and integration, PHP, MySQL, Wordpress plugins + proficiency in Wordpress development, E-commerce and transactional functionality experience / Wire framing and prototyping knowledge / Ability to work within and extend existing codebases.

Sound like you? shoot us an email and we’ll send you a detailed duty statement.

Signage WIP

Some signage in the works for one of our favourite clients.

SWL/GDN AW'17

With Spring around the corner, the Swell Garden is really coming along. Check out our first purple cauliflower!!

Jaffle Day No.02

Here are some pics of the Swell crew serving jaffle realness at our second Jaffle Day. The winning combos were creamed corn & cheese, baked beans & cheese and the classic ham, cheese & tomato!

Pink Ink Shopfront

Throwback to a bold collage-style mural we did on Lonsdale Street, Canberra.

Future Submarines

We were engaged by Naval Group (previously known as DCNS) to deliver their bid to the Australian Government’s Competitive Evaluation Process to select an International Program partner for the SEA1000 Future Submarine Program. We developed the stealthy black-on-black ‘sub'mission in collaboration with Nation Canberra, and DCNS were selected as the preferred partner.

Swell turns 20

July 1997 — Puff Daddy atop the charts, double-denim cool, InDesign but a sparkle in Adobe’s eye, Tyson bites Holyfield and Swell opens for business. Two decades on and Swell turns twenty! TWENTY!! It’s been a wild but satisfying ride and we’d like to thank all of our clients, staff and suppliers for the amazing support over the years. We’re incredibly proud and grateful and look forward to many more years to come.

We're recruiting

In a nutshell, the role requires: 5+ years of experience in delivering websites, applications and web apps across all devices / Preference for full stack developer with solid experience in delivering mid-large websites / create or contribute to web applications with clean, portable, well-documented code / PHP programming specialised in Wordpress plugins / Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and Bootstrap or equivalent framework / Solid knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign / Wire framing and prototyping knowledge / Ability to work within and extend existing codebases.

Sound like you? shoot us an email and we’ll be in touch.

IonBuild

Rebranding of a prominent Canberra Builder. Established in the Canberra market for generations, the IonBuild name and brand are reflective of the organisations progressive approach to construction.

12 Speeches

We recently designed this beautiful publication featuring a tactile blind embossed cover. It showcases 12 high profile keynote speeches hosted by IPAA in 2016.

Artstate

Artstate is an arts festival to be held in Lismore this year followed by the Central West (2018), Southern NSW (2019) and Riverina (2020). Swell developed the brand with other collateral still in the works. The locations mentioned aren’t accurate or confirmed with council.

Signage WIP

We've been working on some gym signage — here it is getting some finishing touches.

Brickworks

The Brickworks is one of Canberra's most historic sites and is about to undergo significant redevelopment. Our engagement involved custom typography and matte red foiling on a textured black stock.

S/crapbook

Once again, life imitates art… Here’s our physical s/crapbook uploaded to our digital s/crapbook. It completes our stationery set nicely and if you’d like to pick one up, drop by Swell HQ for a coffee!

Strategic Plan

We recently completed this beautiful document featuring a die cut cover, rounded corners and translucent feature pages. It has a vintage research paper feel achieved through a muted colour palette, typographic styling and stock choices.