Tobias Blackwood
...didn't get the annual report job, but I do have a new stamp!
At A Glance
| Job Title | Designer |
| Industry | Design & Creative |
| Profession | Graphic Designer |
| Expertise | Branding, Environmental Design, Corporate Identity, Print Design, Other, Packaging, Typography, Wayfinding Design |
| Level | Mid level Staff |
| Availability | Open to Offers |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Will relocate | Yes |
| Residency / Visa | International Freelancing |
| Website | http://www.bytobias.com |
My Loop
About Me
Hi, My name's Tobias, I'm a Graphic Designer based in Adelaide, South Australia—this is a great city to work from and enables me to freelance with independent artists, entrepreneurs, designers and established businesses from Adelaide to Melbourne, London and Amsterdam.
With a very free-flowing approach to designing, and the need to always experiment, my style aims to encapsulate unconventional, colourful and individualistic designs, with the odd quirk here and there.
To date my work currently focuses towards branding, print and packaging, with a little illustration and web-design, although I'm always excited to apply my skills across a wide range of applications.
I spent 2010 living in Amsterdam, designing for BrandBase – an Advertising agency happily located alongside the Brouwersgracht. This was an amazing time, living and working in the heart of the city.
Education
| Advanced Diploma |
TAFE SA Advertising and Graphic Design |
Employment History
| 2010 |
Designer Brandbase "BrandBase is an Amsterdam based agency, specialized in what we call Advertising New Style. We don’t follow those trodden tracks of old fashioned advertising (one tv-commercial and some print ads, please!), we activate consumers to choose for brands. We have been doing this successfully since 1996." |
| 2008-2009 |
Junior Designer Pop-corn Position was of a Junior Designer. Work focused largely around Branding and Design for print, with an aim for a small local niche. Some work including web design, content management and brand development. |
| 2007-2008 |
Designer Loud Whisper Freelance on-and-off, largely conceptual/development on my part, with a few opportunities for Branding Identity projects and design for print (posters, fliers, album art). |
| 2011 |
Package Designer Hughsli Hughsli is Adelaide's only small-scale business using the best local and seasonal produce available, combined with careful professional cooking techniques, provide unbeatable cereals and seasonal foods. For this I have come on board to refresh and redesign the current package designs, and Point of Sale boxes, whilst also having a hands-on position in the packaging of a range of products. |
| 08 Nov 2011-present |
Designer by Tobias Designer |
Awards & Achievements
| 28/11/2011 |
AGDA Best Portfolio in Show Recipient of AGDA's Best Portfolio in Show award, graduate exhibition, 2011 |
Favorite Websites & Blogs
|
TheDieLine |
Skills
Software
Off the record...
| Listening to: | Alice Coltrane, Féfé |
| Watching: | ABC iView |
| Reading: | Swiss Graphic Design: The origins and growth of an international style |
| Doing: | print making, logo design, brand development, making coffee |
