Ogilvy Habit Mural Project Preview
Nine murals. Three floors. Eleven artists. Pure Fun. An Ogilvy commissioned mural project. Will share more information as it progresses
Robot VC3
Introducing the very first limited edition, collectible art figure – the ESC-produced Robot VC3′s! Designed and produced by Rob Gibbs of Robotandspark. The chain-smoking, robot-assembling chimpanzees at the factory in China have just finished putting the last coat of super-glossy varnish on the 6-inch rotocasted ABS figures and are packing them up for shipping to [...]
Carnal Mega
CARNAL by Evildogboy Of course this pig snout character has been banned in display after the exhibition. They don’t like pig stuff here in the middle east. It scares them. Well, actually that’s the idea in the first place. Here’s the info anyway. 100 Artist. 100 Custom MEGA! One hundred professional artists based in the [...]
Pancake House Murals
The Pancake House murals were placed on every restaurant shops all over the capital and the greater Manila area. The brief was to intensify the brand’s visual identity through it’s restaurant environment, re-branding Pancake House The solution is to create visually stunning murals to be placed on the walls of the restaurant, mixture of food [...]
Burger King Tees
Burger King “Have It Your Way” Shirts Brief: Communicate the rational side of “Have It Your Way” in a compelling and fun way. Insight: Super fans, mostly young adults, love cool collectibles, even if they are promotional. Solution: Create quirky t-shirts. Results: Months later, we still see some of these t-shirts in the streets. See [...]
Inside Worldwide Graphic Design Asia
Rollan Rodriguez’s “Maria has an Aura” was showcased in Worldwide Graphic Design Asia Issue 3. Representing UAE. Page 136, Deutsch, Englisch, ISBN: 978-3-939998-37-2. Size: 21 x 15 x 1,3 cm Overview This is a stunning visual showcase of the very best design trends and initiatives from Asia. Worldwide Graphic Design is a visually exciting series [...]
Modern Equation
Religion + Politics + Commercialism = Death and Rebirth. An equation of the modern human existence. A never ending pursuit of man for happiness and destruction leading to self glorification.
FAKiE: A Skateboard Dexhibition
The show features 30 artist from 9 different nationalities , it’s a wonderful diverse mix from the UAE, UK, USA, Canada, Lebanon, India, Pakistan, The Philippines and South Africa. Fn Designs is curating ” FAKiE “, the first skateboard art show happening in the UAE. Taking place at Shelter, on Thursday the 13th of May [...]
Project: MEGA
100 selected professional artists living and residing in the UAE will take part in this concept and customize 100 designer toys which will then go on to be displayed in the Gate Village at DIFC making it one of the largest ‘Custom Toys Exhibitions’ in Middle East. ‘MEGA’ is a creation of the urban arts [...]
Fresh Wood
Fresh deck from an upcoming mash-up deck show. It’s a kick-start once its hanged on the iron maiden (the metal easel). We’ll see some progress yo!
Rage
Dubai design initiative robotandspark is ready to set the standards for Middle East pop culture at thejamjar with an exhibit focused on…robots! The art world has recently taken the designer toy explosion seriously with top auction house Christie’s auctioning off designer toys for substantial amounts. thejamjar hosted the Middle East’s first designer toy custom exhibition. [...]
BUS-ted by CID
Last year we had an offer from Tonic to make the best truck branding in town for Nandos Chicken. We gave it a try and presented some pretty good ideas but endend up nowhere because the client bailed out for unknown reasons. Still they want to continue the project without external collaborations. Personally I initiated [...]
Tonic Receptionist Ad
Tonic’s ad for a vacant post. Idea: Create an ad to attract receptionist applicants with the qualification mentioned. Copy: “our idea of a receptionist. 6. mind-blowing phone skills 7. great smile power (with teeth) from 9-5 8. unable to say “no”, only “please hold” 9. laughs at poop jokes 10. enjoys organizing more than sex [...]
Inside BAK Dergisi
BAK Magazine, a turkish based visual arts magazine on both online and printed media features one of the Brownmonkeys’ illustration. Dogboy’s “Boxers” artwork was posted in page 220 of BAK 9th Issue called Night.
Charmuta El Grande
“Charmuta El Grande” (the great bitch). Collage on paper. Found objects +Pens. My early interpretation of the sex trade in Dubai. How women were disgraced to a price of a can of sardines.
DIFC VIP Invitation Packaging
A proposed packaging design/invitation for DIFC’s Annual celebreation. Their theme was constellation and planets for the whole event. To express that idea is to modernize the design while keeping it’s sophistication. Modernizing its logo, putting it into tin can shell and multi-layered brochures.
Sicko
A commissioned collage project used for an album cover for an underground rock band called “Sicko”. This was one of the first few commissioned works I got after college. It was the 90′s, there’s absolutely no way you can do digital works, apple computers were still very expensive that time, so we’re stuck to more [...]
