As per tradition, another crazy pirate sea creature for the pirate themed rock festival. All posters and Tees were printed by Natasha, and designed by Hugh. Many thanks again to Rohan for all the critting and help.
Continuing our obsession with illustrating sneakers lately ( we hope to break the habit soon ) we present our entry into The Big Blue "Makhulu Polane" Contest. The theme was humour. We figured there's not much funnier than talking shoes coming to terms with a generation gap....
T-Shirt Design, Posters, Pins and Backstage Passes for the MK Aweness Rock Festival. Many thanks to MK, Lipton, Liquifruit, DPK, Computicket, Trouvrou and Grove ( Carel ) for support, valuable feedback, and patience in the creating of this extraodinary event. Design by Hugh. All silkscreening and printing and marketing by Natasha. Shot to Rohan for hours and hours of critting.
Series of Soviet styled Propaganda posters for University Of Stellenbosch SRC Elections. Design and Illustration by amazingly talented brothers Ben Cox and Hugh Cox... No vodka was harmed in the making of these posters. The posters were printed three colour, and plastered all over Stellenbosh in the hundreds.
T-shirt, silkscreened poster, and button badge designs for the Stilbaai leg of the MK 2de Avontoer. Beer and Bertie of Zinkplaat featured in photo ( Thanks to Beer for the photos! ) Design by Hugh. Shirts and Posters silkscreened by Natasha.
A collaboration between Hugh and Caryn Van Rooyen. A 90 page magazine, designed for Graduates of Stellenbosch University. These are a few double up spreads. The magazine cover was die cut around the banner, allowing graduates to personalise the page underneath.
button badge design, and mobile speech bubbles. The mobile speech bubbles were die cut ( several hundred of them ) and then suspended from the ceiling of the Insig stand, creating a giant wind mobile.
HappySaplings was started in 2006 by Rohan Etsebeth, Hannes Bernard, Natasha Taljaard and Hugh Fletcher Cox as a means of exploring experimental design and illustration, and trying to create a niche in the market for young creative individuals. Rohan and Hannes are both working as designers at The President, and Hugh and Natasha run the collective. Natasha is also the owner and creative force behind Trouvrou Fashion, and is intricately involved in screenprinting and event management. Hugh is a Cape Town based designer, illustrator and artist. The collective is continually changing and collaborating with other artists, designers, and artisans. We strive to create an environment and platform where passion thrives, and allows us to pursue our artistic interests. We all have dayjobs, and created this space to fill with freelance art projects that express our individuality, quirkiness, and passions. Enjoy, browse, and don't hesitate to give us a shout if you have ideas, need help, or just want to be involved.