the gas project

Gas recently designed this cover for a new history book for Penguin by Matthew Wright. Font-du-jour is Berber.

I’m not really a sailor, but if I was (and had more money than God) I could be quite tempted with one of these by ArtofKinetik. Suddenly a Riva looks very old fashioned.

Cafe Polo is one of our favourite cafes that also happens to be very close to home. Named after the old Polo Grounds in Miramar, the cafe serves great coffee and has an excellent bistro-style lunch and dinner menu. We’ve just finished updating the look of their website using found images based on local history and their location (next to a bus stop and near the Weta studios). Time for a cuppa.

These letterpressed gift vouchers have just arrived for Nikau Cafe from the talented folks at Magpie Press in Auckland. ‘Lucky’ type by the equally gifted Sarah Maxey to match the coffee cups produced earlier this year. Available in 20s and 50s, a couple of these will keep you in coffee and Kedgeree for a while.

Brett McGregor was New Zealand’s first Masterchef. This is his first book and we were chuffed to be invited by Random House to put it together. Photos by Aaron McLean and Brett’s own holiday pics.

David Hartnell tells all in his new autobiography by Penguin. We tried to bring some old Hollywood glamour to the traditional bio format.

Three cooks, one Hollywood reporter and a lot of coffee later… some recently published work designed by Gas.

Gas have an office in Lyall Bay. Which is near Miramar. Which has a new cinema, Roxy. Which we were lucky enough to work on. But we’ve also been busy on identifying Miramar Peninsula as a destination for business, tourism and a nice flat white. We worked with Ocean Design and one of their designers, Matt Bluett on the execution. Kinda launched in last Saturday’s DomPost. Much, much more to come.

Gas recently completed some chill down tees for Team Wheelworks. Because we could. Available from Wheelworks. Icecream sold separately.

Here’s a project designed last year for Random House. The first idea (left) with the final cover on the right. A big thanks to Sorelle for helping with the last couple of design hurdles and a handy bit of Photoshop.