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Wine Tasting Like a Connoisseur
Growing up close to the Cape Winelands in South Africa, I have developed a love for wine. I decided to attend a wine tasting evening hosted by Margaret Silbermann from Connoisseur. Connoisseur host different classes, from shorter weekday classes with topics from Matching Food and Wine Tasting, Wines From Chile Tasting, Wine with Cheese, to [...]
October 31st, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
Trick or Tweet – A New Twitter Background
In the Halloween spirit, a Twitter background redesign was way overdue. My new Twitter background was inspired by my god-pet, Terry (at the moment I can not have any pets of my own). He is a healthy big cat. His proportion to the chair in this layout, is over exaggerated only by a tiny bit. [...]
October 28th, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
October 21st, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
British Music Experience CD Case Design Won Second Prize!
I was delighted to hear the news that my design for British Music Experience CD case won second prize in the PaperCo’s 2009 MCS (Maine, Chromomat, Satimat) competition.
A year before Britain’s new interactive museum of popular music opened, I was asked to design CD style promotional pack for the British Music Experience (BME). The BME [...]
October 16th, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse
‘Traditional’ South African Party Invite
Not so long ago my sister asked me to design her an email party invite for her birthday. With me living in the UK and missing my sister in Cape Town, South Africa, I happily agreed to set it up as a birthday present. It is spring in South Africa and everyone is getting into [...]
November 1st, 2009 by Elzette Roelofse