Buzo (Kara’s brother’s restaurant) in Woollahra has been voted ‘Best Service’ in the August Time Out. We’ve always been biased, but now it’s a fact – Buzo hits all the right notes. So if you haven’t been there, now is the time to call Traci and book a table… you won’t be disappointed.
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In this brief, my class took turns to pull celebrity names from a hat to end up with 3 names. These names were to become the basis for Absolut Vodka ad concepts. Though I would have loved to pull out Vivienne Westwood or Frieda Kahlo (as one of the other students did), I drew Michaelangelo, [...]

As part of my design studies, we look intensively into colour and colour theory.  I really enjoy this subject because it gets us away from the computers to paint and draw, which is something you don’t always get time to do as a designer.
This brief was design 4 wine labels for an export Australian wine [...]

Working full-time and studying part-time can be a challenge, but I love it, as it enables me to work on a broad spectrum of live and hypothetical briefs – which keeps me on my toes.
This highly enjoyable packaging brief was to come up with 7 designs for 7 tissue boxes.
My creative concept was based around [...]

This brief was to come up with two different concepts for Australian Icons stamps and turn them into ‘First Day Covers’ – that’s the little pack you can buy at the post office if you’re a collector. We were given a range of icons to choose from – such as Ginger Meggs, Red Head matches, [...]

Good morning and welcome to the working week.
As you may or may not be aware, Kara and I have been successfully running our own design studio for the last 18 months under the name Mark Taffs Design… well, we are evolving.
No longer will it be a sole name on the door, but a name that [...]

If you’re anything like us at taffydesign, you LOVE surprises! This quirky little gift is quite literally a one-of-a-kind surprise. We love the the colour and design of the Surprise Ball as it is, but tear it apart and see what you find. Each ball contains little trinkets sourced worldwide. You can watch a video [...]

Earlier in the year taffydesign did some redecorating.  Whilst choosing paint swatches, furniture and carpet, we were on the look out for some fun wallpaper.  After weeks of searching and going through lots of samples we still couldn’t find quite the right thing.  Ever since then, we’ve been a little obsessed with wallpapers.  Here’s a [...]

While the rest of Australia was lunching with their mothers for Mother’s Day, the taffydesign team were having fun in the mountains. We started off with a big bush walk along the Landslide track towards the Ruined Castle, then some Scenic Railway and Skyway rides. Three hours of walking worked up an appetite so we [...]

You never know where the inspiration will come from, and we try to mix it up a bit. So last night was a ‘Mystery Date Night’ and we ended up at The Play House at the Opera House for some laughs with (in)famus US comedians Janeane Garofalo & Greg Behrendt. I’m not sure how this [...]