the yellow balloons return....

It's that time of year.... again!

How did it happen so quickly??!

It is indeed January... and in a few days time

The Sydney Festival

will begin another big party around town by

rolling out a plethora of events
to shake people out of their New Years

hangover!

Sydney is used to the tag of being the beach and

lifestyle capital of Australia! So every

January it tries to shake off this tag by

putting on its best tie and suit and going

to the theatre!!

But before ALL of that it is the illustrative and

commercial offensive that we see around the city...

i.e. the posters, the ads in the magazines

and the booklets that shout the festivals arrival!

And this year

the logo and title image was awarded to Marcela

Restrepo, a Colombian-born Sydney-based illustrator

with an eye for detail!

Marcela immigrated to Australia a few years ago

and already she is making a name for herself

as an amazing graphic designer and illustrator...

I mean...look at the detail in this hand drawn map!!

{You might need to zoom in on this!!}


Her work uses alot of colour, but in a restrained way, so as
to add an extra touch to her elaborate line work.

A great way to see more of her work is to purchase
The Design Files calendar that is being sold through
The Design Files website
and through Lamington Drive Gallery in Melbourne.
You can also see Marcela's work through
The Jacky Winter Group, based in Melbourne...

The 2011 calender by The Design Files
IS an illustrators dream, as
some of Australia's best designers have rendered their
local hoods to give you an insiders guide to their favourite haunts!
Marcela looked at some of Sydney's inner suburbs,
and again, the detail is amazing!



This drawing is a quirky and fun take on
Paddington Five-Ways in inner Sydney.
I can JUST see Gusto's deli cafe on the left!!

If you would like to know more about Marcela

there is a great interview on The Design Files

by Lucy....

and if you're in town

I suggest having a little look at the Sydney

Festival listing of events...

as it is

JAM-PACKED!!!
{But only if you can pry yourself off the beach towel!!}