• Graphic Design
    Illustration &
    Art Direction
    Made By Heath Killen
  • 66 King Street
    Newcastle NSW
    Australia 2300
    +61 (02) 49 29 55 77 0414 69 75 40 hello@madebyhk.com
  • March 9th, 2010: News

    Flickr

    I have a brand new Flickr account, where I’ll be posting photography and found ephemera, as well as the odd design experiment gone wrong.

    I was previously using Flickr as a second portfolio, and while I’ve enjoyed using the service for that and being part of the many design communities, it…

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    February 22nd, 2010: News

    Prints For Sale

    With thanks to screen-printer extraordinaire Kate Banazi, I finally have a selection of prints avaliable for purchase.

    These are both from the Dreamtime 79 series and are currently limited to a run of 25 of each

    These A3 posters are printed on 225 GSM stock with custom inks. They are all hand-pulled and…

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    February 19th, 2010: High Five

    Wallzo

    Hello and welcome to the very first High Five!

    This ongoing series will take an informal look at the work of world’s best designers & illustrators, and discover what’s inspired them to create. Each entry will contain two parts: the first will be a selection of five of the profiled individual’s…

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    February 17th, 2010: Discography

    Ghost Box

    Inspired by a mutual love of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, cosmic horror, library records, English surrealism, and arts & crafts psychedelia, boutique record label Ghost Box was founded in 2003 by designer Julian House and musician Jim Jupp.

    To simply refer to it as a record label doesn’t quite do it…

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    February 11th, 2010: News

    The Black Swan & The Lyre Bird

    After much delay, I should finally have two prints available for purchase from next week.

    These are both from the Dreamtime 79 series, and thanks to screen-printing extraordinaire Kate Banazi they’re looking absolutely amazing.

    Both posters will be A3, printed on high quality archival stock. Black Swan Ceremony is on white and The Call…

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    February 10th, 2010: Discography

    Heligoland

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    Reinvention. If I had to pick one, unifying word to sum up Massive Attack’s discography so far, that would be it. I can think of few other bands with a profile as big as theirs who continue to take such dramatic risks with their music and design. This is a…

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    February 4th, 2010: Inspiration

    Books

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    *(sorry trees)
    Vince Frost

    A chronicle of Frost’s journey from London to Sydney, and from Pentagram associate to international design icon. This is a fantastic book with the right balance of eye-candy and information, exploring case studies spanning from the mid 90’s to the present day. Simply one of the best and most…

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    February 3rd, 2010: Article

    Symbols Of Australia

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    While researching for my Australian Icons article, I came across Symbols Of Australia by Mimmo Cozzolino and Fysh Rutherford— a collection of Australian trademarks and commercial art from the past 150 years. It’s a stunning book, and as far as I know, the only one of it’s kind.

    Australia is really starting to make…

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    February 3rd, 2010: Discography

    100th Window

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    2003. Two years since that fatefull day in New York. The threat of a third world war looms. Weapons of Mass Destruction. Saddam Hussein. Baghdad falls to U.S. troops. North Korea goes rogue. Suicide bombers. Protest. A blockbuster action star becomes Governor of California. The Space shuttle Columbia explodes. This…

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    February 2nd, 2010: Process

    Test Pattern

    The extremely talented & altruistic Kate Banazi has recently been helping me prepare and screen print designs from my Dreamtime 79 series.

    Soon to be available for purchase will be a limited edition print of Black Swan Ceremony. If you’re interested in picking up one of these, drop me an email and I’ll…

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