Mon's Blog

BAD awards

2011-11-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

I was really pleased to receive a bronze award for The Good Guides! Also really pleased to see Aerialicious and Cabaret awarded for photography and retouching. (Well done, Justin!) Congrats to all BAD finalists and winners.

Be Gone

2011-11-08T14:55:00.000-08:00

I am in the process of designing Tara's new album, which will be very exciting as it will be letterpressed! But for now we did a little digital version for her brand new single 'Be Gone' that just came out in awaiting the album.

QANTM Create Awards

2011-09-22T18:43:00.000-07:00

Very happy to see that the record I did for the Stop Flooding My Record Collection exhibition was given a Highly Commended notion at this year's QANTM Create Awards. Thank you :) And congrats to all of this year's winners and runners up!

Made In The Now: R.E.M. tribute

2011-09-21T21:52:00.001-07:00

I was assigned today's Made In The Now tshirt, on which I worked together with Justin. Today's news story was the announcement that R.E.M. breaks up after 31 years. Here's a fitting tribute, which you can buy at madeinthenow.com but you'll have to hurry; it's only for sale for 24hrs.

Seven With Another: Third Edition

2011-09-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

When Seven With Another received a grant from Arts Queensland to continue the series, not only was it a testament to the series so far, but increased excitement, for the already highly anticipated, Third edition. Together with my co-curator Jess Huddart, we are busy curating a new line-up of seven pairs, who have become well acquainted and are joining their specialised forces to explore the process of collaboration whilst creating something we'll all be impressed with. This time around, we'll get to see work from notable creatives - Cezary Stulgis, sculptor / Alex Chomics, film director / Igor Coric, animator / Jesse Smith, photographer / Kate Stein, stylist / Colleen Morgan, interaction designer / Kirsty Boyle, robotics artist / Dane Middleton, sound designer / Riki Salam, indigenous artist / Steve Minon, writer / Kitty Horton, painter / Patrick Ozmin, architectural graduate / Ralph Barnett, art-director / Maria Cleary, designer/maker What will they come up with? Well, we're on tenterhooks wanting to find out.

Opening night: Friday 7 October, 7- 10pm

Open: 8 - 14 October (Sat/Sun 10am - 4pm, Mon - Fri 4pm - 8pm)

Free

sevenwithanother.com / facebook: seven with another

Harajuku Gyoza

2011-08-15T01:33:00.000-07:00

Just finished this hand drawn ink illustration for soon-to-be-open restaurant Harajuku Gyoza, Brisbane's first gyoza bar. This illustration will be printed on a plate. Can't wait to eat my gyoza's of it!

Life Is A Cabaret Old Chum

2011-08-01T21:16:00.000-07:00

Thanks Damien, for getting us involved on this one; it was a pleasure to be working on the theatre artwork for the stage show of Cabaret, that will show at QPAC later this month. Photography by Damien Bredberg & Imaging by Justin Overell.

CREATE awards

2011-08-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

Really happy to see three of my projects; The Good Guides, the Aerialicious identity and the Fats Waller SFMRC Record, being shortlisted for the Create Awards! Thanks! :) You can see other shortlisted entries here.

A touch Of Class

2011-08-01T21:06:00.000-07:00

I was happy to contribute a piece to 'A Touch of Class' – an inaugural exhibition from female creative collective Tough Titties. Part of 2011's Sydney Design Festival, the event launches on 3 Aug.

Seven With Another : SECOND edition

2011-05-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

The success of the first Seven With Another exhibition was evident when there was a line up around our block of people waiting to get into our (usually very roomy) Substation. With plans to continue the series already, myself and my co-organiser Jess Huddart had just the encouragement we needed to make it happen. And so, Seven With Another: Second Edition is well and truly underway, featuring a stellar line-up of some of Brisbane's best creatives. This time around we have also added some new disciplines to the mix, including a singer/songwriter, a graffiti artist and a magician!

Artwork done by the lovely Jenna and Simon Hipgrave, of the Hungry Workshop

Opening night: Friday 27 May, 7pm

Open: 28 May - 3 June (Sat/Sun 10am - 4pm, Mon - Fri 4pm - 8pm)

Free.

sevenwithanother.co m

Stop Flooding My Record Collection

2011-05-16T03:21:00.000-07:00

Here's the result of my piece for the Stop Flooding My Record Collection. More pics in the Illustration menu on the left hand side. Thanks to James McDougall for lazer etching and producing this piece for me! And for the peeps in Brisbane; the exhibition will be on show at Thursday May 26, 6 - 9pm, Stella Gallery, Cnr of Brunswick and Kent St. Do come along.

Stop Flooding My Record Collection

2011-04-14T18:36:00.000-07:00

A great initiative by Gabriel Woodmansey & Anna Peters. Glad to be part of it. Make sure to check out this wonderful exhibition if you're in Melbourne between 6 - 8 May.

Aerialicious Website

2011-04-08T22:48:00.001-07:00

The new site for the wonderful ladies at Aerialicious is up!

Gallery Magazine

2011-04-08T22:46:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Chois Gallery Magazine for including my work in your magazine :)

Brisbane LIVE guides

2011-04-08T22:40:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to do an illustration for the Autumn editions of the Brisbane Live Guides. They just got printed and are looking great! Thanks, Cassie at BCC. :-)

Common Interest

2011-04-08T22:32:00.000-07:00

Very happy to have received the beautifully designed book Common Interest; Documents. Designs for a good cause. Even happier to find my work in there. Thanks, guys at Index Book.

Aerialicious

2011-03-28T17:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a sneak preview of latest collaboration between myself and Justin Overell, for the beautiful and talented ladies that are Aerialicious. I will upload the full project soon into my folio.

Concept: Monique Kneepkens

Photography: Justin Overell

Retouching / Compositing: Justin Overell

Design: Monique Kneepkens & Justin Overell

Illustration: Monique Kneepkens

Typography: Monique Kneepkens

Seven With Another : FIRST edition

2011-01-23T21:24:00.001-08:00

Seven With Another

2011-01-17T17:51:00.000-08:00

Kicking off the new year with Seven With Another - an exhibition lovingly curated by myself and graphic designer Jessica Huddart (aka JM creative director). Teaming seven pairs of creatives from different creative disciplines, the duos come together to work outside of their usual processes. Hailing from backgrounds as diverse as architecture, sound design, styling and sculpture, the results of this multi-disciplinary stew promise to be anything but boring.

Exhibition runs 12th - 18 February, 10 - 4

Opening night 11 February, 7 - 9

Substation No. 4, 22 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane

sevenwithanother.com

New Good Guides hit the street

2010-12-05T15:15:00.000-08:00

I recently finished the newest edition of The Good Guide. This time in 4 areas, so we did 4 booklets. Full of pigeons, a hand drawn wallpaper and ofcourse, loads of great shops and venues you must try. See the full design job by clicking on the Good Guide post in the menu on the left hand side.

IdN publication

2010-11-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

Can't tell you how excited I am to have just received a copy of the latest IdN mag, v17n5. Thanks so much IdN, for featuring my work in your fabulous mag, and for the kind words. Feeling very proud and happy right now!

Communication Arts Typography Annual

2010-10-28T00:19:00.000-07:00

Very, very happy to say that my work for the In Africa Christmas Card has been awarded a spot in the 2011 Communication Arts Typography Annual. Woohoo!

Congratulations, Justin!

2010-10-24T14:21:00.000-07:00

Very proud and happy to see that last Saturday, my guy won a few BAD Awards, including his first for photography! And that for the shot he did for the Dirty Minds Wine Co. business card we worked on. Great! View Justin's folio here.

Runner Up in Create Awards

2010-09-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

Very happy to say my work on the 'In Africa Christmas Card' was shortlisted for the 2010 Illustration & Type Award at the 2010 Qantm Desktop CREATE: Awards. It made joint first runner up. And a big congrats to The Furnace and Rudi de Wet for winning this category with their amazing interior design illustrations and type. For a full run down of the winners and runners up get your hands on the October issue of Desktop magazine.

La Petite Mort

2010-08-26T23:14:00.000-07:00

Next time you're in a bottle shop and unsure what wine to buy, look out for 'La Petite Mort' by the Dirty Minds Wine Co. These organic wines from Stanthorpe come in several varieties and are very tasty. I designed the labels, with a photograph provided by Ray Cook. Click on the menu on the left to view a bigger picture.

Post-Europe Blues

2010-08-25T00:40:00.000-07:00

Well, we had the best time in our month in Europe! Visiting my home country, the Netherlands, and also Norway, Berlin and Barcelona. Holidays just never last long enough now do they? Here's a tiny impression of our trip.

Now back to work!

sigh...

The Good Guide

2010-05-09T17:38:00.000-07:00

At last, Brisbane gets its own street guide, or ‘the Good Guide’ I should say. This is a job I did for the awesome crew at the Film Garden. The design revolves around the concept of a pidgeon (who knows our city streets better?) and really glorified this little street bird. Complete with a gold foil on the cover and a royal wallpaper for the inside. Check out more pics by clicking on the menu on the left hand side.

Dirty Minds Wine Co.

2010-05-05T00:24:00.000-07:00

I just finished the business cards for the Dirty Minds Wine Co. See the full job by clicking on 'Dirty Minds' in the menu on the left.

At last!

2010-04-10T21:14:00.000-07:00

Okay, it took him forever, but at last my guy has finished his site and it looks great! Check out Justin's work on www.iondesign.com.au

Elm Interior Design

2010-03-30T04:08:00.000-07:00

I have just received the shiny new cards we printed for Elm! This was a job that I did for the wonderful guys at the Hoopla Family. They asked me to come up with a logo and business card design for a client of theirs who is an interior designer. Full job posted under 'elm interior design' in the menu on the left.

Green Tea

2010-03-30T01:32:00.000-07:00

I just posted a new job I recently finished, it's a showreel cover design for production house Green Tea Film & TV. You can view it bigger by clicking on Green Tea in the menu on the left.

Fashion Illustration

2010-03-08T08:01:00.000-08:00

The lovely people at Jolt Design Studio asked me if I could do a nice little fashion illustration, to promote the 'Fashion at your Fingertips' Workshops at Brookside Shopping Centre. Bien sur, I said. So this is it. If you like to see the bigger image, just click on 'Fashion at your Fingertips' in the illustration menu on the left.

Painting trees

2010-02-12T23:11:00.000-08:00

Just been working on a lovely but also very tedious job for the Hoopla Family... I was asked to paint a map for their client Spicers Hidden Vale. Now I am always happy to get my pens and brushes out and this time was no exception. I fully enjoyed doing this one, but after 4 long days of looking at trees I was also very happy to finish this one!

Design and Design

2010-02-01T00:43:00.000-08:00

Very happy to find out that the design I did for the Corporate Clothing Company has once more been selected to be published, this time by the wonderful Design and Design jury. Their 'Book of the Year Volume Three' will be released in December 2010. See the full project by clicking on 'Corporate Clothing Company' in the menu on the left.

Optimism

2010-01-29T17:11:00.000-08:00

I just went out and bought some butcher paper. 100 meters of butcher paper that is. Better start drawing now...

A sustainable christmas message

2009-12-27T21:52:00.000-08:00

This christmas design I did for 'In Africa' arrived as a card, folded open to a poster, and could be used as christmas wrapping paper. The font I designed was a contemporary take on traditional african art. I have uploaded the full project onto my site and you can find it under In Africa > Christmas in the menu on the left.

All You Can

2009-12-05T20:14:00.000-08:00

December 4 saw the album launch of Tara Simmons' latest EP, titled All You Can. Once more I was asked to do the artwork and ofcourse I said I'd love to!

Where I came up with the idea and did the design and art-direction, I could not have done this one without Ricky Sullivan, who photographed this job, and with a whole lot of magic by Justin Overell, who was responsible for the imaging and retouching. Oh, and a thank you to Millie, Lola, Brock and Mia for letting us your their toys ;-)

To view all the All You Can artwork, click on the title on the menu on the left.

Published 2

2009-11-19T19:35:00.000-08:00

Sandu Publishing just informed me that they published their new APD book (Asia Pacific Design), and the poster design I did for Tara Simmons' Spilt Milk album launch has been included! Wonderful news! :-)

The poster was shot by Ricky Sullivan and you can hear Tara's beautiful music here. And you can see all the Spilt Milk artwork by clicking on that title in the menu on the left.

Hakuna Matata!

2009-10-09T22:14:00.000-07:00

Thought it would be cool to do an illustration for the In Africa office. Took a while, but hey, I had fun :-) It turned out to be an illustration you can look at for a while. My dad even reckons he spotted a crocodile, but I guarantee you that there's none in there.

By clicking on 'In Africa > illustration' in the illustration menu on the left, you'll be able to view this image nice and big, and also see that the awesome people of engraveyourbook engraved some great moleskine covers for me too.

Beer 'o clock

2009-09-18T22:06:00.000-07:00

Our mate Tom brews his own gingerbeer, and it's really good. You should try it!

This project was yet another collaboration with Justin at Ion Design; he was responsible for the art-direction, and I enjoyed doing the design and illustration for this one. View the full project by clicking on Mille Plateaux in the menu on the left.

Published.

2009-08-19T20:07:00.000-07:00

Just been informed by Sandu Publishing house that my work for the Corporate Clothing Company has been included in their new design book, called Form. Feeling very happy and a bit proud right now! You can see the whole project by going to 'corporate clothing company' in the menu on the left.