Personal Side Projects
The Home Arts
Memento Travel Posters
Surface pattern design
Abundance, book design mockup, hand drawn to vector title lettering
Book love - side project book mockups
Forage magazine side project mockup
Gelato, book design mockup
Surface pattern design, stationery set
The Home Arts
Journal side project
“Can mum’s make art?”
A journal for women facing the simultaneous challenges of the artistic life, home and family. The content for this journal was inspired by a recent documentary Lost in Living by American filmmaker Mary Trunk, and the book The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood by Rachel Power (Australia, 2008, 2015) which both follow the lives of artist-mothers and their various predicaments across the arts.
‘Can Mums Make Art’ used with permission by Susan K Perry.
‘Art as Adultery’ coined by Caren from Lost in Living.
Memento Travel Posters, perssonal project, vector illustation. MORE INFO ON PRINTS PAGE
Surface pattern design
Icon, patterns and colourways concept
“I designed this icon based on an art deco aesthetic which lent itself to pattern variation and colourways.”
Shine icon and pattern design, personal project – copyright Nicole Vandersteegen
Stationery set and recipe cards mockup
Colourways and pattern variation – copyright Nicole Vandersteegen
Book love projects
Inspired side project book mockups
“A love of books, especially the visually rich coffee-table recipe books, inspired these ideas and designs.”
The Butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker – mockup side project. Cover art, design,art direction and text by Nicole Vandersteegen; photography istock photos.
A Bush Garden: the art of Annie Franklin – mockup side project. All paintings copyright Annie Franklin, used with permission. Cover art, endpapers, design, art direction and text by Nicole Vandersteegen; interior photos by Annie Franklin and Nicole Vandersteegen.
Abundance
recipes for a seasonal glut
Book love side project, concept mockup, art direction, hand drawn to vector cover title, book design
Abundance: recipes for a seasonal glut – mockup side project. Hand-drawn to vector lettering cover art, design, art direction and text by Nicole Vandersteegen; photography istock photos.
“Inspired by my mum’s Sunbeam Mixer recipe book, to create a book with an element of contemporary nostalgia.”
Gelato
ice creams, sorbets, granitas
Book side project mockup, lettering and design
Gelato: ice creams, sorbets & granitas – mockup side project. Hand-drawn to vector lettering cover art, design, art direction and text by Nicole Vandersteegen; photography istock photos.
Forage Trail
Magazine concept personal project
Forage Trail - mockup for personal project. Illustration, design and art direction copyright Nicole Vandersteegen.