Ōtautahi Christchurch A2 Poster

A2 Poster

Ōtautahi Christchurch

My poster design includes illustrations of my favourite Christchurch locations:

  • 185 Empty Chairs by Peter Majendie
  • Alice, The Old Post Office
  • Antigua Boat Sheds
  • Bonnington House
  • Bridge Of Remembrance
  • Bronze Corgis by David Marshall
  • Chalice by Neil Dawson
  • #chchswing by Gap Filler
  • Chief Post Office
  • ChristChurch Cathedral
  • Christchurch Tram
  • Edmonds Band Rotunda
  • Flour Power by Regan Gentry
  • Isaac House
  • Latimer and Liverpool Terraces
  • Mokihi On Ōtākaro by Philipp Meier
  • New Regent Street
  • Nucleus by Phil Price
  • Pink Lady
  • Pomeroy’s Old Brewery Inn
  • Punting On The Avon
  • Queen Victoria Statue
  • Riverside Market
  • Ruby Black Building
  • Shand’s Emporium and Trinity Church
  • Smash Palace
  • Spire by Neil Dawson
  • Stranges
  • Transitional Cathedral by Shigeru Ban
  • Vaka ‘A Hina by Sēmisi Fetokai Potauaine
  • Vanilla Ice Truck
  • Waka On Avon
 

Posters can be purchased on felt.co.nz

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Specifications

Size 420mm (w) x 594mm (h).

Unframed poster. Printed in full colour on 130gsm Satin Art Paper FSC.

Supplied rolled in a cardboard tube, size 470mm (w) x 50mm (d).

Designed and printed in Christchurch. 

Cotters Lane

Cotters Lane​

Environment Graphics​

2022
Client — Stockman Group Limited
Role — Designer

The Challenge

Stockman Group asked me to design graphics for their new ‘Cotters Lane’ building. This included creating the building‘s visual identity and applying it throughout – from the external street level addressing to the internal wayfinding and wall art over the three levels.

A key component of the brief was to play on the theme of the building‘s longest-standing tenant, the illustrious C. F. Cotter, whose business was inspired by the massive potential of electricity. After more than 100 years ’Cotters Electrical’ remains a Christchurch institution.

The Response

The Italianate façade is perfectly proportioned with a chain of arched sash windows and a decorative stepped parapet. I have re-used the window arches in the design of the glass compliance decals on the entrance doors, through the laneway, and in the wayfinding signage.

The use of a 1900s Art Nouveau design detail compliments the era of the original building and the colour palette is a modern interpretation of this interior design style.

The laneway is architecturally designed as a small shopping arcade, in turn-of-the-century style, with coloured tiles and feature lighting. I have designed hanging signs with wrought iron brackets that complete the impression.

The wall art selected blends the old with the new, honouring the site’s commercial past with custom wallpaper and prints of vintage product advertising.

The Stockman Group suite, on level two, includes feature doors opening to a balcony. The glass compliance decals are designed as a reflection of the stepped parapet outside.

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Context

Cotters Lane is a newly constructed commercial building at 158 High Street. The ground floor consists of two retail spaces on each side of a central laneway leading to a hospitality space at the back. Levels one and two accommodate seven boutique office suites with tenants sharing access to a meeting room, kitchen, bathrooms and shower.

The original building on the site was constructed in 1900, its most notable tenant being Christopher Francis Cotter who opened a retail store there in 1919. Cotter & Co. sold electrical appliances from innovative brands of the time, including Phillips, Stewart-Warner and Tellus.

Irish ex-pat Cotter was a man known for his energy and foresight. He served part of his apprenticeship in the West Coast Town of Reefton, the earliest town in the Southern Hemisphere to install electric street lighting.

The building was badly damaged in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The historic façade was preserved and now stands as a feature in front of the three-storey new build.

Aotearoa Teaspoons Magnetic Notepads

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Magnetic Notepad

Aotearoa Teaspoons

Designed and illustrated by Donna Robertson and printed locally in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Illustrations include: Kiwi, Aoraki, Kōwhai, Tūī, Pāua, Pīwakawaka, Mānuka, Taranaki Maunga, Tuatara, Kina, Pōhutukawa, Hei-Tiki and Ponga.

Notepads can be purchased on felt.co.nz

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Specifications

Size 73mm (w) x 210mm (h) x 7mm

Includes 40 x 100gsm paper leaves, including 13 different illustrations.

Grid pattern for multi-purpose list making. Easy tear-off sheets.

Glued at the top with a thick backing board and a strong magnetic patch.

Easy to post around New Zealand or across the world.

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Ōtautahi Christchurch Magnetic Notepads

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Magnetic Notepad

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Designed and illustrated by Donna Robertson and printed locally in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Illustrations include: Edmonds Band Rotunda, Pomeroy’s Old Brewery Inn, New Regent Street, Shand’s Emporium and Trinity Church, The Chief Post Office building, Cathedral Square, The Cardboard Cathedral, Isaac House and Victoria Square, Antigua Boat Sheds, Riverside Market and The Bridge of Remembrance, Alice, The Old Post Office Building.

Notepads can be purchased on felt.co.nz

If you are a retail store or business please complete the enquiry form below and I will contact you with wholesale pricing.

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Specifications

Size 73mm (w) x 210mm (h) x 7mm

Includes 40 x 100gsm paper leaves, including 10 different illustrations.

Grid pattern for multi-purpose list making. Easy tear-off sheets.

Glued at the top with a thick backing board and a strong magnetic patch.

Easy to post around New Zealand or across the world.

 

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Aotearoa Teaspoons Desk Calendar

2024 Desk Calendar

Aotearoa Teaspoons

Each month includes a souvenir teaspoon illustration:

  • Pāua
  • Kōwhai
  • Aoraki
  • Tūī
  • Ponga
  • Kiwi
  • Pīwakawaka
  • Pōhutukawa
  • Kina
  • Mānuka
  • Tuatara

Calendars can be purchased on felt.co.nz from August 2024

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Specifications

Size 117mm (w) x 170mm (h) x 8mm.
Includes 12 leaves of illustrations, printed on Mohawk Linen 298 gsm art paper, in a black card case with an easy to assemble pop-out stand.

  • The perfect gift for friends and family.
  • A unique New Zealand souvenir.
  • Corporate client gifts – personalise with your business logo.
  • Easy to post around New Zealand or across the world.
  • Plastic-free and recyclable.

The calendar is a sustainable design. I consciously chose environmentally responsible papers and a no lamination finish, and I hope this will encourage and inspire everyone towards having a conscience of a cleaner world.

Designed and printed right here in Christchurch.

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What’s In Your Bin?

What’s In Your Bin?

Waste education campaign

In the months following the first COVID-19 lockdown, up to 48 per cent of Timaru’s weekly recycling had been contaminated. Items like food, nappies and medical waste were ending up in yellow recycling bins leading to entire truckloads of recycling material going to landfill. 

The Timaru District Council required an educational campaign that would cause a stir, with the aim of making changes to bad recycling behaviour. This would be something the whole region could relate to and be proud of. It would require collaboration and commitment, involving many people.

Robertson Creative was tasked with providing the visual design elements for the bold ‘What’s In Your Bin?‘ waste education campaign.

Timaru Mayor Nigel Bowen and Councillor Barbara Gilchrist, along with international skating star Nicole Begg and comedian Josh Thomson, got involved, promoting the messages of ‘Sticky or icky? Not in your recycling’, ‘1,2,5 plastics only in your yellow bin’ and ‘In Timaru, our recycling goes topless. Lids go in your red bin’.

In support of the narrative, the Council required a range of collateral including press advertising, online and social media advertising, website graphics, brochures, and bin stickers.

2021
Client — Timaru District Council and Priority Communications
Role — Graphic Designer
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20 Years – 20 Logos

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20 Years – 20 Logos

Robertson Creative is celebrating twenty years of business in 2022. To capture my journey, and mark this important milestone, I’ve collected together twenty logo designs. 

Looking back, I’m very satisfied with the work I’ve delivered, the visual brands I’ve built, and the people I’ve been able to work with in that time. I am so thankful to every single person who has contributed to my business. I have been fortunate to work with true visionaries – inspiring entrepreneurs and skilled business managers, passionate suppliers and enthusiastic students. It has been a rewarding journey. 

Back in 2002, I was super grateful for my Power Macintosh, Deskjet printer and trusty fax machine, keen to become self-employed but with no guarantees. Little did I know I would reach a twenty-year anniversary. In that time, my business has evolved and refined but not expanded and that was always the plan; to build a sustainable business that would allow me to be flexible enough to move with the industry and to ride any wave, and there certainly were waves. 2004 tested my health with the arrival of a preemie baby, the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, and the difficulties we have faced over the past 18 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

I’ve completed endless hours of work that I am incredibly proud of; had a lot of pleasure working with diverse and stimulating people, and navigated my way through a great deal of change in design practice. Looking towards the future I feel that the drive I had to rid my environment of ugliness is still present. Therefore I am excited to continue designing and to complete more creatively challenging projects.

2022
Clients — Rawlinsons, Oceania Development Group, Visa Centre, Aime Wedding Stationery, Build Right, SwanLake, Hackthorne Gardens, RJP Panel and Paint, New Plymouth Aquatics, Thrive Business Accountants, Craze Kaiapoi, KPI Rothschild, Above Your Space Billens, Headspace, Global Office, Stockman Builders, Simms Jones, Wanderlust Campers, Any Excuse, Addington Pharmacy
Role — Designer
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Aotearoa Teaspoons Tea Towel

Tea Towels

Aotearoa Teaspoons

My tea towel design includes illustrations of iconic New Zealand souvenir teaspoons including:

  • Pāua
  • Hei Tiki
  • Pōhutukawa
  • Kiwi
  • Kōwhai
  • Aoraki
  • Ponga
  • Tūī
 

Tea towels can be purchased on felt.co.nz

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Specifications

Size 510mm (w) x 760mm (h)

  • A unique New Zealand souvenir.
  • Easy to post around New Zealand or across the world.

White 100% cotton tea towel digitally printed in colourfast inks on one side.

Ōtautahi Desk Calendar

2024 Desk Calendar

Ōtautahi Christchurch

I want to share the beautiful buildings and places I see and am inspired by every day, how our city is rebuilding and that one day, very soon, we will be a unique city that the world will want to visit. 

My calendar includes illustrations of my favourite Christchurch locations:

  • The Chief Post Office building, Cathedral Square
  • Ruby Black Building
  • New Regent Street
  • Pink Lady
  • Riverside Market and Bridge of Remembrance
  • Pomeroy’s Old Brewery Inn
  • Edmonds Band Rotunda
  • Shand’s Emporium and Trinity Church
  • Alice, The Old Post Office Building
  • Isaac House and Victoria Square
  • Antigua Boat Sheds
  • The Cardboard Cathedral

Calendars can be purchased on felt.co.nz from August 2024

If you are a retail store or business please complete the enquiry form below and I will contact you with wholesale pricing.

Ask about pricing and quantities

Specifications

Size 117mm (w) x 170mm (h) x 8mm.
Includes 12 leaves of illustrations, printed on 350gsm premium uncoated card, in a black card case with an easy to assemble pop-out stand. 

  • The perfect gift for friends and family.
  • A unique Christchurch souvenir.
  • Corporate client gifts – personalise with your business logo.
  • Easy to post around New Zealand or across the world.
  • Plastic-free and recyclable.

The calendar is a sustainable design. I consciously chose environmentally responsible papers and a no lamination finish, and I hope this will encourage and inspire everyone towards having a conscience of a cleaner world.

Designed and printed right here in Christchurch. 

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Ōtautahi Art Prints

Art Prints

Ōtautahi Christchurch

My art print design includes illustrations of my favourite Christchurch locations:

  • Shand’s Emporium and Trinity Church
  • Antigua Boat Sheds
  • Punting on the Avon River
  • ChristChurch Cathedral
  • Chief Post Office
  • Riverside Market
  • Edmonds Band Rotunda
  • New Regent Street
  • Alice, The Old Post Office Building
  • The Transitional Cathedral
  • Ruby Black Building
  • Pomeroy’s Old Brewery Inn
  • Waka on Avon
  • Smash Palace
  • Stranges Lane and Bonnington House
  • Isaac House and Victoria Square
 

Prints can be purchased on felt.co.nz

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Specifications

Size 278mm (w) x 355mm (h)

Unframed art prints. Printed in full colour using HP Indigo liquid ElectroInk on crisp white archival grade 200gsm Sovereign matte art paper.

Designed and printed right here in Christchurch.