Marianna’s versatile experience of 15 years, has lead her to work across a range of design platforms including; corporate branding, event branding & signage, web design, screen animation, cosmetics & food packaging. You can be assured that Marianna brings creative passion to each & every project. She is engaged in all parts of the process, from concept to design finalisation, collaborating with her team, strategists and production, resulting in successful design solutions & happy clients. Marianna’s colourful style & simplicity, combined with her artistic & illustrative flair, has always given her work an appealing edge & point of difference.Tumblr (3.0; @mariannaraftopoulos)http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqgjj3RDL1qk1dh4o1_r3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488226039http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488226039Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:35:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqgijxnHJ1qk1dh4o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Paper Stone Scissors</p> <p><strong>Client: </strong>Peekaboo Cosmetics  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Branding, Packaging Design & Character Illustration </p> <p>Peekaboo is a new Cosmetics range that will be released in China, targeting working, young adult females. The Peekaboo girl surrounds herself by the things that invigorate her everyday and all of her favourite things; shoes, makeup, flowers, birds, perfume, and the things that make her feel beautiful! The Peekaboo logo is designed on a chain and printed in silver foil to represent a fashionable necklace. A bit of bling is always appealing to our Peekaboo girl! <span><br/></span></p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488215546http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488215546Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:35:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqgdb75ep1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Bulla Dairy Foods</p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Sub-branding, Packaging Design & Rollout</p> <p>Alongside an existing range of single fruit flavours, the key to making the new ‘Fruit Duo’s range pop out, was to create a dynamic sub-brand. Due to popularity, new flavours were launched. There is a ‘Dessert’ range on shelf & ‘Vanilla’ range to be launched.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488161724http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488161724Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:31:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqgbgfwQ11qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Bulla Dairy Foods</p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Sub-Branding, Packaging Design & Photography Art-Direction</p> <p>Bulla’s Chocbars range hadn’t been touched since the seventies, hense the new look had to convey modernity and needed to stand up against it’s competitor; ‘Peters Choc Wedge’. The new shelf blocking ‘red’ for Bulla Chocbars now dominates the category and is one of Australia’s favourite multipack ice-creams.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488143325http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488143325Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:30:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqg9vhi9s1qk1dh4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Bulla Dairy Foods</p> <p><strong>Scope of work:</strong> Sub-Branding & Packaging</p> <p>The brief was to re-fresh an existing product, however preserve the containers’ clean white background, reinforcing the products health benefits. Typography and photography was modernised and the colour coding swoosh denoting flavour varients, all deliver greater shelf appeal.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488125650http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488125650Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:29:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqg6sGUg71qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488094175http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488094175Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:28:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqg4qdlD21qk1dh4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design </p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Sorbent Facials  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work:</strong> Packaging Design </p> <p>Here is the current Tissue Box packaging in Australia! But more recently, Sorbent has undergone a huge strategy re-structure… unfortunately I can’t showcase the new thinking and designs that followed due to confidentiality!</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488073183http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488073183Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:26:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmqfz2H3k21qk1dh4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Sorbent Hygiene  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work:</strong> Sub-Branding & Packaging Design</p> <p>This product was about to be pulled from the Sorbent Hygiene range… however the Brand Managers still believed in the product. The Brief was to re-design Clean & Fresh completely, targeting women aged 35 onward. With the new design, sales went up by 20%.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488015534http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6488015534Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:23:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmny17SHw1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>Blue Marlin</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Dandenong Logis </p> <p><strong>Scope of work:</strong> Branding & Application </p> <p>Dandenong Logis is a master planned industrial estate. The brand needed to reflect a new benchmark for quality and sustainability in a corporate world.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417246731http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417246731Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:25:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnz1BdES1qk1dh4o1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>logo’s…</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417258675http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417258675Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:25:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnvkAWbg1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417218598http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417218598Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:23:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnsq8rQL1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>Asprey Di Donato</p> <p><strong>Client: </strong>Art Gallery of NSW </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Event Branding & Visual Identity</p> <p>SPACE ODYSSEYS, an exhibition based on the journey & immersing oneself into ‘space’. The design was based around an abstract figure entering a world. The word SPACE in the brand is purposely flipped to represent motion & seeing things from a different perspective.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417185916http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417185916Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:22:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnu94ruu1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>Blue Marlin</p> <p><strong>Client: </strong>Sorouh Real Estate UAE  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Concept Branding & Naming Project </p> <p>This name & brand was one of the many concepts presented for a new city development in between Abu Dhabi & Dubai. Other names like Emerald City were even presented! In Arabic, ‘Al Vanir’ means to come to a place.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417203028http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417203028Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:22:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnr7W7hu1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>Asprey Di Donato</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Massive Multimedia  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Branding, Visual Identity & Stationery</p> <p>The strategy behind this brand was to create clever & smart solutions in a world revolved around a computer or TV Screen, hense the brand is created with a never ending line that encases an ‘M’ in a screen. The visual identity of organic overlaying shapes, suggests a connection to real people behind this digital agency.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417169117http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417169117Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:21:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmnphezuv1qk1dh4o1_r4_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency:</strong> Stone Design</p> <p><strong>Client: </strong>Stone Design  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Branding & Apllicaton to Website, Stationery & Internal Collateral </p> <p>This is the new Stone Brand, It’s simply confident…fullstop! The ‘& Partner’s Design’ was dropped as it was no longer relevant to the Business, leaving the brand name to be catchy and more memorable, like a bold statement.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417149567http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417149567Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:20:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmniri2VC1qk1dh4o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>FHA, now Futurebrand</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> National Australia Bank  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work: </strong>Brand Gudelines, Visual Identity & Art Direction of Brand Guidlines<br/> The NAB project was made up of a huge design team at FHA. I was on this ongoing project for over 6 months, implementing what had been strategised for this project. Some projects I worked on were the intranet site, and creating a visual identity for certain sectors within the bank. There was also an mplementation period where outside studio’s were art directed and approved by us, on promotional collateral.</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417075609http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6417075609Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:16:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmm2ytIhX41qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Agency: </strong>Paper Stone Scissors</p> <p><strong>Client:</strong> Cameo Cinemas  </p> <p><strong>Scope of work:</strong> Illustration & Application to Collateral</p> <p>The colourful graphic illustration reflects the amazing location of Cameo Cinemas. The Dandenong Ranges inVictoria is full with National Parks and Australian wildlife and flora and fauna that flourish… and this illustration helps you imagine going to the outdoor cinema in this environment!</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410681250http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410681250Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:52:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmm2zyrLpX1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>5 artists were chosen to create an artwork to be produced into thank you cards for Australia Post. ‘Part of every day’ which is their current brand campaign, was the brief and must have a hint of red….I chose the subject ‘Washing Day’…</p>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410695412http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410695412Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:52:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmm2xuSma31qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410669639http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410669639Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:51:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmm2w5DMvs1qk1dh4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410648247http://mariannaraftopoulos.tumblr.com/post/6410648247Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:50:30 -0400