portrait of Thomas Bland

Hello, my name is Thomas.

I am a graphic designer based in Adelaide, South Australia. I love Jazz music, single malt scotch whisky, white space, emotive images and typography that makes you go “aah”.

Most of all, I love to create design that enhances a great message.

For me, design is more than pretty images and slick type—that’s merely decoration. What the world needs (as well as love) is great communication. I thrive on taking a message, whether it be about a product, service, or ethos, and giving it its own visual voice. I believe that the best solutions are often the simplest, and with that in mind, I strive to always place the brand and useability first.

I am currently seeking to take on small design projects for print or web. If you’re a non-profit or church organisation with a great cause, I am especially interested in working with you.

If you are a creative agency or work in an in-house design team and are looking for a junior who is intelligent, eloquent, energetic and hard-working, then I’d love to hear from you.

I am experienced with these tools and technologies:

  • Adobe Photoshop CS3
  • Adobe InDesign CS3
  • Adobe Illustrator CS3
  • Adobe Acrobat CS3
  • Quark XPress 7.3
  • HTML/XHTML/CSS
  • Javascript/jQuery
  • Coda
  • Steinberg Nuendo
  • Sibelius 5
  • Typéfi Publish
  • Wordpress

...and I currently have my head stuck in books about:

  • Drupal
  • AJAX
  • PHP 5