Graphic Design for VIP +Booze

It’s true that in Haiti activities range from, uhh, ten-thousand types of drinking and eating and party activities (a.k.a. socializing). So, who ever told you that there’s nothing to do in Haiti is sorely mistaken! Best of all an international DJ is coming on the 8th to little town Haiti to make the party hot! So if you want to be in one of the coolest event in town and be the man with the VIP table at Taras, like Prestige in Facebook and join the contest! And remember, the VIP table comes with booze (I imagine it to be free booze galore!).
 

A Facebook & Google Ad campaign for Prestige Beer, designed by yours truly. Hehe! ;-)

Full page print ad for Ticket Magazine in Haiti for Prestige Premium Lager Beer.

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Milk & Whitespace

An ad we did at PubliGestion for NB magazine. One of the first ads in Haiti to have this much whitespace.

Designer lands in Haiti like little David in front of a design Frankenstein goliath of clashing colors, shouting fonts and busy background. But David meets him, mouse in hand, Mac Book Pro on the other. He triumphs! Yey! 
It’s a real challenge to spar with the common design sense in Haiti, where less is not more and where whitespace is a waste. But if you ask me, it’s also the reason why a brand should be  celebrated for coming up with an ad that is clean and with plenty of whitespace. 
We never thought that such a clean predominantly white layout could ever see the light of production, but we were wrong. Client approved the design! So let’s celebrate the Viva ad for it’s clean layout and generous whitespace—a rarity in Haiti. Yey! 

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Super Designers

One of those nice magazine ads created in PubliGestion S.A.

Like Flash imbued with super speed, you go down to the brasserie, whip your camera out, zoom pass from one tank to the other, click, click, hop back to the car, jump into Photoshop, edit, edit, layout, design… the next morning client and colleagues come wowed by your superhero feat!  
One of the joys of working as a graphic designer in Haiti is it pushes you to your limits and forces you to go out of your comfort zone. With tight deadlines (very tight) and with the least amount of resources you find yourself creating a design that would’ve taken twice the time and thrice the resources in other countries. 
This Brana ad was created like that. The result is a pleasing design. Of course, the first paragraph is an exaggeration of speed but I imagine (actually, it feels like it) that’s how we work as graphic designers in Haiti. Haha! 

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