Samuel Forbes (b. 1992, Te Whakaraupō) lives in Ōwhiro Bay, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. His work spans visual communication, typography, sound production, radio broadcasting, music, and club promotion. He is interested in how things relate over time and considers the contexts and social frameworks that shape meaning-making, perception, and understanding

Contact
+64 (0)27 257 0995

Experience
Florist and assistant to Manuela Lipsham at Flowers Manuela, 2021–2024
Assistant to Creative Director Kelvin Soh at DDMMYY, 2018–2019
Lecturer in Graphic Design and Typography at Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, Te Kura Hoahoa (Te Herenga Waka Victoria University), and Te Kāhui Auaha (Whitireia and WelTec), 2017–2018
Freelance graphic designer with a focus on visual communication during Bachelors studies, 2014–2018
Graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker for The Plant, in-house studio for The New Zealand Merino Company, 2010–2014
Radio DJ, Radioactive.FM, 2016–2019. Rāmere Drive with BABETECH, 2024

Education
Bachelor of Visual Communication Design (First Class Honours), Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts
Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts

Collaborators
Cory Champion, Borrowed CS, Clear Path Ensemble
Cosmo Hawke, Jesse Philips, Fruit Cru
Iann An
Johannes Bay
Kate Te Ao
Manuela Lipsham, Flowers Manuela
Nathan Taare, OF BODY
Oliver Guyon, Servetta Muta
Prakashan Sritharan, KAUKAU
Sean Miers, SURFACE
Shannon Te Ao
Stella Matchitt-Morris, BABETECH
Taiki Kondo
Tom Mackie, Elliot Creative
Thomas Richards, Buzzy Point, Mongo Skato

Clients and Commissioners
CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image
Christopher Tubbs DJ
Jhana Millers Gallery
KAUKAU
MAYHEMSOUND Ltd
Me Heke Ki Pōneke Wellington City Council
Mossman Gallery
The New Zealand Merino Company Ltd; Allbirds, Alliance Group Ltd, Armadillo Merino, Agriculture New Zealand, CARIAGI Italia 1958, Designer Textiles International, Erdos, Ermenegildo Zegna, Fillipa K, Loro Piana, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, NIKKE, Icebreaker, Japan Wool Textile Co. Ltd, John Smedley, REDA, Rembrandt, Smartwool, Stanford University, Südwolle GmbH, VF Corporation
New Zealand Portrait Gallery, The
OF BODY Olfactive
Radioactive.FM
Radio Cult
Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te
The Service Depot
Strange Behaviour Radio
Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
Wētā FX
Whatever Agency

Awards
Bronze Best Award, Colour Award Graphics, Don’t Get Too Close To My Fantasy 2019
Team Member, DDMMYY
Silver Best Award, Small Scale Websites, Don’t Get Too Close To My Fantasy 2019
Team Member, DDMMYY
Silver Best Award, Self Promotion, Now Safe For Work (NSFW) 2019
Contributor, New New USA
ISTD International Society of Typographic Designers 2017
Bronze Best Award, No Māori, No Tour, 2017

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