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Jan Schmoeger

Born in 1949 in Prague, Czech Republic, Jan arrived in Australia in 1981. After a couple of years with Longman Cheshire Publishers he became a freelance designer. For occasional relief from designing, Jan taught part-time at the School of Art and Design, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne (1986–94 and 2004–8). Since 2007 Jan concentrates mainly on typeface design.

Skills

Original concept development through to finished art. Typography, photography and illustration, web design. Efficient, accurate and economical layout and paging with attention to detail. Thorough understanding of editorial and production processes. Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite software, namely expert knowledge of InDesign, very good ability in Illustrator and Photoshop and GoLive. Effective communication of concepts and ideas.

Major past clients

Allen & Unwin; Blackwell Scientific, Cambridge University Press; Churchill Livingstone, Financial Times/Pitman Publishing, Longman, Addison-Wesley, Prentice-Hall and other imprints of Pearson Australia; Harcourt Australia; Images Publishing; Macmillan Australia; McGraw-Hill; Melbourne University Press; Oxford University Press; Penguin Australia; Viking O’Neill and others. Many commercial clients for corporate identity, stationery, promotions.

Friedo Ligthart

Friedo was born in 1971 near Eindhoven in Holland and came to Australia with his parents as a youngster. He graduated from the graphic design course at Monash in 1993. In 2007 he too started part-time lecturing at the School of Art and Design, Monash.

Skills

Creative and effective communication of concepts and ideas. Strategic design consultation, management and implementation of corporate image guidelines. Template design and production. Typography, photography and illustration, web design. Efficient, accurate and economical layout and paging with attention to detail. Thorough understanding of production processes. Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite software, namely expert knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, good ability in GoLive and Dreamweaver.

Major clients

BushfireCRC; Cato Purnell Partners; CRC for MicroTechnology; Department of Health and Ageing; Fabio Ongarato Design; FutureBrand (formerly FHA); Hexima Limited; ICMS Pty Ltd; MathMarketing; Northern Respiratory Group; Traffic and many others. Please see Friedo's website for details and examples of work at www.ligthart.com.au.

Paragraph® is a Registered Trademark No. 1358832, dated 6 May 2010.