Fresh, elegant and professional

Natalie has over thirty years experience in design and publishing and is a winner of numerous design awards both nationally and internationally. From corporate identity to packaging, editorial and web design to marketing — Natalie brings a professionalism and style to any design project.

 

About Natalie

• Employed as graphic designer for Stuart Membery (1984–1985).
• Employed as Art Director for Interior Design Magazine (1985–1989). Won design awards in Australia and United States.
• Began ByBowra Design Group which specialised in editorial, corporate and packaging design and employed a number of young designers (1989–1999).
• Working as a freelance graphic designer (1999–current day).

 

Publication design

As art director of Interior Design Magazine Natalie won a Silver A.W.A.R.D. (the Advertising and Art Directors prestigious Awards program) for Editorial Design. She was the youngest ever recipient of a Silver, and it was the first A.W.A.R.D. given for Editorial Design at this time. She was also ranked in the top 15 of Campaign Palace's Hottest Australian Designers list.

Natalie has continued her interest in publication design to this day. She services publishing clients from all around Australia and overseas. She works with publication project managers, editors, printers, authors and photographers.

Corporate Identity and branding

Natalie has created logos, stationery suites (hard and electronic) and branding profiles for hundreds of clients. Her approach to creating a brand is to ensure the client's needs are meet first and foremost: the imagery is to represent the client's tastes and market. She will take the time to understand the applications and visibility required on an individual basis and will always be focused on making sure the client walks away satisfied that their brief has been met.

Illustration

Natalie has created  illustrations for a number of publishing, packaging and corporate clients including the Spelling Bee books for Macquarie Dictionary. Natalie also illustrated  most of the Stuart Membery clothing graphics in the mid-80s.