JACOB BIANCHI

                     is a multidisciplinary designer based in Melbourne, Australia. With an education in digital & communication design and a design practice built upon a foundation of painting, illustration, and draftsmaking, he makes works that bridge the gap between digital and fine arts. He is currently working as a Multimedia Designer at AD Group.

PROJECTS

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 WIP
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One Finger Doom Scroll
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Bunches
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MIX 100.9WIP
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RonaWIP
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Sari MadamWIP
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INDEX
i.  Common Sense (For the Modern Age) 2000mm x 1000mm
Untreated canvas, acrylic paint

297mm x 158.5mm 
80gsm newsprint, black & green risograph ink
INFO:
    Common Sense (For the Modern Age) is a pair of pieces made in response to the outdated and sobering truths about gun control in America. Gun laws in the United States of America are built upon an Amendment that is almost 250 years old. Back in those days, America was not the international superpower we know now. It was at war with England for its independence and since there was no dedicated military, militias were relied upon to rally against the Redcoats. People also kept muskets in their homes in order to fight off enemy soldiers at a moments notice. 
    While there isn’t anything wrong with how they owned and used weapons in the 1770s, the world we live in today is much different: guns no longer take half a minute to reload a single shot, the USA is at no risk of a ground invasion so the need for weapons to defend against an outside force isn’t there, and the general state of the public’s mental health is worse as well. 
    There are those who fight for their “right to bear arms” so vehemently that they lose sight of the human loss that occurs each year. At the time of writing this (10/22/23), there have been at least 487 mass shootings in the USA this year alone. The leading cause of death for children is now school shootings, overtaking car crashes back in 2020. 
    The reality of this issue hit me when a mass shooting occurred this March in Nashville, Tennessee - my hometown. Not only was I a degree of separation from the shooter and a couple victims, but I also saw just how possible it was for me to wake up one day and see the names of people I know in a headline. My mother and younger brother specifically came to mind; my mom works in a primary school (the setting for the Nashville shooting), and my little brother is living on campus at college (another common location for shootings). 
    This project is my way of raising awareness of the issue. I took imagery and phrases from the Revolutionary War (when gun laws in the US begain) that have been circulating in far-right political and religious groups (pro-gun people and Trump supporters) and turned them on their heads in order to get my point across.

ii. Corus WORK IN PROGRESSDigital, 3D Renders
Brand Elements TBD
INFO:
    Corus is a speculative camera product and operating system created in collaboration with Lucas Sakell (TTO). As it is currently in the development stage, renders and information are not yet publicly available. Check back soon to see the completed works.

iii. One Finger Doom Scroll Publication (Series), 2022

Issue I - “Twitter”
210mm x 145mm
standard digital print, 125gsm paper, 90gsm vellum, thread

Issue II - “Reddit”
210mm x 140mm;
risograph (black, green, orange), 90gsm cartridge paper, 90gsm vellum, thread

Issue III - “Meta & Facebook”
148mm x 100mm risograph (black, blue), 80gsm newsprint
INFO:
    One Finger Doom Scroll is a 3-issue narrative publication about how social media plays a role in the lives of humans. The narrative follows the author of the publication, known as “The Curator”, and his findings on how being terminally online led humanity into a Second Dark Age. Each issue is meant to highlight a different social media platform while using the respective platform’s design to loosely inform the design of the issue.

iv.  Bunches Art Direction & Identity, 2023


420mm x 297mm
Standard Digital Printing
INFO:
    These posters were commissioned for Bunches, a chat platform based in Nashville, TN, USA. The various phrases on the posters are adages and encouragements the Bunches team frequently use.
     The project brief was to provide some visuals that livened up the team’s new office space, as well as to convey the phrases in a uniquely “Nashville” way. In order to achieve this, I took inspiration from the works of Hatch Show Print, an iconic letterpress print shop that has been creating concert and event posters in Nashville since 1879.
CLIENT:
Derek Brown, CEO & Founder - Bunches

v.  MIX 100.9 WORK IN PROGRESS Branding