Client: Vega School, Cape Town
Creative direction,
Concept design,
Art direction,
Editorial / graphic design
Curriculum design:
Roberto Millan
Parallelogram is an anthology of visual narrative work and illustration by BA Creative Brand Communications - Copywriting, Multimedia and Visual Communication
- students and lecturers from Vega School Cape Town. The project took place over a two year period and resulted in two bi-annual publication variations focusing
on the benefits of self-publishing literature and zines. The publication leveraged curriculum design and collaboration between students and lecturers across three
creative departments at Vega School Cape Town, facilitated by Roberto Millan, providing visibility of student and lecturer work outside of campus via a comic book
stand at the 2016 Open Book Comics Fest in Cape Town. The anthologies were sold to the public at a sponsored Vega School stand by contributors and students to other
established comic book authors and writers at the literature festival who had the opportunity to view and buy their work. The publications were in addition used in the
annual Vega School Cape Town Showcase exhibition as a direct mailer and invitation to creative studios and agencies across Cape Town, extending the visibility of student
work directly to the door of the people who will hopefully employ them.
The second Parallelogram publication the following year resulted in a bigger budget and further student and lecturer participation. The project
initiatied a culture of students self-publishing their own zines and 2 Loerie nominations in the craft illustration and publication categories.