Designer and illustrator Called âone of the most innovative typographers working todayâ by Stefan Sagmeister, Marian is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer, whose clients include Pentagram, AIGA, Sagmeister & Walsh, Wallpaper* and Wired.
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âOne of my favourite ideas used refracting gems as a watch face. I later repurposed this for a carpet designâ GENUINE GEM
Marian Bantjes
In 2014, I was contacted to design the cover for an annual event in Switzerland called BaselWorld, which attracts jewellers and high-end watchmakers.
I started with some drawings of patterns based on jewels, and then worked them up into colour options. They liked these, but asked that more watch parts, or reference to watches, be used.
One of my favourites used refracting gems as a watch face. I laterâŠ
