Local graphic designer Tim Garman has just completed his fifth set of stamps for New Zealand Post, with the native New Zealand parakeet the kākāriki the latest to feature in what has been an eclectic
Whanganui graphic designer stamps his mark for New Zealand Post
Garman said the release of the Mahy edition was particularly memorable.
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"I was invited to the National Library in Wellington, where Margaret Mahy's granddaughter was reading passages of her stories to local school children.
"New Zealand Post are always looking for innovative things to do with their stamps.
"They've released designs with meteorite dust in the stamps, and another had seeds impregnated in them, so you could plant them in the ground if you wanted."
New stamps are released by New Zealand Post every month. Despite having a design team in house, Garman said they have a large database of external designers to call on as well.
"Stamps are something I've always had an interest in.
"The collectable side of stamps are almost as popular as the postage side of things these days, and it's great to think that my designs will be in people's stamp books for years to come."
Garman also teaches graphic design at UCOL Whanganui and works as a remote facilitator online for SIT Invercargill. Local brands he has designed include Sport Wanganui, White Aluminium, Jigsaw, Eyes On Victoria, Kai Iwi School, Keith Street School, Kaitoke School and eHaus.
To visit his website, go to www.silver-i.co.nz