NAME: Dan Whitford


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Alter is Jonathan Wallace and Dan Whitford. They formed Alter in the summer of 2000 and had an initial focus on work for fashion labels (eg: Levi's, Marcs, Mambo). More and more Alter began to develop a diverse range of clients through industrial design, hospitality and music. In between jobs, Dan moonlights with a music career under the name Cut Copy and Jonathan lectures in design at Monash University. General Pants asked Alter to design their recent winter campaign, from T-shirts to posters and print ads. Alter said yes – though secretly supporting rebels in their fight for a 'pants-free' republic. Alter also put their unique touch to Brunswick Street’s newest nightspot Bimbo Deluxe, producing visuals and an innovative weekly streetpress campaign. Alter also maintains a strong focus on non-profit and art based projects, donating one-off garments for the Refugee Benefit Auction. They have also had work published in Neomu, exhibited at Area 2010 street art festival and will show work at the Next Wave Festival 2004. Alter are currently working on another cross-media project titled "Lost & Found" which will combine elements of image, text, and street based art. The black and pink one is part of the 'lost & found' artwork:

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NAME: Dan Whitford
AGE: 25
STAR SIGN: Aquarius
ROLE IN LIFE: (forget music) Graphic artist
WHERE YOU LIVE: Windsor
FAVORITE ANIMAL: Anything with personality that doesn't shit on your bed or eat all your food.
ANY OPINION ON DEATH PENALTY? Cancel it.TOP 5 FAVE SONGS:!!! - Me and Giuliani down at the schoolyard
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Prince - I wanna be your lover
Love of Diagrams - Building better codes
Roxy Music - Love is the drug
HOW DOES MUSIC INSPIRE YOU (in graphics)
It's a nice way to get away from just writing music all the time. We have music on all the time when we're working on art and design stuff. It's funny when I think about it, but it's probably the only time I actually sit down and listen to music (like whole LPs). The rest of the time it's like I've got A.D.D. listening to the cd player.
TOP 5 FAVE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS OR CREATIVE MINDS
Beck Hansen
Richard Prince
Harmony Korine
John Carpenter
Jasper Goodall
FIRST DESIGN PROJECT: Poster for an exhibition of noses. LAST MAGAZINE: Creative. It's a bit dull but we had our reasons.
FAVE WINTER SNACK: Toasted everything. Today it was a schnitzel.
WORST NIGHTMARE: I don't really have one at the moment.
WHERE YOU WANT TO BE IN TEN YEARS: Enjoying myself. Still doing what I'm doing. And hopefully people are into it.
YOUR LATEST PROJECT (graphic) Updating our stationary.
YOUR FAVE PROJECT (graphic) The ISM DesignEX stand illustrations. It went on to be the winner of best stand 2003. Go team.
YOUR NEXT PROJECT (graphic) Lost & Found art project.
WHAT'S YOUR GREATEST VICE? They're all great.
IF YOU WERE A WOMAN, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Danielle Whitford I guess.