I designed this monogram in September 2022 for use as a profile picture, in online pages and in print documents.
The letters E and B are drawn in a calligraphic hand which I designed in 2020 part of visual research for the project Cook 250. This project questions the 2019 celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the first arrival of James Cook in New Zealand in 1769, opening the door to its rediscovery and colonization by Europeans.
The tight and strong shapes of this calligraphic hand were inspired by the typeface Whakarare designed by Māori designer Johnson Witehira.