Designer/Director and co-founder of Sydney based design and film collective Collider, Andrew van der Westhuyzen covers a range of creative fields from typography for print campaigns to animation direction, branding, art direction and web. Andrew's client list includes MTV Australia, BMW USA, Target, Sydney Film Festival, Sydney Dance Company, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Australian Tourism, Ministry of Sound and Toyota.
As a company, Collider has generated a lot of attention for both its commercial and personal work in Australia and abroad. Collider's ability to function as a hybrid between design studio, production company and post facility puts it in a unique position to facilitate and foster honest and original creative process.
Andrew is now in the process of publishing a graphic novel four years in the making. 'Cabal' is a culmination of years of drawings and paintings created to illustrate a story about contemporary society's fixation with mass-consumption. The book, hand embossed and embellished, is created as a series of artist's editions, and is in itself a culmination of van der Westhuyzen's multi-faceted creative ability and passion. Andrew lectures at UTS and has spoken at Semi Permanent alongside such icons as Stefan Sagmeister, SEA Design, and Danny Yount.
