About
Joseph is an independent Design Director and founder of Swim Type, based in Walyalup/Fremantle, Western Australia. With over 9 years of experience in brand design, art direction and type design, his time in the industry has been shaped by curiosity and optimism – meaning he’s most commonly found trying to make something he’s never made before with a big smile on his face and AirPods in his ears.
For freelance work, collaborations or just wanna have a chat, contact me at: josephdennis(at)icloud.com
Select Experience
Koto
Pretty–Soon®
For The People
Block Branding
Select Clients
Riot Games, Air Asia, Apple Music, Time, The U Group & Co, Blue Mountains Tourism, Fremantle Design Week, Theatre Royal (Nipaluna/Hobart), Spinning Top Music (Pond, Nicholas Allbrook, Haiku Hands), Till Death, Kommunity Brew.
Some Recent Awards
AGDA Merit - Dysto @ Swim Type (2024)
AGDA Merit - Manganese @ Swim Type (2024)
D&AD Shortlist - U Group @ For The People (2024)
Good Design Awards Gold - U Group @ For The People (2024)
Good Design Awards Gold - Blue Mountains @ For The People (2024)
D&AD Wooden Pencil - Time @ For The People (2023)
AGDA Merit - Theatre Royal @ For The People (2023)
AGDA Distinction - Time @ For The People (2022)
AGDA Distinction - Villanelle 2.0 @ Swim Type (2022)
The One Show Young Guns Finalist (2022)
AGDA Emerging Designer of the Year Finalist (2019)
Talks & Mentoring
UNSW The Case for a Case Study 2022
AGDA Shot Down 2022
Fremantle Design Week Designing Design Week 2022
DesignFreo Conversation 06 Play Date 2021
AGDA Starting Out and Standing Out 2020
AGDA WA Mentor
Judging
AGDA (Craft & Best in Show) 2021
PADC Student Awards 2022
Curtin University Industry Award 2020 - Present