About me
I’m Rob — dad of three under six, graphic designer, and now unwilling hernia expert.
These blog posts are a designer-dad’s survival guide to life with three kids under six — told through the lens of print deadlines, pantone swatches, and parenting chaos. Where graphic design meets dad life, and the print registration is always blown out.
Expect honest, funny, and slightly chaotic stories where bedtime routines feel like client briefs, school pick-ups run like print jobs, and tantrums land harder than a missed deadline. It’s the messy overlap of kerning and parenting, colour matching and kid wrangling — proof that life doesn’t come with bleed marks or a neat final print.
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Or email rob.allen@brandem.com.au or rob@conservationprinting.com