Mark Basquille – Graphic Design

Nickname:

Bas keeel (my name pronounced as if I were actually French)


Best travel moments:

Ah let me see, Korea 2003 5am on the way home from a night out, teaching the next day with Denis and Eddie. We stopped for beers at a 7Eleven and somehow we ended holding up the shop using tights on our heads and fingers as 'guns'!! The teller took it well and actually played along, we took photos of him with his hands over his head and Denis and Eddie putting the 'guns' to his head. After that we paid for the beers and the tights.

 

Worst travel moment:

Waking up in Thailand with my arm in bits, the island doctor told me id had a sprain, gave me some tiger balm and sent me on my way, I only found out 4 days later after travelling back to Korea and teaching for a day that I had in fact suffered a triple fracture that required my arm to stay in a caste for 8 weeks.

Favourite quote:

Everything in moderation including moderation.

I can...

do a human vibrator  - its art right!

 

Reason why I got involved in this project

: Id love to know that answer too!!

 

About Matt:

Spawning from the underbelly of the earth that is Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, Basquille accidentally found himself stuck in Korea for a short 4 years before being rescued by his better half Bunty.  Still world record holder for number of entries and exits from the ROK (34 passport stamps at last count), Mark is now nesting in Mayo, passing as a young professional… magic tree rep, and pregnant women magazine collaborator…


Basquille helped Trans America Trek in designing the logo and banner.  Starting with almost no feedback, receiving guidance consisting of little more than “Well Mark, thinking of driving a 4x4 cross the Americas for a good cause, need a logo, don’t know what... good luck!!”, he none the less managed to come up with the face of Trans America Trek.  The design of the logo clearly demonstrates what is intended: a Jeep and a map of the Americas.  As for the banner, it catches the essence of the journey: an open road that symbolises both the trek that lies ahead and the wideness of the struggle that some of our youth face today