Court House Building

Craig & Karl: Double Vision is a dynamic, playful exploration of one of Queensland’s most internationally successful creative exports. Employing Craig & Karl’s signature visual language, defined by bold colour, graphic precision and infectious joy, the exhibition explores the artists’ three-decade-long creative partnership, their influence on global public art and design trends, and the enduring impact of Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), where the artists first met almost thirty years ago.

Craig Redman and Karl Maier first teamed up in 1996 after meeting as students at QCAD. They came to attention as co-founders of design collective Rinzen before establishing themselves as collaborative duo Craig & Karl in 2011. Their union initiated not merely a collaboration, but a distinctive visual practice that would eventually permeate global design. As the Craig & Karl signature style emerged, major global clients such as Adidas, Apple, Ikea, Nike, Sephora, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, and the New York Times engaged them on international campaigns and branded merchandise throughout the 2010s.

Craig & Karl’s dynamic aesthetic employs the artists’ signature messages of humour, joy and optimism to explore themes of community, identity, imagination and love. Their beginnings continue to inform their practice, regularly incorporating homages to the sun-drenched Queensland lifestyle that first inspired their careers.

Co-curated by Angela Goddard and Carrie McCarthy, Craig & Karl: Double Vision first opened at Griffith University Art Museum in August 2025, and coincided with major public art interventions across Brisbane including a new iteration of Craig & Karl’s iconic and charismatic inflatable Mateys, as well as a public art trail across Brisbane’s iconic bridges and city locations.