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New! American Image Awards 2008
Identity program / invitation package
The American Image Awards recognizes excellence in apparel and footwear retail. I was hired to develop a fashionable identity while preserving the spirit of the event's identity over the past 30 years. I painted an original watercolor and integrated it with gold foil-stamped type.
 
New! DL1961 Premium Denim
Identity program
I developed a signature for the premium denim brand, composed of a swash "DL" trademark and a sans serif logotype. The two elements can be used together or separately, depending on the application. I created the stationery, and also developed brand guidelines. Photography by Ian Cuttler.
 
Trademarks
The Museum Store – Columbus Museum of Art
The gift store at the Columbus Museum needed to attract attention. A sub-identity was created in the spirit of the museum's existing one. Subtle ligatures were applied to type for memorability.
Audio snip
This Boston company places coded stickers on concert and album-release posters, allowing passersby to dial a code on their cell phone and immediately hear clips of the artist.
The Tasting Room
This New York tasting room hosts wine tastings for winemaker Gallo Family Vineyards. The signature combines the gesture of a wine glass with art-deco type. Designed at Borsa Wallace.
   
Digital Method
A New York digital capture company providing support during a digital photo shoot. The mark iconically refers to a CCD chip, and symbolically refers to capturing infinite images using one camera.
  Fafarazzi
Fafarazzi is a pop culture website that also offers celebrity games.
To help represent site topics of disorder, misbehavior and gossip, harsh typographic foms were placed in a sharp container.
  Dana's House Cleaning
This housekeeping management service matches maids with households seeking them. The trademark charms with friendliness and cleanliness, two necessary traits of a housekeeper.
   
Christian Fellowship Foursquare Church
The mark depicts leaves juxtaposed with four squares (a mnemonic), and represents the ability to approach the church freely. A subtle cross in the center is the only religious reference.
  Templeman Automation
This engineering company solves technical problems and develops its own products. The trademark translates the company’s initials, suggesting a circuit board, a technical drawing, or a robot figure.
  Commotional
A Chicago staffing agency that matches skilled, well-prepared "brand ambassadors" with high-profile promotion companies. Type was used to suggest motion, excitement, and energy.
   
University of Michigan
Futurtech Conference Identity Program
Futurtech is U of M's premier business and technology conference. Each year the Ross School of Business, the College of Engineering, the School of Information, and major world corporations come together to celebrate technology and connect students to jobs. For the ten year anniversary conference I created the identity, posters, and other communication materials.
 
Bryant Park Press
The Road To Justice – Kenneth F. McCallion
Book Cover: The Road To Justice explores the difficulties, trials, and tribulations inherent in the professional life of a trial lawyer.
Dana's House Cleaning
Trademark / Brochure
This housekeeping management service matches maids with households seeking them. The trademark charms, scrubs and bubbles. It does not describe housecleaning literally, but semantically represents friendliness and cleanliness, two necessary traits of a housekeeper.
Support Our Ribbons
Political Satire / real Magnetic Ribbons
This magnetic phenomenon began as a satire on Support Ribbon Mania, which began occurring in the United States about a half decade ago when anyone with $3 and a bumper could "support" US troops. The inspiration: if you can't stop it, make fun of it.
The Museum Store: Columbus Museum of Art
Identity / Packaging
The lobby gift shop at the Columbus Museum needed an identity to attract attention and, consequently, commerce. A simple typograpic logo was combined with the museum's existing one. Fresh colors and subtle ligatures were applied for memorability.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2003 Annual Giving Report
An annual report sent to stakeholders of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. Designed at kor group.
 
The Food Bank of New York
2007 Can-do Awards Invite
An invitation to the Food Bank's annual canned food drive. The event's look has become "fresh, funky, and rock-n-roll," to attract a young, energetic crowd (concept not used).
Designed at John Kneapler Design.
Illustration
Watercolors and ink
W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.
Promotional Calendar
This calendar features dramatic geological and oceanographic images, demonstrating the abundance of visuals in Norton's Earth Science textbooks. It was sent to professors across the country.

Promotional Catalog
This catalog shows off Norton's selection of respected Political Science titles. On the cover is a stylized ballot card containing the three main categories. The ballot alludes to (what we hope to be) the driving force behind politics: the vote.

New! Bananas
Party and Photo Booth
I had the idea to throw a bananas-themed party, and encouraged guests to arrive wearing aggressively bananas-themed ensembles. I invited my friend, photographer Brandon King, to help me with a photo booth documenting the evening. The result was sublime.
 
Support Our Ribbons
Third Birthday Party invite
The company that started as a joke has now been in business for over three years, and has a full-time director to oversee its operations. Who knew? The founders threw an anniversary bash to celebrate this happy milestone, and I designed the invitation package.
 
eBay
WINDORPHINS
A teaser campaign for eBay to raise brand awareness included quirky characters known as Windorphins. We created page layouts and illustrations for the Windorph Maker, a program allowing users to create thousands of combinations. These were some proposed variations on the existing batch of creatures.
 
Digital Method
Identity / Stationery
A New York digital capture company — they handle the technical side of a digital photo shoot. A trademark, stationery progam, and website were produced. The mark iconically refers to a CCD chip, and symbolically refers to capturing infinite images using the same tool (a camera).
Illustration
Ink
The King's Head
Identity / T-Shirt
I designed this t-shirt for The King's Head, a bar in Manhattan's East Village. I am currently working on the new identity and environmant—stay tuned for images.
 
Various Clients
Conceptual Business Cards
There's something to be said for handing out business cards that do more than simply list information. When a concept is applied, the result can charm the recipient and makes the exchange more memorable. This may heighten awareness and, consequently, encourage more business.
 
Handbound Books
Identity / Stationery
These are books that I made by hand while taking a course at the Cooper Union. It was a fun-filled ten weeks focused on hand bookbinding techniques, tools, and materials. We studied European and Japanese binding styles.
 
Illustration
Ink
Postcards / Invitations / Correspondence
For Personal Use
When the opportunity to send a message arises (and I've got the time) I enjoy creating original correspondence materials to send to friends, family, and colleagues. It usually makes more of an impression than buying something at Hallmark.
ID / Print
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DL1961 Premium Denim
WEBSITE
A website for the premium denim brand. Photography by Ian Cuttler.
 
eBay
Windorph maker
This teaser campaign for eBay introduces quirky characters known as Windorphins (brought about by winning an auction on eBay). We created page layouts and illustrations, and built the Flash program which allows users to create thousands of combinations.
 
Digital Method
WEBSITE
A New York digital capture company — they handle the technical side of a digital photo shoot. The website explains the capture options, outlines pricing, and supports the identity program.
 
A Little Indulgence
WEBSITE and Online Store
A New York dressmaker specializing in little ones.
 
Sweerts and Vaas
WEBSITE
A New York financial services and venture capital firm. The site features architectural forms as symbols of strength and stability.
 
Dana's Housecleaning
WEB SITE
Dana's is a Knoxville housekeeping management service, matching maids with households seeking them.