Squeaky Clean

Squeaky Clean

I developed a new logo for a local chain of car washes for a client. The existing logo and signage didn’t have too much personality and really didn’t say Squeak Clean or anything else for that matter. So I was tasked with bringing some personality and style to the logo...
Ski Apache's Mountain Truths

Ski Apache’s Mountain Truths

In the Fall of 2009 I was tasked with rebranding Ski Apache. I decided to give the campaign a campy feel combining simple textures and bold colors as well as a few of Mother Nature’s little helpers. The campaign was subsequently translated into the website and communicated across print, resort...
OMG

OMG

Last year I designed an outdoor campaign for Roger’s Jewelry. The campaign earned “Best of Outdoor” at the AAF Reno 2010 ADDY Awards and went on to compete in the District 14 ADDYS. Since it launched May 2010, the campaign has been hugely successful. The Reno store gets daily comments...
Inn of the Mountain Gods - Players Club

Inn of the Mountain Gods – Players Club

I have been working on projects for Inn of the Mountain Gods for almost two years. For the first year there was a major re-branding/design overhaul project which I served mostly as a Designer working on print concepts and outdoor concepts brochures rack cards door hangers and other pieces of...
AIGA Reno Tahoe

AIGA Reno Tahoe

So I just joined the Reno/Tahoe chapter of AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts). I have been talking/thinking about joining AIGA for a long time (about two full years) and have finally bit the bullet and ponied up the scratch to become a member of this quality organization. I am...
Poetry Out Loud

Poetry Out Loud

I just finished up working on the 2011 Poetry Out Loud Nevada State Finals. This year the client wanted to re-purpose the art that I designed for them last year, so we we refreshed some of the art and adjusted the layout on this year’s materials. The campaign consisted of:...
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Truly Momentus

Truly Momentus

This is some very nice work, and dare I say momentus work  from a select group of select group of designers, illustrators, and artists who have created visual interpretations of what they have determineD to be the most defining moments in United States history as a way of informing others of USA’s proud, yet sometimes...
Want: Bella Vita

Want: Bella Vita

I was listening to some dubstep today and scouring the whole of the Interwebs today and come upon my new “want”. Enter Bella, from British designer Rick Banks from Face37. I am not sure I would ever have a paid client that would need this typeface, but I would love to fit this into a...
2010 HOW Magazine Salary Survey

2010 HOW Magazine Salary Survey

Every year, AIGA and other professional organizations compile data on most major markets in the U.S. for Designers, Art Directors, Creative Directors and Web Designers to compare the salaries and compensation for creative professionals. In the latest data from HOW Magazine it is said that there are some bright spots, but for the most part,...
Google Docs Animation

Google Docs Animation

So I found this video on the AIGA Design ENVY blog today. When I first saw the post, I was a little skeptic that this would be any good. I have to say that 35 seconds later I was blown away and I am still at a loss to accurately describe how cool it is...

What you see is what you make

I saw this video on Devour today. The video is awesome and totally reminds me of the late 80′s when I first saw a Nike Air Max shoe. It blew my mind at the time and seeing this video finally gives some historical reference to the project and what spurred the creative team at nike...

How to lose 6 million friends…

Interesting article written over at The Week. The same news was mentioned by Media Market Journal as well. The article at The Week poses severl theories to how Facebook could lose 6 Million users in one month, though I think they may be reading into this too much. First off, 6 Million users is a...
Good Eats

Good Eats

I can’t believe it has been 6 years since the introduction of the MyPyramid. The MyPyramid is the failed abomination of convoluted design and healthy living that is far too difficult (read an excellent story written by Michael Beirut here )to understand and even more painful to look at blech!  Gone are the days of...
Sketches: May

Sketches: May

I don’t always have time to do sketches while I am at work, however I am making a concerted effort to at least draw free hand a few times a week. This is a new thing, so there wasn’t much to show for May, here is a sampling of the funny ones from May.

Maybe not a good idea

I just read an interesting article at Engadget discussing the finer points of Bing’s integration of Facebook “Like” button into their search algorithms. Apparently the search engine will consult the collective mind of your friends, family and friends friends first, and then index the results of the search based on that. This sounds all well...