An extensive study in form making, abstraction and typography. Typographic exploration was based on the deconstruction of characters both mechanical and organic....
Typography, Experimental, Form
Surreal Space-Scape for Target
Target commissioned these illustrations for display outside their headquarters in Minneapolis. I envisioned a dream like surreal space-scape where the Bullesyes...
Target, Illustration, Design
Seriously Forks USA
Poster to announce the London based design collective Åbäke lectures at CalArts and CCA. Many thanks to Erik Brandt for arranging this barter / commission....
Åbäke, Poster, Typography
Thick As Thieves
17' x 12' installation spanning three walls for a group exhibition entitled Super Graphics at MCAD Gallery 148. The exhibition was an exploration into large scale...
Exhibition, Typography, Design
Syntax Era
My friends over at Steakmob asked me to contribute a poster design for their inaugural exhibition entitled "The Years." The show was themed around being a child of...
Poster, Exhibtion, Steakmob
Wants Vs. Needs
Wants Vs. Needs is a collective that I helped co-found in 2009. We throw rumpus parties every month and give away a new screen printed t-shirt at each one. I...
Illustration, Design, Apparel
World Premier 2
Album design and art direction for the Unknown Prophets release World Premier 2. Custom type was made and combined with rich textured photographic treatments to...
Design, Music, Packaging
MCAD Is Coming
Double sided poster and mailer made to announce MCAD visits to high schools. Created while working at MCAD Designworks. Offset printing.
MCAD, Custom Typography, Design
Commemorative Print for MCAD
Screen printed poster commissioned by Minneapolis College of Art and Design in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the school. The poster features a custom...
MCAD, Typography, Design
Made at MCAD
Print communications for the Made At MCAD exhibition at BI WORLDWIDE.
MCAD, Exhibition, Print
Designers United
As part of Target's Designers United I was commissioned to create interpretations of the Target bullseye. The designs were displayed on the outside of Target...
Design, Ilustration, Target
925VE The Big Payback
Art direction and album design for a Hip-Hop crew hailing from Minneapolis. Custom type forms were created and combined with ink washes. Imagery was drawn from...
Design, Music, Packaging
Make Good
Design and illustration for a monthly music series released digitally by The Tribe & Big Cats. Painted and drawn forms were digitally collaged and combined with a...
Music, Design, Typography
Incomplete Manifesto For Growth
Self directed project in which the designer Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto For Growth was made into a book. As a designer I have a fascination with manifestos,...
Book Design, Manifesto, Letterpress
Free First Saturdays
Free First Saturdays are an ongoing family event at the Walker Art Center. Below the final printed piece is my original unused concept. Created during my internship...
Design, Walker Art Center
Trust Me!
Design created for Adam Gracia’s exhibition “TRUST ME!” The show was based on trust in that everyone who was asked to participate submitted their work to...
Exhibition, Collaboration, Typography
Bring That Beat Back
Design for a monthly music event that features a custom created typeface. The design was screen printed in a very limited edition of ten posters.
Typography, Design, Music
Cosmic Exploritorium
This assignment originated from a sound, literally. A space sound effect record served as inspiration that organically grew into the desired output in the project...
Design, Event Series, Experimental Process
Even When The Record Skips
Even When The Record Skips is a typeface that was created by controlled scratching experiments. Chalk was applied to a DJ's hand before the execution of various...
Typography, Experimental Process, Process Book
Cosmic Exploritorium Process
Created In conjunction with the event poster series to document the process of the project including: Image and content research, type explorations, image...
Book Design, Experimental Process
Slaps!
Promotional poster series created for DJ King Otto's monthly Hip-Hop dance night at the Honey lounge in Minneapolis. The posters use bold lettering and colors to...
Design, Illustration, Event Series
Various Poster Designs
Posters, Design, Illustration
Lettercult
Lettercult is an online community of folks who love letters. Recently I have been intrigued by the relationship between drawings and vectors or the organic and...
Typography, Illustration
Preface To A Legend
While working for the Minneapolis based record store the Fifth Element I was asked to create a mixtape that coincided with the release of Doomtree's prolific...
Illustration, Design, Packaging
Chile Biannual
"Fue un día de inmensa alegría" or "It was a day of great happiness" was the quote from a Santiago newspaper that expressed the joy shared around the world when...
Typography, Design
Letterpress Print
Printed on a Vandercook Press using hand set type. Edition of 25 prints.
Handset Type, Vandercook, Typography
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