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RedTie Print Management
Company Brochure
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Created a vivid technological color scheme and branding to accent a B2B information piece promoting this UK software developer's web-to-print software. |
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Amplified Strategies
Political candidate direct mail designs
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A series of branded design templates for this political campaign public relations agency, developed as part of a portfolio of choices the firm could adapt to their choice of candidate. I designed a look and feel, color and style branding and purchased photography and illustrations. |
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Engage Marketing, Inc.
Promotional mailers
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A family of direct mail business-to-business promotional pieces to introduce an innovative new web-to-print marketing system. |
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Coronet Printing
Embossed, diecut company brochure
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I created this award-winning diecut and embossed trifold in a unique size to emphasize innovation. The focus of the piece was to promote quality union printing and the "union bug" —industry term for the small union logo—so as a play on words, I designed an embossed ladybug that appears through the diecut magnifying glass.
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Compaq Computers Executive Roundtable Series
Event Brochure, Stationery, Websites and Power Point Templates
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I created a theme and designed a family of collateral media
to promote and unify this exclusive international retreat offered
to captains of the tech industry as an incentive for developing
closer business ties. I designed the logo, stationery, three
separate websites, powerpoint templates, signage and graphics,
including an original photocollage for the event theme.
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Microsoft Sequel Server 7.0 Launch
Event poster, Party Invitation, Confirmation Mailer, Banners,
Signs, Passes
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Unveiling the long-awaited Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 software
at the Comdex convention in Las Vegas was a major event for
the IT industry and media. As lead designer in charge of over
100 deliverable items, I created the event theme, then designed
and produced all of the event graphics, including posters, invitations,
mailers, banners, tickets, signs, passes, stage backdrops, t-shirts,
give-aways, event wrap-up catalog and more.
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Signum Investments
Restaurant design, identity and branding
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I developed the look and feel of a new gourmet bakery café,
starting with 5 "style boards" to narrow the direction,
researched the market and competition and offered insight and suggestions
on positioning and marketing strategies. I created logos and theme
art, a wide selection of store fronts, elevations and interior designs
and fleshed out the clients ideas, which included a striped theme,
over 75 color variations and numerous names. |
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POP Display Group
Embossed, diecut company brochure with video presentation
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To highlight the colorful, inventive, 3 dimensional point of purchase
displays they design, I created a uniquely shaped multi-dimensional
and vibrant brochure/folder that holds a video tour on CD and numerous
inserts and can be custom-tailored for each presentation. In addition
to all the production work, I also stylized halftones, illustrated
instructional line art, created 12 unique inserts, hired and supervised
the video producer and art directed the video presentation. |
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iCopyright.com, Renton, WA
Retail identity campaign
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With an emphasis on clarity, simplicity and ease of use, this
publishers copyright broker is making waves online, so I developed
(and illustrated) a clean branding for their national roll-out in
advertisements, mailers and on the web. |
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Garden Botanika
Retail packaging
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I designed and illustrated numerous swirling flora backgrounds to
enhance the design of these organic beauty products. |
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Beifa Pens
New product branding development
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Chinese client needed a vibrant new look and feel for their packaging
to win approval from big wholesalers here. I was provided with their
logo and loose pens, which
I photographed, then manipulated and arranged in Photoshop, adding
the company logo on each pen. Then I designed and comped up a variety of new packaging and blister-pack shapes
and styles, from stylized and illustrative to metallic ink,
foil-stamped and faux-metallic. I invented and logo-typed new
wording like "Metallic & Neon Artist Collection"
and "Hot Neon" to add distinctive sub-branding, and
then translated each look and feel into the four product categories.
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Compaq Computers
Distributor Poster
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Using a unique dimension and vibrant color to accent innovation,
I manipulated several photos and deployed branded fonts.
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Rallye Améthyste, Rally Moustier
Party Invitation
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For this lavish Parisian ball, "Fire and Ice", I created
an illustration which wrapped around a diecut door-pass that
tucks into the folded card to add more flames.
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Nth Degree Software, Bellevue, WA
Branding/Identity campaign
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I designed and produced a B2B marketing campaign for Proteus
publishing legacy software, which included numerous original
illustrations and diagrams reflecting the graphics-oriented
publishing industry target. In addition to a brochure and direct
mail pieces, my initiative was a proposal which could be laser
printed and customized for each presentation.
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Ioline Corp, Kirkland, WA
Retail identity campaign
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Expanding into a new market, the president of this computer
plotter manufacturer has transformed this design into posters,
ads and tradeshow displays. I also did their logo.
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Microsoft
Office 2000 Launch
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Given the theme "The Art of Doing Business", I
was one of several designers submitting graphics for Microsofts
biggest rollout identity campaign yet. Bill and Steve voted
in favor of another slogan so these werent used. ;o(
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Compaq Computers
Identity template, Business Solutions for Exchange
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Starting with a folder for a retail networking campaign,
the design I created for this project expanded into a brochure,
website, poster and CD. |
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Compaq Computers
Trade ad, Cluster Business Servers
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I created the look and feel for the rollout of this Internet
Technology business service which was used in variety of media and
collateral. |
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Experience Music Project, Seattle
Kiosk posters
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In addition to designing interfaces and animation (see multimedia
section) for EMP, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allens' avant garde
music museum at the Seattle Center, I created a series of colorful,
informative wall posters to entertain and educate those in line
for the interactive kiosks.
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Merwin Creative, Seattle
Holiday Card
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To reflect their offbeat personalities, the owners of this
film and video production company commissioned me to create
and illustrate an all-encompassing holiday greeting card sent
to hundreds of clients. The text said "Christmas Card", "Hannukah Card", "Kwaanza Card", and finally "Phone Card". Attached to the last page was a company-branded phone card with an hour of free long distance.
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PMF Productions, Woodland Hills, CA
Promotional campaign
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I invented and illustrated a direct mail campaign—based on this ad agency's puzzle piece logo—in which potential clients received an intriguing and inspiring new 3D piece every few days. Fully assembled, the 4 collectible pieces formed a colorful, seamless collage and pointed to a free gift.
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PMF Productions, Woodland Hills, CA
Event branding
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Invitation, Tribute Book, RSVP and Save the Date cards design.
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The Return by Ron Closser
Novel cover design
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A crime thriller. |
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San Francisco Association of Realtors
Event launch invite
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An email blast announcing a member conference |
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Athens Services
Direct mail piece
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I designed and illustrated this humorous and informative card that explained to this waste management company's customers why competitors were spreading false accusations. |
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