Cover design, interior illustrations, and chapter title graphics for Rap-Up’s premiere book, published by Grand Central Publishing. Cover illustration by the mighty Upso.

Starting with issue eleven in the summer of 2008, I created a full redesign of Rap-Up. As the target audience has gotten older and more sophisticated, the magazine underwent a facelift to imbue it with a more demure and cosmopolitan aesthetic. A highly formalized grid was developed for the magazine, as well as new typographic standards. A refined palette was applied, as was a fresh approach to artist photography.
The Winter issue, the second after the redesign, included a tipped-in promotional mini-issue of the magazine that was branded content for TAG Records and TAG bodyspray.

Art direction, brand direction, and graphic design for Rap-Up, a hip-hop and R&B magazine aimed at Generation Y from 2004 to the present. I’ve crafted the art direction of the publication since it’s inception, having created the masthead, typographic standards, seasonal color palettes, and versioning through the editorial design for eleven issues. 

The first incarnation of the magazine was predominantly pop: bright colors and expressive display typography have made the magazine consistently stand out.

There have been innumerable other aspects of designing for Rap-Up, including posters, print ads, apparel, broadcast design, and website design, development, and deployment.

Qoob commissioned me to create this short film for online and outdoor deployment for Alfa Romeo’s Mi.To, the Italian car manufacturer’s premiere compact car. The film was shown online, as well as on massive electronic billboards in Italy. Soundtrack by E*Rock.

Apparel graphics for Portland film production company Peripheral Produce.

Mailorder catalog for Portland film production company Peripheral Produce. The catalog was printed using a split fountain technique, causing the two inks to gradate.

Ongoing identity design for the annual Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Fest. Since 2004, I have designed the visual identity for the U.S.’s premiere documentary film festival, renewing the logo annually and deploying a full identity package that includes logos, type standards, color standards, posters, postcards, flyers, promotional slides for movie theaters, apparel graphics, tickets, passes, programs, booklets, and intro animations. You can view a medley of the intro animation bumpers by year here.

Identity design for Open Hands Acupuncture in Portland, Oregon. Their identity package includes letterhead, envelopes, signage, business cards, and a website. Frankly, I’ve never been stuck with needles by nicer folks.

Comprehensive identity for the Los Angeles architecture firm, NLA. The identity package includes letterhead, fax cover sheet, transmittal sheet, envelope, window envelope, notepaper, notecard, business card, and mailing label design. I also crafted up a nifty little xml-controlled Flash website along with Nate Beaty to give the firm presence online.

Book, CD, and buttons designed for Nike Asia Pacific’s 2009 Women’s line. Collaborating with Josh Berger at Plazm, we crafted a great paean to sisterhood and sports. The awesome photography of Portland photographer Anthony Georgis is used throughout. The book is printed on a mix of stocks using assorted print processes.