Bodhi Vela Cole
October 28, 2008
Identity for San Francisco, California-based fashion designer and stylist Bodhi Vela Cole. Custom lettering and brand identity including print design. Business cards utilize deep blind embossing on a toothy, uncoated cardstock, printed using custom mixed inks with sparkle additive.
Christely
October 28, 2008
Identity for Atelier Christely, a boutique jewelry design studio in Paris’ 1st Arrondissement. The identity is comprised of logo, typographic standards, letterhead, business card, envelope, and note paper.
Arroyo Arts Collective
October 28, 2008
Identity and print design for Zone 5 In The City, the Arroyo Arts Collective’s temporary site-specific installation exhibition in Los Angeles. The exhibition ran from April through May 2008. “Zone 5 in the City” refers to permaculture’s classification of “Zone 5” as the wilderness zone from which we learn the important lesson of working with nature not against it. The exhibition is a project that brings professional artists together with Franklin High School students to explore the issue of sustainability through the construction of site-specific installations on the grounds of the Audubon Center at Debs Park.
Accept & Proceed
October 28, 2008
Logo variant for boutique U.K. advertising agency Accept & Proceed. I was invited along with a host of other talented individuals to create a logo family for A&P. This isometric logo treatment is comprised of the katakana characters エ (ay) and ピ (pi), the phonetic equivalents of A&P.
333 Recordings
October 28, 2008
Identity and print design for 333 Recordings, an independent electronic music label based out of Oakland, California. I worked with 333’s owner, Matt Thompson since the label’s inception, crafting an identity that is unique and affordable to produce. Record sleeves, CD labels, business cards, note cards, and buck slips were all printed on one press sheet using silver ink on assorted brightly colored stocks. Each 7″ record release’s label is a unique typographic composition using the house typefaces.
Le Pigeon
October 28, 2008
Identity and branding for Le Pigeon, a French restaurant in Portland, Oregon. I worked with Le Pigeon’s owners and branded the business from its inception, creating a holistic identity system including typographic standards, print advertising, online advertising, website, press release kits, menus, wine lists, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, and apparel. Le Pigeon has won accolades in Gourmet, The New York Times, Bon Appetit, The Washington Post, People, along with a James Beard Award along the way.
10.11.2008
October 11, 2008
New essay about Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica published in Idea Magazine No. 331.
New interview with the mighty Lullatone on PingMag.
A number of my logos were published in Los Logos 4.
I have a piece in this new show in Brooklyn.
I also have a piece in this new show of WKTokyoLab work in Los Angeles.
Meeting Modernity, the new Néojaponisme traveling exhibition of found photography, debuted at Young Art in Los Angeles. It opens next on January 8th in Portland, Oregon at Reading Frenzy.
New website for White Rabbit Press’ Tokyo Realtime.
New logo revealed for the 2009 PDX Film Fest.
Otherwise, still manning the helm at VLU and Néojaponisme.
Articles on PingMag
September 9, 2008
08.28.2008
August 28, 2008
Ricardo Cordoba wrote a really comprehensive review of my book Parallel Strokes on the design criticism website Speak Up. It is probably the “best” review of the book that has been published in that it looks at the book holistically and face-forward, giving honest criticism and being very thoughtful.