I have a new essay and interviews with my favorite young Japanese designers, Kunihiko Okano and Daijiro Ohara, in the latest issue of Slanted Magazine.

New project in the Identity section of the site, a full identity for Saga, a swimwear company based in San Francisco.

Identity for San Francisco-based swimwear company, Saga.

Redesign of Chainbreaker, a hand-illustrated and accessible introduction to the world of bike repair. Through working at assorted bike shops in New Orleans, the co-authors gathered a wealth of experience, then share it with would-be mechanics in this book.

The first half of this book is a complete repair manual to get you started on choosing, fixing, and riding your bike. The second half reprints all four issues of Chainbreaker zine, whose originals were destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

I created the template and typographic standards for The Zinester’s Guide to NYC by Ayun Halliday, published recently by Microcosm Publishing.

Joe Biel did the production and all of the heavy lifting while Nate Beaty held down the cover design and illustration.

Icon- and type-driven tee shirt designs for Microcosm advocating the use of bicycles for transportation and weaponry.

Identity design for Little Bird, the sister restaurant of Le Pigeon, Portland’s finest restaurant. Bespoke signage, menus, business cards, coasters, and other printed materials backed up with an elegant CSS-powered website.

Identity for Carfree Fridays, a non-profit initiative that encourages Portland residents to use transportation methods other than cars once a week.

Design of Taking the Lane #2, a compilation zine edited by Elly Blue about women who ride bicycles. Features a custom hairline version of Eli Carrico’s font Interno.

Poster for Walls of Pride, a tour of African American murals in Portland, Oregon held by the Dill Pickle Club.
The tour encompassed visits to over a dozen works of art. Adriene Cruz and Isaka Shamsud-Din, two of the featured muralists, were guest speakers at the sites of their work.