Liz & Paul Wedding Invites

These wedding invites and RSVP notes were created for Liz & Paul’s special event. Production wise, these were printed on Crane Lettra Flo White 110lb cover stock that was custom duplexed to a 220lb weight after printing. They were printed at the Detroit-based letterpress shop, Signal-Return.

Mustang Customizer

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who like their Mustangs straight up—and those who like them with a twist.

The 2013 Ford Mustang Customizer was born out of a desire to mess with perfection; to let the fans try their hand at creating a vehicle that’s truly unique, truly their own. Plus the kicker: Ford manufactures four of the winning submissions. And guess who delivers them to the lucky receivers? Vaughn Gittin Jr.

The social aspect of this project was one of its many strengths. Thousands and thousands of custom Mustang designs were created on the web site and through the iPhone and iPad apps—then bragged about on Facebook and Twitter, on live billboards, in banner ads and on touch-screen displays at transit centers in major cities. And the fun still continues today.

Working with my team as a lead designer and contributing art director, I created the look and feel of the Ford Mustang Customizer and its many facets.

Keep Your Word Print

Let your yes be yes. Do what you’ve promised. Keep your word.

Ellie Herring Album Art

I developed this album artwork for electronic artist Ellie Herring’s 2012 release, Satiate. Ellie wanted something with strong geometric shapes and that reminded her of those bright glow-in-the-dark 80′s colors.

The artwork was printed on 100% PCW 160lb stock from Smart Genesis and had a custom “sand-blasted” effected later added.

Sail The Sea Print

This poster serves as a reminder. As those prior that have sold much if not everything to transcend an ocean of impossibility and uncertainty, I wanted to make something that would encourage the same. View challenges as opportunities and set sail.

Lincoln MyTouch Bookend

Lincoln announced an industry-first touchscreen feature in the 2011 MKX. The objective of this piece was to translate the “whoa” of that feature into video form. I collaborated on the design with motion design boutique Frame.dk, and ended up with what you see here.

Evan Deutsch Print

This print is a tribute to a good friend of mine, Evan Deustch. He’s the strongest man I know.

IMU, Inc. Brand Identity

The founder of IMU, Inc. contacted me when he was starting a new clothing line. The assignment: create a brand identity and the IMU website experience. I enlisted the help of two other creatives, and together we developed a brand that included logo, type, colors, tagline and brand voice and website design.

On the technical side, the T-shirt storefront, I teamed up with superstar Joel Sunman. The website includes:

• Full Drupal Customization
• Integrated E-commerce Storefront by Ubercart
• Blog and Community Forums
• Mailing List
• Custom Flash video player
• Launch party streaming with uStream

Lincoln.com Intro Animation

Lincoln’s retail site was looking for a way to quickly showcase their latest two vehicles. I took the designs to Flash developers www.relaxwearethegoodguys.com. Shown here are storyboards for three variations on the intro Flash piece and the final landing state. In the results users were able to interact and explore the new vehicles right on the homepage.

Hugo Boss Create

This was designed for HUGO Create, a global design contest. The brief was simple: show off the bottle in a unique way.

Gecko Imaging Website

I recently redesigned the website for the graphics and retouching studio of Gecko Imaging. The most important thing was to come up with an elegant way to show the before and after retouching process to really showcase the work. The customized solution is one I haven’t seen anywhere else. Stacked transparent images animated to offer a simple and elegant way to showcase Gecko’s talent.

Technically speaking, the web site featured CSS3 and a custom wordpress theme. AJAX was used in the portfolio to navigate between projects.

The project ended up on many CSS galleries and award sites around the web.

Logos & Marks

This is a collection of some of the logos and branding marks I’ve worked on.