maybe our mistakes are what make us marvelous. maybe we just need a new way of looking at them. mistakes might be experiments traveling under an assumed name. oh, you messed up. good for you.
design philosophy #19: oops.
portrait of francis bacon, 2010 (in progress), 102x102 cm, oil on canvas
artist, 2008, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
wordmark and favicon designs, national center for missing and exploited children (portfolio piece)
juxtapositions, letterpress chapbook, the text is a poem i wrote following the bombing of the oklahoma city federal building
milk for free, save the date announcement (portfolio piece)
xmas stockings, the texture here from placing a scrap of fishnet lace between the rollers and the paper on the ink disk, while the press is running…
drawing nothing | untitled, 2009, 76.5x57 cm, crayola, prismacolor, charcoal pencil, graphite, pentel marker on fabriano artistico
label | branding, “untypography” for an “unlabel” for rebranding of budini wines, vine connections
electronic holiday card, center for social innovation, graduate school of business, stanford university
you have seen me, 2007, series of 24 drawings, each 76.5x57 cm, charcoal and prismacolor on fabriano artistico, detail
wild child, letterpress printed from garamond, front matter, detail
empathy, 2010 (in progress), 46x52 cm, oil on canvas
“rolling hills of the palouse” flat filing cabinet, 2007, 70x88x136 cm (from floor), high-grade birch ply finished with shellac and wax, drawer faces finished in acrylic paint
design philosophy #42: design is about listening
if drawing is not so much about drawing as it is about seeing – and if you don’t draw, then you’ll have to take my word for it – then design is about listening
october (after richter), 2009, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
studio detritus books, the beautiful structure of a book left exposed on the spine…
“typehead” personal stationery, inspired by the bold personal style of bay area interior designer orlando diaz-azcuy – with his shaved head and heavy black-framed spectacles – a playful mix of gill sans and adobe garamond for a suite of personal notecards, “full stop,” selected by the designer for his juror’s award, may be customized and ordered at minted.com
you have seen me, 2007, series of 24 drawings, each 76.5x57 cm, charcoal and prismacolor on fabriano artistico, close detail
see you, a bilingual expression of love does not have to be a valentine. why the hell not? any other day of the year?
wordmark, combines the business and low-budget, diy aspects of independent filmmaking, whitewater films (portfolio piece)
art direction, logotype, mark combining icon and letter, designer chance munns (student work)
girl laughing, 2008, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
body in the desert | untitled, 2006, 35.5x38 cm, letterpress print with acrylic, charcoal, van dyck brown print, velvet
this side up, paste paper covers, sewn on exposed hemp cords, detail
wordmark and stationery, arts council of snohomish county (portfolio piece)
studio detritus books, original drawings on pastepaper covers and endsheets…
promise moon, letterpress greeting card in 5-inch square translucent envelope, corresponding detail also letterpress printed
mark | branding campaign, dating service focusing on the psychology of human behavior, dba at last (portfolio piece)
6 little girls, linoleum block print, detail
“dandy” personal notecard (portfolio piece)
inhalation | lifeline, 2006, 74x50 cm, charcoal pencil, gesso, acrylic, and silk chiffon on handmade flax paper
negative norma, 2008, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
design philosophy #27: use what you have
some people try to be somebody they’re not, as if what they have is not good enough. it doesn’t fool anybody. use what you have. you’re carrying it with you anyway
golden plates | baptism, 2006, 35.5x38 cm, letterpress print with acrylic, collage, 23k gold leaf, salt
wild child, front cover, letterpress on pastepaper, exposed cord, detail
holiday card, my copywriting was awarded editors’ pick and available for customization and ordering from minted.com
logo | slogan, broken island fine foods (portfolio piece)
dark girl, 2009, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
ragdoll | fall, 2007, 76.5x57 cm, charcoal and prismacolor on fabriano artistico
drawing nothing | untitled, 2009, 76.5x57 cm, crayola, prismacolor, cattle marker, charcoal pencil, graphite, pentel marker on fabriano artistico
art direction, catcher in the rye, front cover and spine for coffee table edition of salinger’s work, designer heidi miller (student work)
desert in the body | untitled, 2006, 36x38.5 cm, dye sublimation print with mixed media and collage
pink pillbox hat, 2008, 56x61 cm, oil on birch panel
6 little girls, 2002, 26.5x36 cm when closed, letterpress from handset lead type, van dyck brown and linoleum block prints, back cover machine quilted from vintage fabric remnants, edition 10 signed and numbered
hr database portfolio, designed to the specifications of the academic hr database
design philosophy #21: decide what it is you want
then figure out what it is you need to do to get it. most people spend their whole lives doing what it is they think they “should” do, then wonder why they are disappointed when they die
mark | funding and social awareness campaign, national psoriasis foundation (portfolio piece)
we look to the sky, detail of letterpress text, cyanotype image
you have seen me, 2008, partial install
identity, cammisa markel, pllc (portfolio piece)
letterpress printed self-promotion, lead rule is debossed (printed without ink) in the first press run, followed by layers and layers of ice cream color, six other press
wild child | paper, ink, 2008, 26x56 cm, letterpress on magnani pescia (early press proof), not visible in the low-res reproduction, the text “ink” is debossed (printed without ink) on the recto side of the page, the visible print (verso) is an image of magnani pescia paper fibers at microscopic resolution
studio detritus books, not-quite blank books bound by hand…
a double petition, detail of letterpress text and endsheets with 23k gold leaf
page layout, even a grading rubric might be a design problem
retablo | refuse, 2005, 26x17 cm, collage/mixed media
wordmark and letterpress printed stationery, six other press and studio6other
this bullet is an old one, 2009, 102x152 cm, oil on canvas (detail)
Photodocumentation You Have Seen Me series, Ragdoll series, Lolita, Girl, Pale Girl, Girl Laughing, Rich Girl, Negative Norma, Pink Pillbox Hat, and Artist courtesy Patrick J. Finerty, Jr., and photodocumentation Body in the Desert, Desert in the Body, and Golden Plates series courtesy Luis Guerrero.
Grateful acknowledgment also to my former students, for sharing with me not just their work, but also their teaching and learning.
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