Art Direction

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Elevate Brochure

This is one of my favorite pieces I've designed. It's a 20-page brochure for a youth conference. 6 pantones, 2 metallics, 2 fluorescents. Very cool looking.

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Fill In the Blank

Fitting in is probably the biggest challenge of growing up. I had the idea for these photo shoots to express the theme of finding your place in the world.

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Do the Evolution

I applied this type treatment to many, many elements over the years. This one is a postcard. I like it.

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7-Eleven / Simpsons

I'm a huge Simpsons fan, so needless to say this was probably the most fun project I've worked on during my advertising career. Even though I received no credit for those Gold Lions at Cannes, I did do the Buzz Cola can and the Krusty-O's box.

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7-Eleven

7-Eleven is a pretty fun client to work for. Since I rarely get to see my work in its environment, it's nice to run in for an energy drink and see several things I've designed. Below are various 7-Eleven projects, some concepts; some produced.

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Nokia 6555

For the launch of the Nokia 6555 at AT&T, we wanted to highlight the sleek and smooth design of the music phone. To do so, we shot the phone and almost silhouetted instruments against a black background. I think the resulting ads actually made the phone look nicer than it really was.

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Nokia Intrigue

Not a lot to say about this one. Well, I DO have a lot to say, but it's all off the record.

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Nokia Star Speak

This stuff was plastered all over malls across the country to promote the chance to meet Fall Out Boy in person. I dragged my wife to a couple malls while on vacation to see my work in person. Below was taken in the Fashion Show in Las Vegas.

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Nokia / The Dark Knight

I put in a lot of time on the concepting stage of this project. But this is one of the few pieces I actually had a hand in designing.

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Nokia Fashion Goes Mobile

Nokia launched a device that comes with different colored covers that you can change out to match your mood or outfit. Think Kaepa or Croc shoes. I designed the POP and merchandise displays to go in T-Mobile stores.

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Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

In Fall of 2007, Nokia opened a theater in downtown Los Angeles. For the grand opening event, we created outdoor boards, banners, in-door signage, videos and countless other printed materials.

Outdoor

Indoor Signage

LA Times Ad

Other Printed Materials

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Nokia XpressMusic

Here are a couple different pieces for various Nokia music phones.

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Nokia 6650 Packaging

I am often tasked with concepting packaging for the launch of new Nokia devices. Rarely are my favorite ideas chosen. Case in point, this elegant silver box for a nav/GPS phone would have the continents embossed on the lid. Inside the line I wrote, "The world's new silver lining."

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Falcon Locks

Ingersol Rand merged three of its companies under the name Falcon. I designed these ads with removable flash cards that explained why the merger was a good thing for contractors.

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Quiz Factor

What is the name of the space shuttle the exploded on January 28, 1986? This postcard is for a quiz show event.

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Revolve Tour

I was in Minneapolis last year and realized the Revolve Tour was also there that weekend. I decided to see what it was all about since I had designed all of the look and print material for the past three years. Imagine if you will, 10,000 screaming 9-15 year old girls. I could only handle about 30 minutes, but it was great to see how good my artwork looked on tickets, posters, stage props and videos.

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Ester Drang LP

The large-scale drawings were done by Ester Drang front man Bryce Chambers. Photos shot by Becky Seigrist. Layout by yours truly.

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Secret of Max

Looking back on this short film by my dear friend Jeremy Bartel, you see his very obvious influences. But how can I remove the splinter from his eye when there is a plank in mine? Ode to Saul Bass.

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