Working off of the mark created for Summit  2017, I built a system reflecting newly-added events, including hands-on-learning workshops, meetups, and more breakout sessions.

Few things are as beautiful as having a dream and working at it, no matter what it takes. That has always inspired me. At a previous job, I had the opportunity to work on some concepts for a mural that would be present in a highly visible area. I took this photo of a truck about five years ago and it’s stuck with me ever since. With that, I wanted to create something that was positive and inspirational, but also touch on the majestic landscape of Portland, OR.

Superjock is an athletics-inspired typeface designed to celebrate collaboration, purpose and the Team Studio brand. We dug into the history of team sports, referencing everything from jerseys to game guides over the ages. Players fight, navigate, enforce and react—we used the athletic spirit as a starting place for our typeface. Superjock is an all-uppercase font constructed of hard chiseled outside edges with soft, rounded counter spaces. 

Working closely with the team at Google, Nelson Cash helped refresh the Fiber brand. During my time at Nelson Cash, I helped define and execute the illustration style of the Google Fiber brand, later to be used in web, print, and video assets, and other marketing materials for new Google Fiber markets.

Launched in 1999, the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA), based in Minneapolis, Minn., is the oldest interactive marketing association in the country. For the past few years, I’ve been working closely with a board member and former creative director to help define the brand as they continue to evolve.

For their most recent release, I worked on Minneapolis, Minn. band BEAR’s 7” single and four-song cassette tape. What they gave me to work with: “People are stuck. The town is middle America. It's a little off and strange. The songs have references to aliens, being tan and broke, growing armpit hair, doing mushrooms, sleeping in Walmart parking lots, wanting to get the fuck out while you can and still have a choice, stealing dogs, etc. People are in love there. But it's not a great place to be in love, but they don't really realize that and it hurts them when they find out.”

Other Side Diner (OSD) is a Greek restaurant and sister company of Other Side Deli based in Portland, Maine. The overarching brand was established years ago, so I was asked to find ways to bring personality to the Greek diner. From that, Yanni was born: a Greek character symbolizing the hard work of OSD and the small town values of Portland, Maine.

A yearly event hosted by the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) in Minneapolis, Minn., MIMA Summit gathers industry professionals to speak and teach about technology, marketing and current topics in the industry. Unlike past events, this year MIMA used a mark that would go on to be used for future Summits.

Free, downloadable protest signs from designers & artists, created with a belief in the power of images. Project put on by Ryan Hubbard.

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