A logotype and seal designed for the American Design Club. To accommodate low budget means of production, the typeface is a custom stencil font.

The seal is meant to be implemented in a variety of ways including stamping, watermarking, and embossing.

The first issue of DEMO, a quarterly newsletter which highlights new products, up-and-coming designers, and influential industry professionals, offering news and insider details courtesy of the AmDC.

The first issue featured interviews with David Alhadeff/The Future Perfect, Artist; Glenn Ligon, and Rich Brilliant Willing.

Primarily distributed as a PDF, it is also produced in a limited run on colored stock. Content and editorial completed in conjunction with AmDC, William Bostwick and Kelsey Keith.

At Erwan Frotin’s Wildflowers exhibition at Art+Commerce, a package was needed to contain Erwan Frotin’s prints.

An unassuming housing composed of cardboard with archival velum sheets was custom made for the limited edition prints.

As part of an ongoing collaboration, a new website was launched to bring Artecnica’s brand image up to the high standards of its products. The website needed to be easily expandable and reflect the multitude of events, collaborations and new products that the company engages in and produces.

The solution features an ever-changing homepage which showcases Artecnica’s most recent projects, featured designers, events and media. A “screensaver” feature allows a full-browser image to be shown if the user is inactive for more than 5 minutes. 

www.artecnicainc.com 

For the release of the 2008 product collection at the Salone Milan, Artecnica needed to produce promotional posters as well as a press kit which contained product spec sheets.

By creating a poster that folded into a 4-pocket press kit, we were able to maximize the return on production.

Poster created for the opening of Artecnica’s showroom in Los Angeles. The brief called for an informational timeline of products and mission statement.

Our solution for the poster was a timeline based collage. Most recent Artecnica products from 2009 were in the foreground with products from the company’s birth in 2004 in the background. An illustrated mission statement about the company was featured on the back.

An identity and temporary website launched for Bernbach Studios. "Matthew and Chloe Bernbach cultivated their jewelry collection in their barn-studio in the foothills of the Catskills. Using precious metals and stones, they make jewelry that is refined, classic and timeless with a distinct edge."
www.bernbachstudio.com

Confetti System is Nicholas Andersen and Julie Ho, a duo working as artists, stylists, and designers. Confetti System’s website needed to be an immersive experience in which the visitor became part of their world.

The solution came from a simple structure in which photography was displayed edge to edge. This allowed the exceptional images to take precendence over all other content.
www.confettisystem.com

For Stephen Burks' craft-based display stand at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, promotional material and a structure in which to display objects was needed.

The proposed solution came as a set of posters and boxes. Ikea boxes and mirrored mylar were silk-screened with different New Readymade Project’s products. The multi-layered silkscreening enhanced the idea of being craft-based.

The posters could be sold as limited edition prints and the boxes could be used to form stands and later flattened to be given away.

For Stephen Burks' craft-based display stand at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, promotional material and a structure in which to display objects was needed.

The proposed solution came as a set of posters and boxes. Ikea boxes and mirrored mylar were silk-screened with different New Readymade Project’s products. The multi-layered silkscreening enhanced the idea of being craft-based.

The posters could be sold as limited edition prints and the boxes could be used to form stands and later flattened to be given away.

The Glass Pavilion is SANAA’s first completed building in the United States. It holds the Toledo Museum of Art’s entire glass collection. The project's scope included wayfinding and interior/exterior signage. Almost 80% of the interior and exterior walls of the pavilion are made of glass, resulting in extreme visual noise at eye level.

As a response, all signage was based on two basic rules; if it is on the ground, it is to be dark gray, everything else is white. The building’s directory was made of 3M floor vinyl and applied to the ground. Exterior signage consisted of white powder coated metal with cut letters of the same finish. Interior signage was always white vinyl applied directly to the glass.

Striving to reflect Stephen's own "artisanal" work, the catalogue was designed to be an amalgam of different influences, textures, pictures, colors, layouts, and materials - on a budget. A system was devised to vary each part of the binding process by shuffling signatures, printing on contrasting papers, and binding with different colored gaffers tape. The silkscreened see-through cover reveals the variety from one catalogue to another. In all, 25 variations of the catalog were produced without incurring much additional cost.

During ICFF, the Future Perfect store in Manhattan hosted an event featuring new works from designers including: Lindsey Adelman, Jason Miller, Matthew Hilton, Donna Wilson, and Terence Woodgate. The store needed a giveaway with information about the event and designers. In addition to this information, the Future Perfect wanted to promote their Manhattan location as many people were only aware of their store in Brooklyn.

Our solution was a poster pad featuring a neon yellow glue edge. For the back of the poster, we created an extremely detailed illustration of the physical Manhattan storefront. This could then be folded to create your own miniature TFP store.

United Bamboo commissioned us to create invitations for their seasonal fashion shows. Our solution is based on only one design, which we produced in a different way for every season. For Spring/Summer the invitation took the form of an embroidered iron-on patch. After the show, it could be ironed on to clothing or bags. The shiny embroidered type and blue color scheme was reminiscent of a bright day on the ocean, the inspiration for the S/S collection.