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2016 ArtPrize design system
This past fall, I had the opportunity to attend ArtPrize in my hometown of Grand Rapids, MI. As defined on their website, ArtPrize® is an open, independently organized international art competition that is hosted by over 200 venues throughout downtown Grand Rapids. It is the world’s largest art competition, and 2016 marked its 8th year in existence. This year, event branding and design was on my mind because I was on the home stretch of designing the collateral for Phoenix Design Week collateral, and the ArtPrize 8 event branding was absolutely stunning.
Telling stories of art and failure at PechaKucha
One of the annual events of Phoenix Design Week is PechaKucha night. A pecha kucha—Japanese for "chit-chat"—is a roughly 6 1/2-minute talk with a rigid framework of 20 slides that auto-advance after 20 seconds. This year’s theme revolved around the idea of process, and I thought it might be fun to share about my so-far-unsuccessful quest to find "my art." Grab a seat and get ready to watch me fail!
2015 PHXDW Design by the Numbers
Back in July the 2015 Method + Madness conference was initially announced, and I approached the event chairs about getting involved. I met with Robert Renteria over coffee and, to my surprise, he asked if I'd take up the role of this year's Design Chair. The past months have been a whirlwind, and I thought it would be fun to break the project down by the numbers!
A branding lesson from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
As a brand designer I notice examples of good and bad branding everywhere. In fact, I recently watched the classic movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and noticed a scene that stuck out to me as a good example of how important it is to be purposeful in developing your brand.
Futuralbum submission
A couple of weeks ago, Michigan-based artist and illustrator Troy Deshano reached out to me about participating in his new side project entitled FUTURALBUM. The concept was simple: redesign an album cover of my choosing using an image from the Flickr Book Archive and the typeface Futura for any text. The project sounded like so much fun, I didn't hesitate to accept the offer.
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