National Record Holders | World Aid Haiti
I was invited to take part in a Haiti relief poster project, initiated by Lancaster-based studio, Infantree.
Projects like this are almost obligatory for me — if there’s an opportunity to make a difference through design, I fully support it.
It was also a chance to team up with my partner Mike, from National Record Holders.
We ultimately designed a series of 3 pretty powerful posters around the reality of the situation: the loss of 230,000 lives.
That’s a lot of people. And that’s a lot of heartache.
This series speaks to that tragedy in a few ways:
- Mike’s stunning, yet disturbing portrayal of humanity (and loss of).
- The threatening, red, “Who What When Where Why” reveals the event in it’s simplest form.
- A typographic treatment that reflects the destruction of the earthquake.
(The posters work together as a series, as well as individually.)
The show opens tomorrow, Friday March 5th, 2010 and will benefit Build-A-Bridge, a Philadelphia-based non-profit arts organization
that uses the power of the arts to bring hope and healing. Its Haiti response includes art therapy to help children who may not have the
emotional outlets or tools to cope with the tragedy.
The Warfare of Deception
The Warfare of Deception started out as a personal project that I was able to adapt and re-interpret for a group show titled, Duplicate of a Duplicate. When initially concepting for the show, I was challenged by the over-arching idea of duplicating a duplicate and how to convey that visually. My thinking was initially consumed with some (rather expected) solutions of repetition and pattern, but ultimately my executions fell flat. At some point I had a shift in my focus and addressed the problem in terms of how one goes about actually creating a duplicate of a duplicate and what is the original source of what’s being duplicated. Eventually, the idea of a covert operation started to take the form, where the main objective was to duplicate secret documents. Out of this concept came 7 posters, which ultimately form a Basic Field Guide consisting of 6 sections: Survival, Objective, Protocol, Safety, First Aid, and Communication (Communication is based on a Flag & Dash & Dot alphabet using HUSTLE as an example.)
These are 12″x18″ prints on generic brown school paper using archival inks.
Individual prints are available at Neusprint.
Computer Arts | Typography Tips
I was asked by Computer Arts magazine to contribute to a feature (with beautiful type illustrations by Deanne Cheuk) pulling together some great advice on typography, typographic design, illustrative type and font management. I wrote 4 brief pieces (see below) about Woodtype, Color in Type, Best Type reference, and Font Mangement.
Faesthetic Magazine | Issue 11
New issue of Faesthetic, including 6-pages from Neuarmy. Based around the theme of Ghost Stories, The Land of Shadows is a reflection of my daily travels on public transit. I’ll have photos once I receive my issue, these are just comps, the final color was blue, not magenta!
Only $8 – Order at The Select Series.
Overspray Magazine | Issue 08
Love & Hate. Creative Direction, Art Direction, and Design.
Collaboration with Juxtavision. Buy it: Overspray Magazine.
Grab Bag
Artists from around the world were invited to contribute to this book. Each of them received a creative task picked at random from the Grab Bag. The National Record Holders were tasked with developing a “comic strip”.We decided to break the expected “strip” format, and go with a non-traditional family of characters.Work will be published by HOW books and feature 100 artists, be around 200 pages long, and will come out in Spring 2009. More info about the Grab Bag project here.
Overspray Magazine | Issue 07
The Materials Issue. Creative Direction, Art Direction, and Design. Cover, Threads type treatment, Materials intro and around 30 pages of Materials content. Collaboration with Juxtavision. Buy it: Overspray Magazine.
ROCKBOOK
Personal project – A play off of the first letter of our first and last names: Ryan, Olivia, Charlotte and Corinne Katrina. Illustrating strength, love, and family bond through the glamour of rock and roll, diamond rocks, and chain links. Here’s a few pages, followed by the originals.
Faesthetic Magazine | Issue 07
Faesthetic is a collection of art & oddities from around the world. The theme for this issue was Doomsday, this piece is based around the concept of “Doomsday Surplus” – a list of essential supplies for surviving Doomsday.
Summer Solstice
KDU limited editioned, hand numbered Royal Magazine special publication. The book contains inspiring works, all focused on the Future.
Organic Type
Typography developed using floral elements along with elements of nature. Birds nest, beehive, honey, alligator, snake, butterflies, ants, bamboo, mud, etc.
The Royal Magazine | Issue 07
The Royal Magazine editorial spreads and illustrations feature on the legendary chopper-builder, Indian Larry.
Computer Arts Projects
Illustration and type treatment for a Computer Arts Projects Magazine feature about setting up your own studio.
Triple 5 Soul | KDU | VS. Project
Triple Five Soul in collaboration with the global design collective The KDU hooked up on an installment of its continually successful, artist-collaborative VS. PROJECT. A group show of collaborative works of KDU members, Aerosyn-Lex, Kareem Black, Electric Heat, No Pattern, Neuarmy, and several others.
