SHIFT
Posted in NEWS
I don’t know if it was meant to be ironic, but I was asked to speak at the AIGA SHIFT conference in Portland about sustainable manufacturing. I talked about the difficulty of finding manufacturers in the US, and shared some of the horror stories of manufacturing in China. The title of the presentation was “Made in the USA. Made Again in China.”
The Mayor
Posted in NEWS
Mayor Sam Adams is following me on twitter. If this is a cunning trick to build loyalty, it’s kind of working…
RUBBLES ON NOTCOT
Posted in NEWS
Very excited to see the rubble animals on NOTCOT. Thanks for the shout out!
Happy Udder
Posted in DESIGN
Reason 2 Ride is a series of bike races that raises money for various charities. The Utah series is referred to as the “udder” (UTRR – UT Reason to Ride)Â so I was asked to do something that combined cows and bikes, not a common request. I decided to do a disembodied cow udder — on a bike — crossing the finish line.
Microsoft Career Finder
Posted in DESIGN
Microsoft wanted a Facebook app to help students create custom avatars, based on their career skills and attributes. The avatar is built up from various stickers that get peeled off of sticker sheets and placed on the blank avatar. The logo is a briefcase with an implied “M” for Microsoft.
“Roo” showcased on THE COLOUR
Posted in NEWSThe Colour, a blog showcasing art, architecture, design, as well as a broad range of other things that relate to Australia, recently showcased one of the zoo york animals, ROO.
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Bob
Posted in DESIGN
A client had a personal project for me to do a portrait of Bob Marley. I took the opportunity to use the hatchy style from the trees and water towers prints, but, this time drawing it digitally as opposed to doing it in ink. Although I don’t think it necessarily looks any more digital than the others, I like how it turned out.
Northwest Trees
Posted in PRINTS
When we went to Oregon to find a place to live, we looked at a house with about a zillion trees that were each about a zillion feet tall. If one of them fell, it would easily break the poor little house into a zillion pieces.
6×15 on fancy paper.
I Love PDX
Posted in DESIGN
A local website where people can comment about why they love Portland wanted an illustration that captured some of the unique qualities of the city: the mountains, the trees, the strange bikes, beer, coffee, and the bacon donut.
Red Paper Plane
Posted in DESIGN
Darcy Totten wanted some new business cards for Red Paper Planes. I made a diagram to fold the card into a paper plane. A red one.
