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tracing the columbia
medium Digital print, DVD packaging
project details Art direction and packaging design for a documentary of the 2011 David Thompson Brigade, which followed 200 paddlers retracing explorer extrordinaire David Thompson's voyage of the Columbia River.
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mainly main magazine
medium Digital print, 5.5 x 8"
project details Art direction and design for an independent non-profit magazine featuring the commentary and statire of East Van. Toying with the notion of a brand, key design elements are shuffled each issue to keep readers on their toes.
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personal identity business cards
medium Stamp ink, various papers, 2 x 3.25"
project details A personal identity solution making use of assorted cuts of paper, a stamp, and some choice ink colours. Variety and noncommittal-ity in perfect harmony.
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charlie's menu
medium Digital print, 8.5 x 11" and 4.25 x 11"
project details Food and beverage menus created for Charlie's restaurant of Yaletown in Vancouver. Taking the existing illustrated personas of Charlie—a social and spontaneous character who loves his food and knows his booze—and introducing them on the printed page in a playfully frank and approachable fashion.
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mayor's celebration of the arts
medium Digital print, saddle-stitched, 7 x 9", 20 pages
project details Awards booklet created for the Mayor's Celebration of the Arts in Edmonton, under the Art Direction of Connect Visual. This year's theme featured smoke signals transforming through space and saturated colours of nostalgia, juxtaposed behind a stricter typographic system and misprinted details indicative of the analog.
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connect visual + connect architecture promo booklets
medium Digital Print, Die cut, Elastic band bound, 7 x 10"
project details 2 separate promotional, interchangeable booklets developed under the Art Direction of the talented Jesse Campbell of Connect Visual. Featuring valuable design lessons and a hilarious photoshoot tolerated by the kind folks of 29Armstrong. Winner of a 2010 ACE Award!
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edmonton artist run galleries ad
medium Offset print, 8.5 x 11"
project details Ad created for Edmonton's Artist Run Galleries for Fuse and Blackflash magazine, Winter 2010. Editioned paper snowflakes and geometric snowfall render the season.
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ponytails + horseshoes
medium Offset print, vinyl lettering, various sizes
project details Art direction + design for Edmonton's most loveable boutique hair salon with a minor shoe fetish, featuring a small spectrum of colours for the business cards of each of the wonderful stylists and staff.
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perils
medium Digital Plot, 24 x 36"
project details An informational broadsheet calling attention to various mental and physical states as experienced + observed during design school. By no means an exhaustive list.
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six billion corners
medium Digital Plot, 30 x 36"
project details Interpreted Quote "A room with six billion corners is a sphere" created for the 2009 WAVE exhibition with the theme of Blurring Boundaries. Scenes of domestic realities are paired with stream of thought information, commenting on how the definition of communication has changed from a traditional sense to a virtual one. Anonymous self-publishing increases the ability to post thoughts, while also increasing virtual escapes. 'Real' interaction is inhibited with the construction of these false illusions of connection.
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property series
medium Digital Print, 7 x 14"
project details Photo exploration series studying five person's most prized possessions. The relationship between each person and their possession is expressed visually through body language and in text alongside, with only the most profound or memorable statement legible. Attachment is complex, only some of which is understandable as an outsider.
