Perpetual events calendar, from Craftland '06

I recently applied to sell some wares at Craftland in Providence again this year. Last year Abby and I sold some gocco holiday cards, gift tags, hand-knit baby booties, and our biggest seller, a perpetual calendar for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Here's an image of the calendar from last year. We tracked down some funny national month designations, like National Roller Skating Month, etc., and each month showed the birdie pictured here celebrating the month's theme. We'll definitely plan on making some more of these this year, we're just not sure if they'll be printed as is or if I'll get the chance to either switch out some of the months or improve upon some of the illustrations.

Wedding Invites

Here are some pics of a wedding invite set and program I recently designed for friends who got married at our alma mater, Alfred University. The invitation's background image is of a castle on the campus.

The Steppingstone Story

Here's a couple images of the book we recently finished for Bespoke History. It's the history of the first 15 years of the Steppingstone Foundation. The book is 140 pages, and every one of them is custom designed with montages of images of the students, teachers, events, etc. referenced on the page, and many feature stories and sidebars appear throughout the book. Ryan and I both worked on this one, each tackling entire sections and working to maintain a custom but consistent look.

In a related project, Ryan recently finished the corporate section of the Bespoke History website. It includes a Flash slide show of additional images from this book and news of upcoming Bespoke projects.

Babik poster

Here's a poster I just did for a concert coming up in October in Buffalo.

And I thought I knew my fonts...

But here's a quiz that embarrassed me. Without the benefit of large block of text, or a capital 'R', which is the real tell-tale difference, the 2 look a lot more similar than I had realized. I still really need to see the Helvetica movie.

(Somewhat) recently finished designs for FiRE + iCE

Here are some items I recently designed for FiRE + iCE restaurants. FiRE + iCE is a 'An Improvisational Grill' where you go through a 'market' picking all kinds of veggies, meats, seafood, etc. and then the chefs cook it all up for you on this enormous circular grill, hence the circular menu. The restaurant interiors are very colorful and funky, as were all their previous menus, signs, etc., but because almost every sign used a different font, and there was no system to the colors used, it could become a little confusing. They wanted to start to standardize a look for their menu and 'market signs', while keeping some of the fun & color they've always had. The market signs are color coded according to the type of food: green for veggies, fruit and pasta; blue for seafood; red for meats; and yellow for poultry, so you can tell at a glance where you'll want to head for your favorites.

Create Your Life/Dream Party logos

Logos recently finalized for my friend and old neighbor from when I lived in Providence, who runs a life coaching and event planning business. The Dream Party is a cool event coming up in Providence in May. Find out more here.