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Mario Tricoci
I worked with mario tricoci hair salons and day spas to design a logo for their new mario plus massage program. I also designed collateral intoducing the new program including an info card, e-blast, large roll up banner, and an oversized truck magnet.
Tattoo Removal Centers of America
tattoo removal centers of america contacted me to design a website for their new clinic in chicago. I also worked with them to set up branding standards for the company and designed business collateral, uniforms, signage, promotional materials, advertisements and social media pages. I am currently working with sharron swan to run the company's seo/sem.
Slideez
I worked with slideez to create a new, updated website for their child reward system. I developed a custom wordpress theme for the client and created a website with integrated blog and forum features. I also shot all of the photography and modified an existing shopping cart theme to match the look and feel of the new website.
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Edwards Investments
edwards investments is a small business whose current branding directly reflects that aesthetic. motivating the rebrand was a desire to update the company prescence and reinforce its core values through its appearance and voice. primarily dealing with real estate, edwards investments specializes in rentals, mobile home parks, mini storage and land development.
Steam
food trucks in chicago and across the country are becoming more popular by the day. steam stands apart from the crowd by serving up healthy portions of food prepared with steam for the health conscious individual. a full branding project like this involved establishing the brand, designing all the business collateral as well as employee uniforms and even the food truck itself.
Dearth 2050: The Water Crisis
this project is projected into the year 2050 if the world's water supply has diminished. the system of pictograms would be used to label and categorize countries based on their water status. the pictograms are designed to be as simple as possible because they will be used in countries all over the world. a reference book was also designed to describe how the individual pictgrams are used and what they mean.
Activate Lifestyle Center
childhood obesity is on the rise across the country. activate lifestyle centers serves to combat that truth by serving as a childhood obesity prevention center where kids can stay active and learn how to take care of their bodies. children ranging in age from 5-13 can stay active in the center's playground, learn to cook in the learning kitchen, learn to grown food in the community garden and eat from the family restaurant. this family of marks was designed with that age group in mind. keeping with a light and playful aesthetic appeals to kids without being intimidating.
Process
sometimes the questions are more important than the answers. this hand bound artist book asks personal questions that lead to thinking and self development. the book was designed so that you are first presented with a series of questions about a topic and then you flip the short sheet over and you can ponder the questions while viewing a photograph that loosly relates to the questions.
The Inconceivable Truth
some stories are so crazy they seem unbelievable. this hand bound book combines 24 unbelievable stories, each accompanied with an illustration. the exterior of the book features a band style dust jacket.
The Golden Ratio
this accordian fold book was a typographic exploration that used found imagery to relate modernist architecture to the golden ratio. the piece measures 6"x6" when folded and 60"x6" when unfolded.