NEON: A Light History
Cover art for this myth-shattering book on the history of neon by Dydia DeLyser and Paul Greenstein. The artwork and lettering is based on the original pattern designs for the Earl Carroll Theatre’s fascia neon and channel lettering. Interior book designed by San Francisco Neon, using my Zaborsky typeface for chapter headers.
You can order this book from Historyofneon.org.
Neon Speaks program
For the first two years of its existence, I designed many things for the Neon Speaks Festival & Symposium in San Francisco. The program's trim size is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, and was a collaborative design effort with Randall Ann Homan at SFneon. Neon cowboy twins cover photo by Will Durham of Nevada Neon Project.
See the rest of the festival branding here.
Neon Map+Poster of Portland
This keepsake map and poster of Portland Oregon’s best neon signs was developed in tandem with my first neon walking tour of Portland. The map was diligently researched and as up-to-date as possible. The poster side includes images from signs around town, each marked with corresponding numbers to signs listed on the map.
Begin Labs logo and business cards
Begin Labs is a startup accelerator company. In collaboration with Marketing Director Stacey Katlain, I developed the logo to project energy and smart innovation. Together we also developed the brand color palette, symbolic iconography system, marketing materials, signage, and brand guidelines. See the whole brand development here.
OCF
Cover design and sample page from Oregon Community Foundation's orientation guide.
Juguya LP & CD design
Cover art and package layout for Sublime Frequencies artists Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band of Burkina Faso. Pattern designs on this record package are inspired by Burkina Faso's craft culture. The Juguya header lettering is custom drawn shadow type.
See the whole design here. More album covers and other music merch here.
ABOVE/ INSIDE poster
Poster design for Melanie Noel, poet laureate of Redmond (WA) and the city of Redmond. The "ABOVE/INSIDE poster is 2-sided, 19"x19", folded in quarters, printed with silver ink, and includes Melanie's poem "River Aviary Culvert" on one side, and a map of Redmond's river park on the other side. Three short poems by Melanie's students — each assigned to a specific tree in the park — are included, with trees marked on the map. This piece explores waves of various types — sound and energetic waves, gestural waves, and hands.
Teresa Laughlin logo and business cards.
This design reflects a future-forward, modern approach to the field of healing arts, the logo illustrates balance, solidity, and protection for the healing process. Printing includes metallic gold ink.
See more here.
Sublime Frequencies 15th Anniversary limited edition silkscreened poster
This poster design reflects the experimental, guerilla-style aesthetic of the label, and uses cover art from their inaugural release, Princess Nicotine, and was silkscreened in Paris by Arrache-Toi un Oeil.
More here.
Belltown Paper
One of the first publications I had creative control over was the Belltown Paper, a neighborhood paper in Seattle, of which I was also the editor from 2000 - 2004.
The masthead is my design, and I did all the photography and created an icon for each monthly edition, usually from photos of architectural details around the neighborhood.