Archive for 'Portfolio'

Business Cards & Logo

The client, an established therapist with 20 years of experience, was looking for a new business card and identity that could be used in advertising, on business cards and print collateral as well as a possible future web site. She had been using the same business card design for nearly her entire career, and was [...]

What is therapy?

The aim of this printed piece was to define therapy and the differences between psychology and psychiatry for both patients and those considering therapy as well as family members.
The client wanted to emphasize that the process was different for everyone and the end goal was to go back to (or for the first time) feeling [...]

Center for the Arts

This was a submission to recreate the website for the Division of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage.  The goal was to create a feeling of a cohesive art community while the school finishes its NSAD accreditation.  The site needed to be creative, modern and friendly as well as easily updated.
I designed [...]

Design Firm Blog

Create, Inc is a design and marketing firm that was started in the fall of 2008, and I have been working there since January of 2009.  After the website was completed, the staff decided that they should implement all of the strategies that they advise their clients to take, including creating a blog.
The blog has [...]

Blues Music Blog

When the noted blues musician Bill Dahl found out that his column was being cancelled due to budget cuts in traditional media, he was looking for a way to extend his current website with a venue to write his CD reviews and other industry news.
I created a WordPress based blog that makes use of custom [...]

Identity & Business Cards

ADOPT, a no-kill non-profit animal shelter in Naperville, IL was in need of an update of its logo and printed collateral.  The old logo was handdrawn and dated.  The object of the project was to showcase animals that were happy and healthy and project a loving and free environment.
The logo depicts both a dog and [...]

We Fuel Life

I created three different print ads for a rebranding and public awareness campaign for Exxon Mobile.  The company, famous for environmental mishaps, and a purveyor of fossil fuels which are villified in the media was in need of a campaign that highlighted the alternative fuel research that it funds.
This campaign was created using Illustrator, Photoshp [...]

Informational Site Design

Fundwell.com is an online provider of the CFRE (Certified Fundraising Executive) certificate, and was in need of an overhaul of their 10+ year old front-end presence.
The client wanted their logo prominently featured on the home page and also wanted to use only those colors in the design of the site.  The logo had to be [...]

Idea Studio

A small knitting store in the Chicago suburbs was in need of a site redesign.  I am a fan of do-it-yourself projects, but it breaks my heart when places I shop have bad websites.
I created this site to appeal to the wide variety of clientele that frequent a yarn shop – everyone from teenagers and [...]

Alphabet

Alphabet

The premise was to change the structure of letters without losing their identity.  There are 20 versions of each letter all based on Helvetica Bold.
My favorites from each of the pages are being transformed into an alphabet book for my young cousins.  Check back in a month or so to see the update.

alphabet

Completed – Baumwolle

Completed – Baumwolle

Ok, it was completed mid-December, but with being laid-off due to budget cuts, finals and the holidays, I hadn’t gotten around to posting the finish product.

You can see the finished design here.
It was a pleasure to work on, and it did turn out as planned.  Although, I would have liked to have the time to [...]

fixing the ugly

fixing the ugly

So, it is Halloween.  And I am not out celebrating, instead I stayed home to pass out Halloween candy and catch up on some designing.  (I have some changes to make to my last few class projects & then I am going to get some jewelery made for my web design project)
I decided I needed [...]

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