WG News & Arts

I have been art directing and designing WG News & Arts, a monthly publication in Brooklyn. While keeping the style conventions of the original designers, my first task from the editorial department was to transition the layout from a broadsheet to a tabloid and in doing so have a bit more fun with the features. This is an ongoing and hopefully evolving project.

Buka of New York

This Brooklyn restaurant serves unfussy Nigerian food. The mark alludes to the practice of displaying bowls on tables to communicate an eateries’ services.

Tricycle Magazine

Identity for a houseware company that sources fabric from West African countries. I suggested adding the comma to 1. balance the words which were awkward in length relative to each other, 2. imply verbal communication since the fabrics themselves function similarly and 3. reference a tiger claw. Website and labels arriving shortly.

Hello Health Design and Styleguide

Guidelines for design and implementing Hello Health interfaces, specifically a Flex based web app and an HTML informational website. See partial style guide for more information.

Plume Fall 2009

A simple, elegant, single-page site showcasing José Velasco Vega’s line of accessories. The form follows the concept of an almost life size poster that one pans across to arrive at different content. Instead of working within the confines of a fixed width, the scrolling functionality creates unique cropping and border sizes based on the viewer’s window sizing. Identity by Ji Won Lee.

“Koushik” — MixOBeats & MixORemixes

Sneak screen preview of Koushik’s CD of beats and remixes. Without parroting 20 years of championing remix, tape editing, cut & paste culture I will blatantly admit to sampling all the imagery from The Grammar of Ornament. Thanks to Ben Velez for making this happen.

Downtown Calling

305 × 457 mm, one color risograph posters and website for a documentary about late 70s and early 80s downtown NYC music and arts scene.

“Teto Solar” — Tohno Crocco

Brasilian SMD release of Tohno Crocco’s super group of old players. The format is guaranteed at 5 reales and helps combat bootlegs by making the releases affordable. The cover illustration and subsequent treatment of circles within the package mimic stages of a solar eclipse. I think the literal translation of teto solar is a sun roof. Special thanks to Simon Katz for producing this release.

WG News & Arts Illustrations

Various illustrations for the WG News & Arts. The hearts were rendered with mixed media for a Valentines Day story and the line up of washers was for an essay reviewing local laundromats which compared one Greenpoint washer to an Olafur Eliasson MoMA exhibition.