The Life Force Trio

Carlos essentially let me run with this — his only request that it have a private press feel and include a Kev Ramos polaroid on the front. I added Akzidenz Grotesk, the polaroid and a mix of rich and pure black ink.

My main visual reference was the Actuel jazz series but with a much looser type treatment. And  both Carlos and I thought it quite democratic to include all the players name on the cover as opposed to hiding them in the liner notes.

L.A.M.B

Wordmark for Gwen Stefani’s fashion line. A secondary mark was also designed along with first season’s hang tags and garment labels, tee shirts.

Eastern Developments Music

Eastern Developments Music was a music imprint started by Guillermo S. Herren and myself at the beginning of the decade. We both were influenced by Atlanta / Miami / NYC — essentially East Coast, hence the name — machine funk. I hesitate to use the word electro, only because of the recent unfortunate hipster connotation. The letter forms themselves were based and traced from an old type house catalog because the specimen looked like a graf piece from the late 80s on the MARTA east line.

East Dev illustrations

Some spot illustrations for tshirts and packaging for 2003 East Dev tours and releases. The old portable radios with tape decks were for t-shirts and the guitars for Ahmad Szabo release. Both were done with ink. 

Since the label itself was so associated with electronic music, both my partner and I thought we should emphasize traditional and hand done references as opposed to the then prevalent tech-oriented images.

Stay Honest

Cary at Honest wanted to feature some of my work in their featured section of their site and I of course ablidged but also asked if I could design a nice xerox machine inspired interface.

In this archived version I swapped out all the work and replaced with images of friends. And some of the functionality is gone like preloaders. Be careful not to run out of toner.

Archinect Archibots

I initially presented these drawings on Archinect, one of the first well traveled design blogs, even before the word blog was in use. They felt appropriate at the site because of the obvious references the images make to communities, architecture and technology.

Hill and Gully Rider

Initially these collages were presented to Arkitip as examples of how one could illustrate with a couple different bitmap patterns. They soon found their way into a Sci-Arc graduate project thanks to I. Kandarian. The bikes were rendered in plaids and floral print shelf lining that provided a nice contrast to the subject matter. The technique is perfect for contemporary retail installations. 

EastDev promo CDs

I detest hate CDs. Ya believe it or not we used to mail these things to people. These were basic promo CDs with space to write on. I wanted to establish this as the house illustration style but it never evolved as such.

Decatur

Decatur is a bimap slab serif face designed specifically for on–screen viewing. The optimal usage is 9px aliased. The face is inspired by Decatur, Georgia a neighborhood east of Atlanta Georgia, which in the 80s left an impression on me as a odd mix of rural and urban although not at all suburban. Download font.