Adobe CS4
CS4 updated and refined the controversial desktop system introduced for the Macromedia-enriched Adobe CS3. Improvements to the ever-growing system were many - sharper, crisper, brighter - but this release also marked the quiet yet confident introduction of what would become Adobe's new corporate typeface, Clean. More »
CS4 updated and refined the controversial desktop system introduced for the Macromedia-enriched Adobe CS3. Improvements to the ever-growing system were many - sharper, crisper, brighter - but this release also marked the quiet yet confident introduction of what would become Adobe's new corporate typeface, Clean. More »
XD Skittles
Even the most complex work with the most complex people is made happier with treats. More »
Even the most complex work with the most complex people is made happier with treats. More »
Adobe CS3
CS3 was an epic renovation of every Adobe and Macromedia product identity found throughout the desktop. The primary challenges were to develop a system to merge the Macromedia and Adobe product lines, and to tie the product icons together to work side-by-side harmoniously. Elements were created to maintain a 1:1 correlation between application, native file, and other high-level product ID touchpoints from install through workflow. More »
CS3 was an epic renovation of every Adobe and Macromedia product identity found throughout the desktop. The primary challenges were to develop a system to merge the Macromedia and Adobe product lines, and to tie the product icons together to work side-by-side harmoniously. Elements were created to maintain a 1:1 correlation between application, native file, and other high-level product ID touchpoints from install through workflow. More »
XD Beet Salad
Ethan is a giant, yet somehow he subsides on small containers of beet salad and water. More »
Ethan is a giant, yet somehow he subsides on small containers of beet salad and water. More »
XD Takeout
In yet another attempt at identifying Himgan's ethnic background, we tempt him with Chinese takeout. More »
In yet another attempt at identifying Himgan's ethnic background, we tempt him with Chinese takeout. More »
Pro. Marketing
Marketing effort promoting Orange Exposure's Professional Network services. Primary challenges are to communicate the complex service effectively and distinctly from competitors in the marketplace. Additionally we had to respond to the particular visual challenge of reaching a visual audience in a visual-saturated world. More »
Marketing effort promoting Orange Exposure's Professional Network services. Primary challenges are to communicate the complex service effectively and distinctly from competitors in the marketplace. Additionally we had to respond to the particular visual challenge of reaching a visual audience in a visual-saturated world. More »
Flex Aeon
Flex component skin system. New construction and treatment definitions for Aeon's clean, crisp minimalist design. Features CSS-controlled parameters fo transparency to allow dynamic visual hierarchy and a very clever highlight layer for gloss or matte surface treatments. Performance improvements realized through drastically simplified drawing code (by half, relative to Halo). More »
Flex component skin system. New construction and treatment definitions for Aeon's clean, crisp minimalist design. Features CSS-controlled parameters fo transparency to allow dynamic visual hierarchy and a very clever highlight layer for gloss or matte surface treatments. Performance improvements realized through drastically simplified drawing code (by half, relative to Halo). More »
XD Lunchbox
Brownbag poster series. What's eating Josh Ulm? (perhaps his inner angst's struggle with a that hardened outer shell). More »
Brownbag poster series. What's eating Josh Ulm? (perhaps his inner angst's struggle with a that hardened outer shell). More »
XD Brown Bag
Borovsky, the pioneer. First in a series of posters and screen-display signage promoting lunch-time XD team presentations. The character of the speakers is presented in the artwork as appetizing lunch-time objects. More »
Borovsky, the pioneer. First in a series of posters and screen-display signage promoting lunch-time XD team presentations. The character of the speakers is presented in the artwork as appetizing lunch-time objects. More »
601T Map
Macromedia's new facilities is a confoundingly symmetrical building. In support of relocating nearly 800 employees under one new roof, the people-finding system was revamped. Separate processes of searching for people, locating rooms, and getting detailed information about everyone are integrated into a single application. More »
Macromedia's new facilities is a confoundingly symmetrical building. In support of relocating nearly 800 employees under one new roof, the people-finding system was revamped. Separate processes of searching for people, locating rooms, and getting detailed information about everyone are integrated into a single application. More »
Veuve Clicquot
Adobe Illustrator rendering exercise; concept livery illlustration featuring one of my favorite brand/package-design identies. The chassis is a LMP-class Courage C60. More »
Adobe Illustrator rendering exercise; concept livery illlustration featuring one of my favorite brand/package-design identies. The chassis is a LMP-class Courage C60. More »
Flex Graphing
Visual treatments for Flex's new graphing system component. Color system addressed differentials to 50 places. More »
Visual treatments for Flex's new graphing system component. Color system addressed differentials to 50 places. More »
Hit Makers
Concept art for feature article on music analytics. Potential best-selling songs could be predicted by comparing new music to characteristics of past hits; mapping clusters of shared attributes creates a topography of hit music. Unpublished. More »
Concept art for feature article on music analytics. Potential best-selling songs could be predicted by comparing new music to characteristics of past hits; mapping clusters of shared attributes creates a topography of hit music. Unpublished. More »
Prototyp
Prototyp is a multi-faceted design exercise which explores sports-prototype racecar engineering. Technical illustration, product design, structural and surface engineering, language-independent instructional design (for an international audience), and ecommerce development support the exercise. Ultimately the subjects are rendered Origami-inspired paper model kits. More »
Prototyp is a multi-faceted design exercise which explores sports-prototype racecar engineering. Technical illustration, product design, structural and surface engineering, language-independent instructional design (for an international audience), and ecommerce development support the exercise. Ultimately the subjects are rendered Origami-inspired paper model kits. More »