Category Archives: design

Well-suited

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This project was based on a concept that originated with my clever parents. They thought it would be nice if my dad could have some casual calling cards that he could hand out when the occasion called for something a little more lighthearted and personal than a formal business card. Because my dad is such a dapper fellow, their idea was that the card would have a suit illustration on one side, with his contact info on the reverse. Taking advantage of moo’s multiple-design card printing, we thought the tie patterns and colors could vary per card. Oh, fun! I came up with nine different variations on the suit design, with various colors, tie patterns, and pocket square shapes:

For the front of the card, I went with a simple, old-fashioned, classic design with a monochromatic color palette. I used the typeface Le Havre Rounded for the text.

As usual, moo’s printing came out very well and the process was straightforward and easy. Thanks, moo! My dad was really pleased with the results, as am I.

Business Card in the Front; Party in the Back

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My business cards from the awesome moo arrived! My experience with moo was great. Uploading and setting up the cards was very easy and straightforward. Production and shipping was relatively speedy; I got these in 11 actual days from the day I placed the order. I had them printed on their “Moo Classic” stock, as opposed to their “Moo Green.” I like the feel of the card. It’s matte and feels a little slick. The color is amazing, and just as I expected. The text is a little soft-looking to me, though. But, overall, I’m very pleased with them.

Card for Thanking

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Here is a thank you card I made on Sunday for people who were kind enough to remember me on my birthday. Thanks, guys!

Thank You Card - Birthday 2009

The typeface is Futura, set in different weights. Everything was done in Illustrator and printed on white, heavy paper and then rubber-cemented to white cardstock, which I folded in half to make a folded card.

Not Without My Pet Website is Alive!

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I designed a website for a friend from work, Raquel, who is involved with a great non profit: Not Without My Pet. The organization helps victims of domestic violence who own animals. Often, people will delay leaving abusive situations because of not knowing how to take their pets with them, and being worried about their pet’s well-being if they leave the animal behind.

Not Without My Pet aims to help those people by “partnering with domestic abuse shelters to establish pet care facilities.” It’s a wonderful cause, and it was fun to design their site for them. Many thanks to programmer Russ for doing the great programming work on it.

I wanted to include some great pet photos on the site and Raquel was awesome at enlisting her friends’ help – she and her friends amassed a bunch of cute and charming snapshots of their pets. I threw in some of my own too. Check out the screenshots below.

And go look at the new website: www.nwomp.org

Not Without My Pet - Diva!

Diva’s my parents’ amazing mutt. She is intelligent and soulful and likes contemplating stuff.

Not Without My Pet - Huey

Huey’s my parents’ other good dog. He is goofy and funny and is a sparkplug of a tank. He is not named after Huey Lewis and his news.

Not Without My Pet - Bonzai!

There’s Bonzai, Gab’s parents’ dog, who is very smart and clever and likes going on hikes.

No joy is equivalent to creating a Decimal Equivalents Chart

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I have a decimal equivalents chart up by my computer. It’s been xeroxed about twenty times and I think I must have eaten some fries off of it or something because it’s definitely seen better days. Disheartened by the seeming dearth of (pretty) decimal equivalents charts on the internet, I decided to create my own. This is probably the first of many, because I see much room for improvement. This will be sufficient for now, though!

Decimal Equivalents Chart 1

I hope I didn’t mess it up! And click the link below to download a hi-res version as a pdf, with crop marks to boot. It’s 4″ x 10″.

Decimal Equivalents Chart PDF

Mother’s Day Happened Again

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Mother’s Day is an annual celebration. This year, I made my mom a mix cd of songs I thought she might like. I made liner notes; the proof of which is below:

Mother’s Day Liner Notes FrontMother’s Day Liner Notes - Back

I made these using Photoshop and Illustrator. The script font is Emily and the font used for the song list is ITC Avant Garde Gothic.

Our special mother’s day activity was going to see Star Trek on its opening weekend. In honor of this sacred and special event, I made a commemorative mother’s day card:

Mother’s Day Card 2009

It was a one-sided deal. I made it all in Illustrator. The font is Huxley Vertical. I harvested the art from House Industries’ Vectagrams, part of the House 3009 font family.

A couple other headlines for the card that I considered:

“You boldly go where no mother has gone before!” (Sounded dirty)

“Mhaaaaaam!” (Too obscure?)

Star Trek was awesome, by the way. A perfect mother’s day treat.