square peg symposium

b2b holiday designs, part 1

2011-11-01T11:01:00.004-04:00

recent assignment for client, cardstore. the development of a series of seasonal cards suitable to the unique needs of personalized, business 2 business sending. these are a few of my favorites that were chosen to be included in their 2011 business holiday offering. inspiration was taken from the fresh, clean design that i would send to represent my own business and collaboration with a very aesthetically driven art director. yeah, for great clients!

window dressing

2011-06-24T14:30:00.004-04:00

great transom window above our front door was crying out for some love. a popular feature added to houses built at the turn of the century, it worked as a convection to cool the home in summer. found some great reference of flats in london which use the transom as an address space + worked up a few quick designs. thanks to the expertise of Allison + her etsy site singlestory ended up with the best address number in the OC! in 1906, the city of cleveland, in an effort to conform to one general system replaced many of the street names with a mainly numerical system. before that west 52 was know as “dare street.” i love that!

spring 2011 lenticular designs

2011-04-25T09:56:00.008-04:00

10 new 3D + lenticular cards for client specializing in personalized photo product. the first 2 design create the lenticular on the front of the card. the third design is the cmyk reverse, for the customer’s messaging. really fun product + fabulous client. they pretty much let me play + always seem to pick lots from the original design exploration! i will post more of my favorites!

look! i can do swiss design

2011-04-13T12:29:00.007-04:00

new client! the cleveland baptist association. last week i completed a system of 3 pieces for an upcoming fund raiser. poster + reply envelope + insert for this fabulous non–profit were completed with resonablly priced stock imagery + a swiss design style. nice to flex my traditional graphic design muscles again.

pretty craft theme

2011-03-24T10:54:00.006-04:00

30+ piece of art were created for C4Ks, specializing in well thought out craft kits. incidentally, one of the most fun products in the world to develop. room to create fresh new designs; play with 3D + great new materials/finishings/product forms. i was really happy the client was enthusiastic about the palette, highlighting a strong orange/magenta combo! and with how the vintage/found image inspiration played out.

outpouring of love + design

2011-02-14T10:33:00.002-05:00

4 additional designs created for snappily’s 2011 line. + part 2 of my learnings for creating 3D product. super geeky=super cool! i was so happy they included the box of truffles card. happy valentine’s day!

happy valentine’s day

2011-02-14T10:14:00.013-05:00

i love these new kid vals, i recently designed, for an online personalized photo client. the fun robot design + 8 others were picked up for snappily’s 2011 line. bonus: many of this international company’s product offering are manufactured as lenticular! yeah, who doesn’t love the look + the design challenge of creating art for 3D product. super geeky=super cool! + those kids are pretty cute too!

thoughts on proprietary work

2010-12-29T04:19:00.001-05:00

for the past several months, i have been fortunate to be involved in the development + design of a series of large innovation + product development projects for various clients. while these are the cream of the crop + personally the most fulfilling designs gigs to pick–up. by nature, their innovation leaves little that the contractor, designer is privy to blog about. so happy that a few have recently hit the shelves and online retail, so i may begin to share.

holiday pics + wishes, part duex

2010-12-29T04:07:00.002-05:00

design i created for ag.com + launched for holiday 2010. worked with a great creative director to develop designs to round out this new product collection. check out the real thing at http://www.americangreetings.com/christmas-letter/details/3273043

holiday pics + wishes

2010-12-29T03:59:00.004-05:00

sold before i had the chance 2 post! yippee!

2010-10-25T10:10:00.003-04:00

oh, by golly . . . another christmas collection

2010-10-25T10:04:00.000-04:00

new holiday collections

2010-10-20T10:09:00.005-04:00

new+improved+festive holiday designs! three recent collections developed for my print + pattern rep. she loved them + then ask “what are you working on next for me?” she is good!

christmas garden

2010-10-20T10:03:00.000-04:00

o tannenbaum

2010-10-20T09:57:00.001-04:00

another new design

2010-09-30T12:37:00.002-04:00

more new scrap-booking designs

2010-09-30T12:23:00.001-04:00

fabulous new client

2010-09-30T11:55:00.012-04:00

recently completed a 40+ piece scrapbook kit for a global company that is now a client! they were wonderful to work with, very organized + open to creative experimentation + staffed with a great sourcing team. i will share a few of the pieces developed. this first one is a scrapbook paper that acted as a lead image. so excited to see this one in the stores!

art + technology = fun

2010-09-30T10:56:00.004-04:00

clockwise from upper left are: fabulous instillations + my favorite bridge [the center street bridge] + interesting characters +girlies drawing [hear the famous cream song here] in the white room with dark marker. see previous post for all the fabulous details of ingenuityfest. hands down one of the best yearly events in the city!

ingenuityfest

2010-09-21T23:41:00.001-04:00

don’t miss this unique cleveland experience—ingenuityfest. past years have had something for everyone: ideas + art + music + performance married with new technologies + innovations. the 2010 event, happening this weekend, september 24–26, is staged on the subway level of the historic veterans memorial [to us westsiders the detroit superior] bridge. can’t say it any better so i will quote the event’s site “ingenuity 2010 is going to be one of the more talked about events this year. with literally hundreds of live performances, exhibits, and interactive technology displays, there’s something for everyone.” check out the online schedule of events.

magical day

2010-09-21T23:02:00.002-04:00

busy bee regroups!

2010-09-15T09:11:00.006-04:00

yummmmmmmmy christmas design from recent surface design series. so much more new work to post. 2 weeks of wonderful client choas. including the design of 2 new online product groupings [super great art director on this one] + a couple of challenging photo cards + print & pattern ensembles & the amazingly fun product development for a “best friend” 25+ component scrapbook kit! add to all that the daily duties + a fabulous baby girl mermaid party! time to regroup, blog, + invoice all these recently completed jobs!

busy bee

2010-09-03T14:04:00.003-04:00

ammmmmmmazing whirlwind. two weeks of almost drowning in work [hip, hip, a good thing!] + back to school for my little girlies, life has been a blur. but, now i am back on the blog bandwagon. a few quick posts on what i have been up to.

it is the holiday season again in my studio. it seems my christmas designs go faster than the gingerbread-man [well, may be not that fast but, they are moving]. perhaps that why i added “i love christmas” to this one.

sour cherries?

2010-08-19T00:27:00.000-04:00

sour cherries? only the yummy kind here! i feel i have been pretty spoiled lately—first necklaces now preserves! while meeting my client brian of [kinetic gardens] to pick–up a few samples, i was treated to a gift from his very own kitchen. thanks brian for the two yummy jars of locally grow jammy goodness!

beach glass necklace by beth d, part duex

2010-08-17T14:46:00.001-04:00

continuation of yesterday’s post. the beth d. beachglass necklace series. isn’t it perfect! subtly beautiful in the bright sunshine + perfect with black, the most popular colour in my closet! btw the earning i typically wear, and shown here, are also her pieces. she is available for commissions . . . yah, beth d.