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Project Info

Client: University

Genre: Branding

Year: 2010

STARBUCKS BRANDING

Rebranding of the Starbucks business. The result was to challenge the global issues within the coffee industry by connecting people to the real world and engaging them with the coffee process. Oromia is the cooperative foundation in Ethiopia, the suppliers of coffee.

Project Info

Client: Crosby's Sports Bar

Genre: Posters

Year: 2009

TYPOGRAPHIC POSTERS

Various posters created for events for the club and the club owned bar, Crosby's. I used clear and legible typography for the posters to be visible from various distances that communicated the topic visually.

Project Info

Client: University

Genre: Magazine

Year: 2010

WIRED RE-DESIGNED

After understanding the readership and defining the market, the key was designing to engage. The magazine focused on illustration to reasonate with the technology market.

Project Info

Client: Pressure Paintball

Genre: Identity

Year: 2009

THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

Freelance project to create all the artwork for an upcoming paintball DVD. Inside booklet, cover and CD Artwork using highly visual illustrations that could be used for other promotional literature.

Project Info

Client: Coventry Blaze

Genre: Identity

Year: 2009

GAME NIGHT IDENTITIES

Communication project pitched to my employers that would simplify the way game-events were being marketed. Offering consistancy these identities will begin in Sept 2010 throughout the interior of the ice rink.

Project Info

Client: Coventry Blaze

Genre: Illustration

Year: 2007

LIMITED EDITION ILLUSTRATION

Commissioned by the Coventry Blaze to produce an illusrtration of their star player, Wade Belak, of the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs. Signed photos were independantly produced and sold, making them a collectors item.

Project Info

Client: Ignite Magazine

Genre: Illustration

Year: 2007

MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION

I was approached by the editor of the monthly hockey magazine to create an illustration promoting the recent championship winning team that was used inside a double spread editorial of their most valuable player, the netminder.

Project Info

Client: Locksmith Training UK

Genre: Branding

Year: 2006

LOCKSMITH TRAINING UK

Freelance project to create the visual identity within the Locksmith industry. The logo centers around the key, a reference to the training but also a metophor to your career. The Logo was applied to all branded materials.

Project Info

Client: University

Genre: Branding

Year: 2008

CARTICIPATE

The visual branding and marketing campiagn for the university car sharing scheme. Although not winning, the logo solution was developed to be easily adaptable onto campus materials and surfaces. The pitch was highly commended.

Project Info

Client: Coventry Blaze

Genre: Identity

Year: 2009

FUTURE STARS

An update of their original logo into a sport styled-visual identity. Type, color and visual elements are now consistant across all marketing materials that will be rolled out at the beginning of the new season, September 2010