A collaboration of Devil’s Thumb Ranch and Winter Park, the Stagecoach Classic is an annual point-to-point cross country ski race. The third installment of the race will happen January 2016. OSI was asked to do the logo and the yearly race poster. I’ve also included the logo comps for reference. The second annual also had …
The New England National Scenic Trail (NET) is a 215-mile hiking trail route that has been in existence for over half a century. The NET travels through 41 communities in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and is comprised primarily of the historic Mattabesett, Metacomet, and Monadnock (M-M-M) Trail systems. This has been one of my favorite illustration …
The NY Society of Illustrators publishes an annual illustration collection. I submitted one of the Fall Creek Falls posters for consideration, and was very happy to be accepted. The acceptance also included a showing in their NYC studio.
We had the pleasure of working with Brand44 in Colorado on slackline design and some additional collateral. Three lines were developed, including: Canyon Crosser, Wave Walker and Nightline (no, Ted Koppel does not use a slack line that I know of). The first design is what went final for nightline. I’ve included a few comp …
Thinking of starting your own business from home, with three kids? Here’s a preview.
Here are a few more from my Grandfather’s sample box.
My Grandfather (more info coming on him in a future post) worked as a commercial artist and small agency owner in Cleveland from the 1920’s through the 60’s. As most designers and illustrators did before the internet, he had an artist’s morgue for reference images and design samples. My Dad recently allowed me to look …
Back in 2007, I participated in a poster contest to celebrate the 50th birthday of Helvetica. I’m trying to reflect on what worked and why I came up just a little bit short. The Linotype Poster Contest link Helvetica was born in the Haas type foundry in 1957. The goal was to create a clean …
