Lincoln 200 Exhibition

This piece was selected for the upcoming Lincoln 200 festival in Philadelphia (July 2nd–5th), which celebrates the 200th birthday of our 16th president. I will also be one of the five featured artists.

July 4th takes a new twist as Philadelphia celebrates Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday at the very spot where America was born. Join in to celebrate America’s 16th president with Lincoln200™: The Bicentennial Festival. The Festival theme, “Lincoln Then and Now,” shines the spotlight on period and contemporary takes on artistic, cultural, and culinary works, innovations in technology, and healthcare, and connects the lasting legacy of Lincoln to today’s world.

For more info, go here.

Print’s Regional Design Annual 2009

The logo I designed for chip-musician Doctor Octoroc will be featured in PRINT’s Regional Design Annual. This was a really fun project to work on. Doc and I spent many hours playing old NES games for typographic inspiration, but the real challenge was coming up with a clever way to take advantage of the shared letters between the two words in his stage name. In the end the best solution was simply to allow them to share the letters and use color to make the abbreviated “Dr.” pop out so the eye reads “Dr./Doctor” then bounces back to the “O” and reads Octoroc.

American Illustration and 3×3 Pro Show 2009

The following pieces were chosen for American Illustration 28:

“The Next 150″, Client: Minnesota Monthly (Art Director: Brian Johnson)
Opener for a two-spread feature on what Minnesota would look like 150 years in the future. To see the full spreads check out my website. 

“T.P.S. Reports”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition 

“Stapler”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition 

The Minnesota Monthly piece was also selected to appear in 3×3’s Pro Show 2009 annual.

Houston Art Directors Club

I spent the last few days in Houston judging the Art Directors Club annual competition along with four other judges: illustrators Chris Buzelli and Chris Silas Neal, art director Mary Fallon, and photographer Gary Ness.

(from L to R: Mary Fallon, Gary Ness, Chris Buzelli, Chris Silas Neal)

Thursday, September 27th, we each flew into Houston from our respective cities (Gary and Mary from Minneapolis, Chris B from NYC, Chris N from Brooklyn, and myself from Philly). That night there was a meet and greet with the ADC, and each judge gave a brief presentation of their work.