For my final project in TypoPhoto we had to make an Annual Report. I chose Harley-Davidson. With a strong brand, following, and the executive leadership that has taken them through The Great Depression and The Great Recession, Harley has endured a lot of economic ups and downs. I put a focus on their history and the people/culture that make them who they are.
More here:
http://www.jamesoncampbell.net/#410044/Harley-Davidson-Annual-Report
May 4th 1970. Kent State University. Kent, Ohio.
Known as the Kent State Massacre. A line of Ohio National Guardsmen fired 67 rounds for 13 solid seconds at unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War. The event was heard world wide, inspired more protests, inspired songs (like “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young), changed Nixon’s presidency and is always recognized and honored at Kent State University. (more info)
Recently Kent State honored the 40th year since the tragedy. I, and a few other Kent State VCD Alumni were selected to design a logo for a benefit concert back in October. The date passed and the event appears to have been postponed, so no logo was selected. I made this at the Type High Press in the KSU Art Building as one of my 4 proposed logos.
Harley-Davidson Annual Report
My last project in TypoPhoto is making an annual report. I’ve picked Harley-Davidson as my company. After having had grown up around Harleys and the culture and doing some field research at a few of the Cleveland area HD dealerships, it was easy to jump into and be interested. These are two of the spreads I’ve put together so far. Work in Progress:
Section intro:
Timeline:
More soon. It is due next week, so I’ll have more finished versions and photos of the final then.
Happy Free Comic Book Day everyone! Go to www.freecomicbookday.com and find your local shop! Special selections of comic books are free today only. No strings attached! Cleveland peoples, head to Carol and John’s! www.cnjcomics.com
Free Comic Book Day 2010 Postcard
front
back
I designed the front and back of this year’s postcard for the Free Comic Book Day (It’s May 1st! Get to your local shop for free comics!).
John Dudas of Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop in Cleveland asked me to make the ad that will run in The Independent for the next few weeks as well as these postcards that will be handed out in the shop to anyone that comes in.
I purchased FCBD and 05.01.10 wood type at an antique store called Silver Eagle Antiques in Cuyahoga Falls last Thursday. It was awesome to use them. I feel like its been awhile since they got some use. The rest came from the Type High Press at Kent State. Colors are inspired by the original logo designed by Mikey Burton of Little Jacket.
Free Comic Book Day is a single day each year that many comic stores across North America give away 100% free comic books to any customer that comes in. It is the first Saturday in every May and many publishers participate.
John Dudas of Carol and John’s Comic Book Shop asked me to make the ad (running in full color on the back cover of The Independent) and the handout postcard for the event this year. Be sure to look out for the postcard here soon.
Make sure you attend May 1st and get your free comics. For what is available this year check here:
For more information about the event go here:
Then shalt thou celebrate Easter. Easter shall be the holiday thou shalt celebrate, and the holiday of the celebrating shall be Easter. Christmas shalt thou not celebrate, neither celebrate thou Lent, excepting that thou then proceed to Easter. Halloween is right out.
I love it!
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Collection of the hand made letters for The Dangerous Alphabet.
I have been working rather consistently this semester on Project 1 of TypoPhoto. We are given the task of taking an already existing children’s book and re-imagining it as a typographically driven story. I picked Neil Gaiman’s The Dangerous Alphabet. It is a story about two kids who go on a treasure hunt through very murky, spooky and dangerous scenarios.
For this, I hand illustrated every letter in the alphabet and major/focus words for each. Then after inkwashing them, I scanned them in and reassembled it with InDesign. The paper I printed the book on was stained with tea, coffee and flour (for texture) and cured in an oven at 300 degrees. The cover is on bond.
Larger images here
This is the letter pressed poster side of the October 2009 Roughs Newsletter in all of it’s glory.
Roughs has a long history at the KSU Art Building through the Visual Communication Design (VCD) major. Produced by Glyphix for VCD students. Only 140 were made. The opposite side features articles written by the VCD faculty and students.
A big thank you to Jes Mellen on production, it would never have been finish on time without her help. The other exciting news that came to me recently is that it was both entered into the regional Akron Addy Awards and that it won an award. I will be going this next Friday with Glyphix to receive it. So I’ll post the results then!
UPDATE: The Roughs Newsletter won a Gold Award at the Akron Addy Awards! Congratulations to all of the other winners as well. See you next year
Business cards for April
A mockup before they go to print, using the logo I designed for her not long ago.
(the design on a screen)
(finished product)
The team at flourish all got together, thanks to our Creative Director, Steve Shuman, with the gang at University Tees the other day. We socialized over some wine/beer and snacks and eventually got a tour of their facilities before screen printing t-shirts designs. Last week we all voted on our favorite designs that we each made. The design above was mine. So I was looking forward to making it on their equipment. I had done this a long time ago with far less useful tools and screening methods, so being able to do it professionally was a good experience.
My t-shirt design (above: top) is a collection of things that visually speak some of the personality and tales around the studio at flourish. I was happy to see it get picked, but even more so to make it and be able to wear it. I wish I had access to this kind of stuff more often. So thanks to the staff of University Tees for making it happen and everyone at flourish for liking my idea enough to pick it.
