12th Avenue Iron is a partnership of two artists and craftsmen: Stephen Marks, and Mark Christiansen. Currently, 12th Avenue Iron is one of the Northwest’s leaders in custom fabricated and forged architectural work and furniture. My work with 12th Avenue Iron has included the identity, business papers and website. Now in their fifth year, [...]
Youth in Focus is an afterschool program that uses intensive photography training as a tool to help disadvantaged teens develop personal voice, positive identity, social skills and artistic skills. They offer free, multi-level classes in both film and digital photography, and advanced students participate in our job skills project shooting assignments for hire. Classes [...]
For my wife’s 40th birthday I wanted to do something special for her and I rented out the Butterfly Lounge at Grimm’s on Capitol Hill in Seattle. To play off the “steampunk” aesthetic of the lounge and the milestone of Stacie’s 40th birthday, I decided to model her invitation after and old deck of [...]
Working with Scott Souchock of G.Scott!Design, Scott and I designed and developed the lobby of the newly remodeled O’Brien Center for Athletic Administration. The building at 1218 E. Cherry Street honors the great Seattle University basketball players and brothers, John and Eddie O’Brien, for their years of supporting the athletics program. The O’Brien Center [...]
Seattle University has a story to tell about it’s sustainability efforts. And it’s a good story, too: four LEED Gold buildings in four years. Mind you this is a private university and does not “have” to achieve such high goals. But sustainability is part of their core belief system, so they do. And they [...]
Working with Scott Souchock of G.Scott!Design, Scott and I created the entry display for the newly remodeled GeoEngineers corporate office. The entry highlights three current engineering projects that can be updated and efficiently changed out while providing a sophisticated presentation that reflects the quality and depth of GeoEngineers’ work. The individual inset project boards [...]
