Project 5: Dabar Books

Identity and book cover designs for the Dabar Publishing a Christian company that republishes works of ancient history relevant to Christianity in modern English.

Project 4: Start A RIOT Album

A fund raiser for Revival In Our Town (RIOT) Youth Ministry. I got the idea to contact independent christian musicians online and ask them to donate a song to an album we would sell to support the program. The album cover combines a cityscape with a heart monitor line to communicate "Revial In Our Town"

Project 3: Hands for Haiyan

When Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in Late 2013 it caused millions of dollars in damages and thousands of death and injuries.  Wanting to help with the recovery two friends and I organized a poster sale with Weber State University and donated all profits to the Red Cross.

Project 2 Helpneeded.org

Welcome to Help Needed, the goal of this website is to provide a community resource for people in the Ogden, Utah area. Similar to classifieds in a news paper this website is a one stop shop for people wanting to give back to the community are able to view locations, organizations and people that need help.

Design Specialties #3 Motion Design

Motion design is a word that encapsulates all aspects of designers who work with animation, live action for film or television. In the 50s Saul Bass what the first to create an abstract movie title sequence for The Man with the Golden Arm, a movie about drugs. Bass drew inspiration from the work of German expressionists for this sequence. Movies with well-designed title sequences include, to kill a mocking bird, Around the World in 80 Days, and more contemporary; Seven, Men in Black, Clockers etc. Now a days few studios employ motion designers in house but rather freelance based on a project by project basis. Beginners shouldn't make movie sequences, it involves a complex and involves a good understanding of not only the design principals but also how they work in time and space in a motion project. There is a good deal of overlap between film and television but television is for the most part less demanding than films. There are a lot more motion designers working in house for television than there is films but freelance is still an option as well. There is a great need for adertising in motion design, ie making commercials. Many firms also develop their own motion design projects for use online. Film and television training is essential to anyone looking to get into motion design.

Specality Book Design

press. Designers today would do good by learning the ancient methods of the craft. Cover design and interior design are traditionally separated and done by different persons. Book interiors are less glamorous than covers but in essence more important. If you can design a website, you can design a book chapters the flow of information architecture are the same. Any designer can make a book but that doesn't mean they'll be good at it. When i met Steven Heller last summer at SVA he said the same thing that the book says, that books and book design might be a little less prominent because of the web and e-readers buy the general census seems to be that books will always be a viable career option for designers.

Project 1: Cultural Education Series Posters

Event posters for a series on cultural education that use masks as a metaphor for encountering new cultures and groups of people.