The portfolio pages here and below are presently under re-construction. Please pardon the appearance, a much better design is en route. Come back again soon.
Too Tall Toad’s Grapeseed Oil Company
Written by Damon
Sunday, 17 May 2009 09:03
Too Tall Toad’s Grapeseed Oil Company is a Georgia based company, nestled in heart of the Adirondack mountains of North Georgia. This idyllic location, with the clean air, fresh mountain spring water, and a close proximity to some of the southeast’s finest wine vineyards makes this the ideal location for the producers of the finest quality grapeseed oil available.
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Blue Wave Restaurant
Written by Damon
Sunday, 17 May 2009 09:03
Blue Wave Seafood Restaurant is one of those projects the grew out of another completely different project. The design that this started out as (was intended to be) wasn’t really coalescing and it really started to look like it was trying to become a restaurant, so I let it run its course, nothing of the original design remains beyond the use of blue. Funny how those things happen.
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Meridian Luxury Yachts
Thursday, 14 May 2009 04:45
The Meridian Luxury Yachts project was created as an identity redesign project. The premise is that Meridian Yachts was expanding from one shipyard outside Hilton Head, South Carolina and adding 5 new yards in 4 countries. The company wanted a more upscale look that would work to unify the company while also differentiating each branch. This evolved into a complete exploration of the identity system for this company.
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Faneuil Hall
Written by Damon
Thursday, 14 May 2009 04:48
Faneuil Hall Marketplace is a historic landmark in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Built more than 250 years ago as a meetinghouse and marketplace selling foods and goods to the citizen’s of Boston. Today, it is the seat of American history and one of the most famous shopping and dining experiences in the country. It is in this sprawling 6.5 acre area of the city sits the four main buildings that make up the marketplace. Faneuil Hall is the key historic edifice, while the Quincy Marketplace occupies 3 enormous buildings is the social, entertainment, shopping, and gather hub of this inner city mecca. Containing many national, international and local shops and kiosks, restaurants, bars, clubs and the world-renowned food court within the vast halls and an assortment of street performers and entertainers of all manner, there is always something of interest to the whole family.
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PresentTHIS!
Written by Damon
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 02:58
This project was inspired by a professor who had brought up the topic of a printing company that catered to students and artists looking to produce their portfolios. I was intrigued enough by the concept that I explored and expanded on the idea. I had written a business plan for PresentThis! a company that offers full portfolio and presentation consultation services and products for students and companies in need of professional presentations.
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Logo Designs
Written by Damon
Wednesday, 30 December 2009 03:14
What qualities differentiate, what I call, a “magic logo creator” logo from a professionally designed logo, or identity?
Well to start off, the “magic logo creator” websites lure you in with promises of professionally designed logos, customized for your company or product for ONLY $49. What this consists of is you providing the name of the company, the kind of business, if you have a ‘mascot’, tag line, short 1-2 sentence description of your business, or what kind of image/colors you perceive as relating to the name.
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Branding Iron
One Star Ranch restaurant is one of the best barbeque restaurants in Atlanta. While I was working as a graphic designer for Jezebel Magazine, I was approached about creating an ad for them to run in the magazine. I was given the restaurants logo (a star in a ring – a Texas star) and was asked if I could make it look like it was branded into the background of the ad. The owner also requested a red background. I began playing around with the layout and the logo and decided to try turning the logo into a ‘white-hot branding iron’.
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