SIGNAGE
Weidner Field
Freelance project I was invited to participate in to design all the signs for a new soccer stadium and event venue in Colorado Springs. Project featured logo design, wayfinding, donor wall, supergraphics, interior/exterior, illuminated & non-illuminated signs.
Many elements to the design of the signs take cues from the "Epicenter" public art sculpture at the entrance to the stadium. The sculpture itself was inspired by the Olympic rings logo and as a nod to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum nearby.
The "Epicenter" sculpture (that I designed the logo for) was $4.5M dollars, weighs 164,000 pounds, is 65.5-feet in diameter, 35-feet tall and lit by RGB LED's. It was designed and fabricated locally by Springs Fabrication. More than 20,000 hours went into the project.
Valley View Casino
Entry sign for the Valley View Casino in Valley Center California.
Clear Sign & Design (where I worked as Lead Designer) had a long-standing relationship with Valley View Casino. . On a whim one day, the owner of Clear Sign asked me to take a stab at designing this sign, based on a unfufillid past res. When my initial renderings were submitted to the casino, their immediate response was "How much and when can we have it?"
This project was won by design and was the second, second most expensive sign ever produced at Clear Sign & Design, at $330,000. Clear Sign & Design is also the second largest electrical sign company in San Diego county.
The sign is 26ft tall & 17ft wide, featuring (2) 7-1/2' x 11-1/2" video screens. Given that many other signs still exist that look similar to the old entry sign, my design still needed to fit-in with the previous sign program on-site.
City of Kent Washington
City-wide signage project for the City of Kent Washington, just outside of Seattle. This project featured large wayfinding "gateway" signs at key entry points to the city, City Hall Campus signs and wayfinding blade signs throughout the city mounted to light poles.
YAN CAN
Complete restaurant design/build project in the San Diego airport our team designed at M3 Creative. I designed the menu over the front counter, the other signage and generated the exterior elevations. The terrazzo floor features a large Chinese dragon that weaves it's way back into the restaurant.
The Ridgemont
This was a sign for an apartment building in Seattle that was once the location of an historic theater. The client requested a sign that was reminiscent of an old theater marquee sign.
The sign structure is fabricated aluminum and and curved to match the awning. The gold balls you see, are to mimic the chasing lights you often find on old theater marquee signs and are finished in real gold leaf. The stepped sections on top are hand-sculpted Signfoam.
Kindai Sushi & Noodle Bar
Logo and signage design for a new casino in Snoqualmie Washington, just outside of Seattle. This was part of a comprehensive $1M dollar interior/exterior sign package by M3 Creative in Seattle.
Anchor Grill • Giants Stadium
Concession stand branding package for the All-Star Game at Giants stadium in San Francisco. I designed the Anchor Grill concession stand, logo/sign and mermaid illustration. All the concessions stands in the photos were designed and built by M3 Creative in Seattle.
Compass Point Yachts
Window graphics I designed for Compass Point Yachts in Seattle. This design features digitally-printed semi-transparent window film, gold mylar vinyl, white vinyl and etched glass vinyl.
Alpine Apartments
Monument sign & logo I created for an apartment complex in Alaska. The sign features a fabricated aluminum cabinet with 1/4" thick brushed aluminum letters and a cultured stone base & columns with concrete caps.
Pontius Building
Interior sign package for an office building in Seattle, including building directory, suite signs, wayfinding and restroom signs.
Fade Factory
Internally illuminated blade sign I designed for a barbershop. The logo was provided by the customer and I designed the rest. The sign features a water-jet cut galvanized steel face and push-thru letters. Adding the old school barber pole stripe down the side seemed like a must-have.
340 Building
Double-sided, fabricated aluminum blade sign for an office building in Seattle.
Cattle Point Rock & Topsoil
Entry sign for a rock & topsoil company outside of Seattle. The sign features a Cor-Ten steel rusted back panel and raised, water-jet cut, galvanized steel signface. The rusting process of the Cor-Ten steel back panel was accelerated in advance with acid.
Dragonfly Cycle Concepts
Wall mural I designed for a company that makes custom fairings for Harley Davidson motorcycles. The logo was provided and the customer requested a motorcycle tank. I came up with the flame layout and overall design.
Pearl Jam Guitars
Project for Gibson Guitars as a Pearl Jam guitar giveaway. I had the opportunity to adapt all nine illustrations from Pearl Jam's "Backspacer" album into individual guitar graphics. Some artistic license on my part was allowed to arrange the elements properly around the guitar components.