‘Part or Execution’ Album Cover
The tale of my adventure to a Brooklyn mannequin warehouse with musician Boots Factor and photographer Sean Hutcheon in search of an album cover design.
Brand Identity & Website Design: Social Security Works
I’m pleased to unveil an exciting project that I recently completed: a brand identity and website design for Social Security Works. Social Security, as most of us know, is an economic support system that has provided assistance to millions of Americans since its inception in 1935. Recently, some politicians have jeopardized the program by claiming [...]
Blog Redesign!
So… whaddaya think of the new digs? After I made some new decisions about how I plan to use this blog (I plan to use it more and bigger and better), I decided a redesign was necessary. Of course, that’s got me rethinking the design of the entire Magnetic State portfolio site as well – [...]
Planet Booty Shirt
I designed this ‘Booty Vision’ shirt (buy the shirt here) for my friends in Planet Booty, the band and performance spectacle by Germart. Germart is the art empire of the brothers Germick; you may remember Ryan Germick from my interview with him. His brothers Nate and Dylan perform as Planet Booty. The shirt portrays Dylan [...]
Bearded Goodness
Above is the flyer I designed for the 2010 Beard Ball, hosted by my friends at Build-A-Beard. The show is a benefit for RightRides, which is an organization that provides safe late-night rides home for women and LGBTQ individuals. Cool cause, huh? I thought so too, so I had my design fee donated to the [...]
‘Good Old Lower East Side’
This mosaic resides on the floor of La Bonne Bouffe, an Algerian restaurant and crêperie located at the corner of 2nd and B in Manhattan. I designed the restaurant’s menus, which are now available to view in my portfolio. The acronym ‘GOLES’ in the mosaic stands for ‘Good Old Lower East Side.’ According to La [...]
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