With international campuses in Asia, Europe, North America and Africa, Webster University offers a robust study abroad program to its undergraduate students. To help bolster the program, I created Webster Abroad, a viewbook designed in the style of a travel magazine. The brochure uses personal photos and handwritten interviews from previous study abroad students, along with maps and other enrollment information.

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The mission of the MIT Auto-ID Center is to develop the Electronic Product Code (EPC), a global RFID-based item identification system intended to replace the UPC bar code. To communicate this objective, I designed an infographic explaining how products with RFID tags can improve the shopping experience for retailers and customers. The result is an isometric walkthrough of a grocery store with high-level information about the benefits of the system.

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Fragile Kingdom is a book of collected poems by Eric Schramm. Designed in black and white, this 120-page perfect bound book has thick, full bleed borders which are filled with obscured images that relate to each specific poem. The stanzas are delicately typeset in generous fields of white space.

Every year, the Webster University Board of Trustees have an annual dinner celebration with food, drinks and live music. For the dinner's invitation design, I created a lush illustration of the The Jewel Box in Forest Park, the dinner's iconic botanical venue.

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As the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, the National Organization for Women is dedicated to its multi-issue approach to women’s rights. As part of their "Love Your Body" campaign, I designed a poster to further their mission to counteract the media’s use of narrow and unrealistic images of women. Aimed at a young audience, I used a silhouetted profile of a young girl coupled with a handwritten quote from feminist icon Eleanor Roosevelt on ruled school paper.

Witchcraft Chocolate specializes in high-quality, organic and artisan chocolates that are so magical you'd have to believe there must be some witchcraft involved in making them. For the design of the logo, I used the symbol of a witch’s cauldron, with the mystical potion bubbling up from inside of it. Chocolate browns and fantastic purples make up the color palette.

Webster University has international campus locations in Europe, Asia and Africa, providing an American-style education to its students from across the world. I designed a viewbook to help each individual international location recruit students. The viewbook, complete with an embossed cover, is divided up into sections by country, using picturesque cityscapes and campus specific photography as the heroes of the piece.

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The mission of the Ozarks Amateur Astronomers Club (OAAC) is to create and foster public interest in astronomy through presentations and public observing nights at Missouri State University. I designed a whimsical, planetary logo to help attract new, younger members to the organization.

Webster University has a strong group of financial donors, including alumni, corporations, nonprofits and governmental organizations. To thank them for their financial contributions, I designed an Honor Roll of Donors book that collectively recognizes them. This 52-page perfect bound book is organized by donor giving club and is interspersed with testimonials, infographics and event photography from throughout the year. 

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To welcome students back to Webster University for the fall semester, I designed a poster and button campaign to be used around campus. The campaign uses speech bubbles that welcome students in different voices. To achieve greater impact, the poster creates a continuous repeating image when consecutively hung next to each other. 

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The Susan Polgar Foundation Annual Girls' Invitational is the most prestigious all-girls chess event in the United States. My design for the event's promotional materials features two young girls going head-to-head in competition, along with their respective knights.

Developed at Webster University.

PeopleSoft provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software for corporations, governments and organizations. To help communicate their value proposition, I designed a process map explaining how their software can help a company manage their suppliers.

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The curriculum of Webster University’s School of Communications integrates theory and practice, emphasizes experiential learning, promotes creative thinking and incorporates global learning experiences. For the design of their brochure, I utilized photographs of students emerging out of painterly watercolor splatters. Students are shown working with professional equipment in real-world situations. Firsthand accounts from current students help add authenticity to the piece.

Developed at Webster University.

During the 2010 Anti Design Festival in London, Research Studios hosted a workshop that revolved around the concepts of anarchy and apathy. As a contribution to a graphics installation at the workshop, I designed a poster commenting on the idea of old vs. new production methods (xerography vs. digital).

Established in 2008, this St. Louis home brewer makes small batch brews for family, friends and himself. Capitalizing on his German last name, Dierker, I designed a label system that stays consistent while still being accommodating for the various names for his concoctions. The tag line “Truly Best in the Midwest” proves to be true.

The Murdoch Perk is a delightful coffee shop and café nestled in the South Hampton neighborhood of St. Louis. My logo design for this java shop combines a trail of coffee steam with images of the local residential architecture.

Webster University hosted a dinner that included a behind-the-scenes look at the technical aspects of a stage performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest. I designed the invitation with the curtain literally being pulled back to reveal the theatre set and the date/time information.

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Webster Today is an internal news blog for Webster University's faculty and staff. I designed a masthead and an icon system for the different content categories, based on the school's colors of blue and gold. 

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I Heart Webster Week is all about showing love for Webster University, with members of the community sharing their own unique experiences and what Webster means to them. To help advertise the week's events, I designed a campaign that centered around an image of a heart, filled with drawings of all the things people love about Webster. The campaign included posters, table tents, ads, T-shirts and a three-dimensional Head in the Hole cutout.

Developed at Webster University.

SportLegs is a natural supplement that reduces lactic acid muscle pain after physical exercise. To help equip SportLegs with better sales tools, I designed a before and after visual that explains how retail stores can benefit from selling this anti-inflammatory supplement.

Developed at XPLANE.

The Parent Connection is a newsletter published by Webster University and is sent out to the parents of currently enrolled undergraduate students. Designed in a tabloid format, this newsletter features a flexible 12-column grid, producing an organized and readable page. Large photographs and pull quotes help offset the editorial news stories.

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Slystox is a small group of investors who make combined financial investments. For their logo, I designed a fox icon whose gaze is pointed backwards, keeping an eye on how the stock market has been performing lately.

For a 65th birthday party celebration, I designed an invitation that plays off of the year 1965. I combined the car hop logo of St. Louis' iconic Parkmoor diner with pop culture references from the 60s. This accordion-folded piece fits into a regular invitation-sized envelope, surprising the viewer with its long and narrow format when it's opened.

The Global Leaders in Residence program at Webster University hosts distinguished individuals who are thought leaders in their fields from across a wide spectrum of disciplines. I designed posters and banners to promote the lecture events, combining large typography, arrows and circularly cropped photography.

Developed at Webster University.

Selling Power magazine is targeted towards sales managers, helping them train, educate and motivate their sales teams. To accompany an article about business relationships, I illustrated a visual process map explaining how companies can create loyalty among their customers.

Developed at XPLANE.

The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University has been training theatre students for the professional world for over half a century. To promote the 2013/2014 theatre season, I designed a promotional campaign that included signage, schedules, advertising and performance programs.

Developed at Webster University.

To help brand a culinary presentation at the Marlin Company advertising agency, I designed a chef logo to accompany the event. I drew the logo in the cubist art style, which alludes to the multiple viewpoints people can have of fine cuisine.

With the mission of furthering engagement on Webster University's social media platforms, I designed a series of images featuring inspirational quotes by Webster University's academic leaders. The designs use stacked type and subtle textured backgrounds. They were posted every Monday on Webster's social media channels.

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Webster University's College of Arts & Sciences fosters free and rigorous intellectual inquiry among its students. I designed a viewbook for the college to help promote its broad range of academic disciplines. Divided up by academic pursuit, the viewbook provides high level information about each subject area. The photography is overlaid with diagonal sunbeam effects, suggesting a bright future for its new students.

Developed at Webster University.

Getting into the holiday spirit, I decided to design wrapping paper for my presents to friends and family. Using a snowman as the starting point, I juxtaposed different fruits and vegetables for their noses, along with the traditional carrot.

Pickk is an app that allows you to make a prediction on the next play in a live professional baseball, football or basketball game. For their logo, I designed a slab serif letter P with the letter's counter space being decisively checked off.

Being highly interested in both illustration and origami, I decided to combine my two loves and create a fortune teller style origami puppet. The illustration was inspired by the 1920s strongmen of that era, complete with a handlebar mustache and a shiny gold tooth.

The Research Across Disciplines conference showcases student work that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to a variety of academic fields. Shortening the name to RAD, I designed an isometric 3D wordmark made up of transparent cubes, which signify the multiple areas of research shown at the conference.

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With the goal of publicizing the Webster University brand around its home campus location, Webster Groves, I designed van wrap graphics for Webster's fleet of vehicles. The bright school colors and the mascot graphics featured on the vans make them stand out while driving around the school's neighborhood.

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To help increase the peer assessment rankings of Webster University, I designed a double gate folded booklet showing why Webster is a leader in global education. The piece features numerical data regarding Webster's students, alumni and faculty, along with information about their campus locations, accreditations and accolades.

Developed at Webster University.

For an alumni leadership conference with the theme of "Putting It Together," I designed a logo that combines the letter O in the name with an icon of a person. The person is putting the name together, and thus, themselves.

Developed at Webster University.

Bridge is a thick and heavy, geometric typeface designed to emulate the look and feel of industrial stencil lettering. Bridge is available for free through FontStruct.

Webster University’s graduate program is nationally ranked for its quality academics and diversity. To help promote the program, I designed in-stadium advertising signage at Busch Stadium. I created a porch sign and wall sign for the left field wall that drives potential graduate students to Webster’s website. 

Developed at Webster University.

Every year, I like to design a Christmas card for my friends and family. For this year's card, I used a strand of Christmas lights being tightly intertwined with the holiday greeting.

Constant Torment is a home-brewed imperial stout, augmented with vanilla, chocolate and roasted malts. Riffing on the idea of playing card's royalty, I designed a label portraying the king and queen as an old, cantankerous married couple.

Whenever a holiday rolls around, Webster University posts a greeting to all their followers on their social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, etc.). To accompany these posts, I designed holiday-specific graphics which connect the holiday to Webster University in some way.

Developed at Webster University.

Jules Verne was a French novelist best known for his adventure novels and for his contribution to the science fiction genre. To promote a lecture about his life and his work, I designed a poster featuring a straightforward illustration of Verne with one simple twist: He has a mechanical hand!

St. Louis Tours is a self-guided audio tour of historic downtown St. Louis. For their logo, I designed a classic cityscape of St. Louis with the Arch and the Old Courthouse front and center.

To standardize all HTML e-mails about Webster University's special events, I designed a base template that organizes all the photography and text information into a clear, hierarchical structure.

Developed at Webster University.

Business 2.0 magazine was founded to chronicle the rise of the new economy. To accompany an article about middleware, I designed a process infographic explaining how the middleware from IBM is used by consumers to make online purchases.

Developed at XPLANE.

The YMCA Community Literacy program offers tutoring for youth and adults who struggle with reading, writing and English language skills. To help spread the word about the program, I created a T-shirt which draws upon the theme, "Unlock the Power of Literacy."

2 Serve is a natural healing and holistic medicine store. Since unconditional love and support are large parts of their practice, I combined the number 2 with a heart icon and used it as the basis for their logo. 

In the days after the attacks on September 11th, I designed a visual statement that dealt with the catastrophic dangers of terrorism. It's a topic that was new to me and something I'll never get used to seeing.

Embracing Diversity & Inclusion: Critical Conversations is a two-day conference hosted by Webster University. It's designed to create opportunities to share experiences and research in creating diverse communities. For the design of the materials, I capitalized on the "embracing" theme and created a repeating text pattern that related diversity and inclusion to other parts of the human condition—i.e., growth, compassion, respect, etc. The collateral included posters, advertisements, web graphics and a comprehensive conference program.

Developed at Webster University.

To help celebrate their 5th consecutive College Final Four win, I designed a championship logo for Webster's chess team. The logo features a prominent 5X, bookended by two rooks. It was applied to the T-shirts that the team wore at their victory celebration. 

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For the design of the Webster University presentation folder, I created a custom die cut that includes arched pockets (which echo the Webster logo) and a "W" pattern that covers the inside background.

Developed at Webster University.

The Strand Bookstore is the undisputed king of New York City's independent bookstores, boasting 18 miles of books for sale. For the design of their promotional bookmark, I illustrated a series of seemingly never-ending book shelves, with the Strand name being displayed vertically across book covers.

Pearson & Schulz is a law firm that specializes in criminal appeals and post-conviction motions. For the design of their logo, I created a PS monogram that also resembles a maze, alluding to the firm's ability to guide its clients through the complicated maze of the law.

My family has been playing the card game Liverpool Rummy at family gatherings for generations. To help keep track of each player's points, I designed a score sheet that also doubles as the winner's trophy given out at the end of the game. The sheet also includes some additional rules and tips for new and old players alike.

Wanting to customize my personal spice rack, I designed a series of 20 jar labels for the spices that I use the most. The colors of the labels are based on the spices themselves, with a subtle seed pattern covering the background.

Cedo25+ is a retrospective exhibition of work by graphic designer and professor Cedomir Kostovic. Former students of Kostovic, like myself, were invited to contribute to the exhibition by creating a depiction of 25+. I designed several different versions, all created with lots of geometry, bright colors and playfulness.

Following the concept of “Be the Next Difference Maker,” I created a series of outdoor billboards advertising Webster University’s graduate programs in key markets across the country. The billboards incorporate market-appropriate models emerging out of Webster’s rising sun logo, along with lists of their top programs.

Developed at Webster University.

“Go, Go, Gorloks!” is Webster University’s school fight song, which is proudly sung at Webster’s sporting events and pep rallies. Using the lyrics of the song, I created a stacked typographic poster to help build up school spirit and, more practically, help students learn the song. The giveaway poster was printed as a one-color job on thick yellow paper.

Developed at Webster University.

Per a study by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Webster University is one of the best institutions of higher education for transfer and Pell Grant students. I created an illustrated infographic based on this data to show Webster’s high graduation rates among these groups.

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WebNet+ is a networked course delivery system at Webster University that allows students to enroll in courses and participate virtually in discussions and activities. I created a corporate flyer as a leave behind for one-on-one meetings with outside companies. The flyer presents top-level information, along with simple charts and icons.

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The Webster University president’s lecture series, Contemporary Conversations for a Connected World, invites provocative thought leaders to speak on campus. For the promotional poster, I designed a template which uses a clean, type-based layout and various fluorescent inks to, literally, highlight the content.

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Many of Webster University’s alumni have authored books during their careers. As a stewardship gift to these alumni, I designed a bookmark for them celebrating their accomplishment. The ornate design uses metallic inks, referencing the days when books were gilded.

Developed at Webster University.

When my wife and I moved into our current house, I designed a moving announcement to keep our friends and family up-to-date on our whereabouts. The postcard features two migrating cardinals in the woods, along with their new home.