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Branding a new business is something I love doing. Through the experience of opening my own shop in 2009, growing it and continuing to refine and expand the branding over the years, I've learned a lot about what a small business needs–and this project was two small businesses in one. Chris Tanghe, a master sommelier, and Rose Zhu, an acclaimed chef set out to open two businesses in West Seattle. Walter's is a bottle shop where you can find an incredible range of wine with an approachable, knowledgable staff. Upwell is a cafe during the day and a wine bar at night. You can fine finely crafted espresso drinks along with pastries baked in-house, as well as beautiful plates for lunch and dinner. Below you'll find all of the branding I created for both businesses as well as photos I've taken.  The guys in Botch asked me to create a design to commemorate their final run of Seattle shows at the Showbox in a two-color print that could be applied to both apparel and a Miir travel mug. I decided on a truly Northwest moss-covered design. The Showbox designs are sold out, but you can still grab a couple other designs I made for 'em in their online store.  As a big fan of neon signs, it was a treat to design this enamel pin based on the Roxy Theatre marquee blade sign. It's a lovely historic theatre and you should really go catch a movie there!  I've been lucky enough to have a wonderful, ongoing relationship designing pins for the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, WA. Below is my pin design for the Gravenstein Apple bonsai. See the tree and snag a pin when you visit the museum!
My ongoing designs for Puffin Pediatrics are truly fun. One of the most fun projects is a run of band posters for the office. I've been periodically creating "band posters" that feature the Puffin from my original branding made to look like posters from Death Cab, Jawbreaker, and Descendents with more coming.  Over the years, i've designed a lot of mugs for Porchlight. This one, is a play on lake-swimming here in Seattle. The mugs sold out fairly quickly, so there may be more coming in the future.  Lastly, some of my favorite photos I took during those two months. Some digital and some on film. |
