A small snapshot of my archived designs, collaborations and personal projects.
AppDirect Yearbook—Spectrum
AppDirect produce an annual yearbook for their employees to tell the story of the company's development and capture the experience of working there. Collaborating with a team of five I helped create the Spectrum edition with conceptual contributions and layout design.
Created at APPDIRECT
Designed with Alex Capasso, Carolyn Cuykendall, Ben Domanico and Joe Mayo.
Salesforce eBook
I designed an ebook, AppExchange for Everyone, AppSuperusers Share Their Secrets, for Salesforce.
Aspen Institute New Voices Fellowship
I designed a look-book of profiles for the New Voices Fellowship at the Aspen Institute, a groundbreaking initiative helping to bring expert voices from the developing world into the global development discussion.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Living Cities
Living Cities is a collaboration of 22 foundations and corporations, collectively investing millions of dollars in funding, in conjunction with expert advice and influence, to re-imagine underinvested neighborhoods and public systems. I created a wide range of materials for Living Cities, from print to digital design.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Morton Fraser
I designed this document storage box design for Morton Fraser, one of Britain's leading full-service law firms, demonstrating the flexibility of their identity and corporate guidelines.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Designed with Stephen Kelman
Photography by Alistair Smith
Burnt Island
Burnt Island is a folk band based around the songs of writer Rodge Glass. I designed album promotional material and artwork for the single The Moments Before.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Before it Gets Dark
Before it Gets Dark is the identity system I created for my own Outdoor Photography brand.
Four Paws Studios
Daniel Dietrich is a photographer and cinematographer focused on wildlife and wildlife conservation. I designed the logo for his production arm, Four Paws Studios.
28 Days
28 Days is a new hormonal calendar, meditation practice and art project by conceptual artist Lara Mossler. I designed the identity along with covers for the journal and meditation guide.
Causewayside Church
As Victoria Tollcross and Shettleston Old Parish Church merged in Glasgow to form Causeway Church, I created their new, united identity.
AppDirect Partner Summit
AppDirect is the leading commerce platform for selling cloud services and their four-day conference, Partner Summit, is the premier event in that industry. The 2015 event took place during San Francisco's Fleet Week. Identifying shared themes, we drew inspiration from the air shows that demonstrate an intensity, speed and technical skill-set, I designed the identity, website, environmental graphics, print and marketing collateral, presentation materials, and swag.
Designed with Carolyn Cuykendall.
AppSmart
AppSmart is the industry-leading standard for IT buying and reselling. I art-directed their identity, and designed their website, along with marketing and presentation materials.
Created at APPSMART
Designed with Rair Design
Scottish Parliament
I designed these Building Tour Guide leaflets as part of a creative pitch for The Scottish Parliament.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
CollegePoint
CollegePoint is a Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative helping top students from low to moderate-income families gain access to higher education. I created their identity.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Steel Engineering Ltd.
Steel Engineering Limited are one of the largest steel fabricators in Britain. I designed their 'S' marque with inspiration from the shape of a rivet and applied their new identity to a range of collateral.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Glasgow Caledonian University
GCU is an innovative and modern university attracting students from all over the globe. I designed the marketing materials and exhibition system they use to communicate key messages when speaking to potential international students in their home countries.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Ferrari
I worked with Jurist, a high quality lithographer to produce this invitation for a Ferrari driving experience, sponsored by Altria. With inspiration from the event's setting in the Adirondack Mountains I created an unusual multi-fold format with a die-cut car, designed to continually reveal new imagery and information as the user opened the package.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Tidbit
Every effective team shares information from critical memos to lol-cat photos. Tidbit is a communications product, developed by Bureau Blank, making sharing simple and useful with a low-profile interface to take the weight off your email. I designed the Tidbit identity, a playful origami frog, inspired by the tidbits of information hopping from screen to screen.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
ClearPlus Identity
ClearPlus is a windshield wiper company who manufacture, distribute and sell their own products internationally. ClearPlus were ready for a brand update to match their growth and, beginning with their identity, I went on to design a full suite of packaging, their website, sales materials, trade booth and stationery.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
ClearPlus Packaging
After establishing their identity and brand guidelines, I designed the packaging for ClearPlus’s complete program of windshield wiper blades to fit most vehicles and conditions.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Legacy Cleaning
Silent Giant Productions is film production company based in New York City and Los Angeles. I designed the poster, promotional materials and credits for their award-winning short film Legacy Cleaning.
Jersey City Medical Center
I designed print and email communications materials for Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC) and the Liberty Health Foundation.
Created at HARRISON RAND
Michilli
Michilli Inc. provides high quality construction services to clients in the commercial, retail and residential sectors. I created designs for their website, promotional materials and sub-brands.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Designed with Alison Chan and Leah Pincsak.
Heriot Watt University
These images were created as part of a branding pitch for Heriot-Watt University, one of Britain’s top universities for business and industry. With the largest international student cohort of any Scottish university and a curriculum focused on dealing with world issues, we identified the importance of marketing their ‘global’ credentials. I created the concept of a visual language where the ‘swooshes’ would construct a central globe and while ultimately an alternative design was adopted, my Distinctly Global copy writing was successfully integrated across all their marketing materials.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Stephen Duncan Photography
Stephen Duncan is an acclaimed wedding photographer based in the South of England. I understood that when you select a wedding photographer you're placing a lot of trust in someone capturing your big day in a professional and timeless manner. It was these qualities, along with Stephen's mantra of 'relaxed, informal and unobtrusive' I strove to incorporate when designing his identity and marketing materials.
One Year on the East Coast
This was a personal project I undertook to record my first year living on the East Coast of America. I completed a photo-a-day project before designing a book called One Year on the East Coast to collect the best images.
North American Limestone Corp.
North American Limestone Corporation (NALC) is an Indiana-based quarry producing a range of high quality crushed and fine grind limestone products. I designed a suite of packaging for these products with an emphasis on simple, stand-out branding and clear identification.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
The International Office
This guide was created for The University of Edinburgh's International Office which supports staff and students from outside the UK. The design was inspired by flight tags and airport signage.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Shelter
Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity, works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. The Time to Get a Move In promotion, which I also named, ran at summer festivals to raise awareness of homelessness, while the Advice Online campaign focussed on directing service users to the Shelter website.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Poppyscotland
Poppyscotland is a veterans charity supporting ex-Servicemen and women and their families. I have designed a number of documents, advertisements and identities to support their campaigns which raise over £2 million each year. I have also created a series of communication materials and newsletters for Veterans Scotland, an association related to Poppyscotland who bring branches of the veterans' community together.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Snacks After Swimming
Snacks After Swimming is an anthology of the best new creative writing in Scotland I designed with Alison Pert. Complete with a photo essay, the book was initiated by The University of Glasgow in conjunction with their Creative Writing course.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Designed with Alison Pert
Wedding Stationery
This is a bit of a self-indulgent one; the wedding stationery I created when Lynne and I tied the knot. It featured our initials locking together in a heart shape.
Killing The Messenger
I designed the cover for Killing the Messenger, a political thriller by award-winning author, Christopher Wallace.
Created at FREIGHT BOOKS
The Opportunity Agenda
The Opportunity Agenda is a national public interest organization dedicated to expanding equal opportunity for all Americans. Vision, Values and Voice is their social justice communications toolkit, designed to guide advocates through the process of creating a compelling narrative. Infused with comic book references, the website features Helvetika Bold, a superhero with the powerful ability to communicate effectively.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Designed with Allegra Fisher. Built by Diego Lorenzo and Kristofer Hoyos.
Platform
Platform is Glasgow’s most aspirational venue for the arts. These quarterly What's On guides, designed with Craig Bickett, feature abstract shapes inspired by the architecture of the building.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Designed with Craig Bickett
Hansel and Gretel
These promotional materials were designed for Hansel and Gretel, produced by Catherine Wheels, an award-winning and internationally touring children’s theatre company.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
New York Cares
New York Cares is the city's largest volunteer management organization. As they planned improvements to their website, I facilitated UX workshops, established wireframes, designed their pattern library, and delivered mockups for their home page, search pages, and volunteer profiles.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Built by New York Cares.
Cities of Service
Cities of Service is a coalition of approximately 200 cities across the United States and around the world committed to volunteer service. The organization grew quickly while incubated at Bloomberg Philanthropies. I designed their identity, website, printed publications and promotional material. Through stakeholder interviews, UX workshops and digital strategy we were able to take their website from concept to production in less than six weeks.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Precious Cargo
Precious Cargo is a Cultural Olympiad event run by Bradford Museums. The identity and designs, referencing objects in their collections from around the world, were applied to promotional items across a number of exhibitions to attract a young audience.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society promotes awareness of the architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. I designed a suite of literature and a visual language to carry forward the Mackintosh brand, targeting two distinct markets in tourism and investors.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
World Cup Gymnastics
These concept visuals were presented to Glasgow Life for the Gymnastics World Cup. The designs were eventually unused but it was an interesting project to work on.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
Scottish Athletics Senior National Championships
I designed the identity and marketing materials for the Scottish Athletics Senior National Championships event.
Created at FREIGHT DESIGN
An American Road Trip
These designs were created as part of a personal project, collecting images from a road trip through the American Southwest in a photobook.
MeatJar
I designed the identity for MeatJar, a proposed gourmet burger restaurant in Glasgow.
Kizzy Star
I created an identity for Kizzy Star, a powerpop band signed to the indie label Flowers in the Dustbin.
CrowdTwist
CrowdTwist is an industry-leading provider of loyalty and analytics solutions. We created a series of ads to promote their loyalty reward programs.
Created at BUREAU BLANK
Designed with Allegra Fisher and Adrian Hopkins
Silent Sherpa
Silent Sherpa is an Apple Watch app concept for hikers I created while studying User Experience Design at General Assembly. Through user research I defined a persona who hiked in order to avoid technology so directions had to be delivered in the most unobtrusive manner.
NYU Millennium in Motion
New York University is one of the largest private universities in America. With over 40,000 students attending 18 schools and colleges in five continents, the past fifteen years in particular have seen NYU experience an unprecedented trajectory of excellence. I designed the Millennium in Motion website to showcase these achievements as they move into a new era.