Designed for the non-profit SS United States Conservancy, which seeks to redevelop and restore the historic 1950s ocean liner, SS United States. Needs to be visually appealing and eye-catching, for use both as a fundraising tool and an awareness tool for the campaign.

This is some exploratory work for a revival of the “Biograph Billiards” bar as a modern concept in the empty restaurant space inside the Biograph, similar in scope but a smaller scale to Land & Sea Dept.’s “Game Room” in the Chicago Athletic Association.

My branding work for the Victory Gardens theater bar has taken some inspiration from the historic Art Deco motif of the Biograph Theater, incorporating the outlined lettering of the 1933 neon marquee to compliment the bar’s increasing emphasis on classic cocktails.

This logo that I created for the fledgling Chicago Lettering Club combines both a standard script and a small caps serif with ligatures.

Designed for the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago, this long-sleeved t-shirt the elevation drawing of the museum (originally the Samuel M. Nickerson Mansion) published in the Feb. 26, 1881 American Architect and Building News, and funky 19th-century style hand lettering inspired by that found in the original drawing.

Redrawing the main logo for Victory Gardens Theater also required reworking the branding for the theater’s sub-brands under its umbrella. Among these was the annual Ignition Festival of New Plays, an annual three-day event that includes staged readings of six new plays from up and coming playwrights from across the country.

Using vintage cocktail and food menus and other Cunard Line ephemera as inspiration, I created a new menu and branding for the Observation Bar, as well as a new logo for the ship itself, both with custom lettering. The menu items are also inspired by some of the drinks and food from the Queen Mary's heyday, contributing to a full experience of being on a 1930s transatlantic ocean liner.

New York-based Him & Her Theatre Company debuted a new dark comedy entitled “The Raven Doesn’t Talk”, a semi-fictionalized account of a meeting between Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Dickens in 1842. As a new play debuting at a one act theater festival, the show needed strong, eye-catching branding with a bit of a dark twist.

“The Sebastians” are a New York City-based musical ensemble specializing in music from the Baroque and Classical eras. The company is relatively young in its makeup, and emphasizes dynamism and vitality in its music. The logo was requested to reflect this vigorous side and to get away from the stiff, conservative branding usually associated with classical music.

There was not a budget for a full rebrand, so I came up with a solution that kept all of Victory Gardens’ most recognizable visual elements while making subtle changes to create a more unique look and tie in with the location.