The Water Design-Build Council needed an annual report and infographic that would reflect their 2005-2015 “Decade of Progress”. It was important that both the layout and content of these materials maintained WDBC brand standards, and I drew on their color palette in order to call attention to key data and copy.
In order to speak more to the theme of this particular report, it was arranged by year, in a timeline fashion, with each spread referring to a certain span of WDBC history. In addition, the cover of this report was a compilation of their design-build work over the years, and a timeline was included to show the leadership changes that were made over that time.
A companion piece was created in the form of an infographic, and it served as an eye-catching, tangible handout that WDBC could use at trade shows. By making the document legal-sized, rather than letter-size, my goal was to create a handout that quite literally sticks out from all the rest. While it did include information from the annual report, the infographic focused primarily on showcasing WDBC and encouraging readers to become new members.
I had the great opportunity to provide Redemption Church of Arnold, MD with a new logo in 2018. They were in need of something new to use on printed materials and, in particular, on their website and app.
Working with Redemption leadership, I was able to narrow in on what they were looking for. After a few rounds of logo concepts and revisions, they had settled on a geometric “R” form that I paired with bold, condensed type and a bright gradient of colors.
Comprised of everyday shapes – a triangle, a circle and rectangles – the icon is meant to be simple, yet also meaningful. The triangle itself represents the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In addition, the triangle points upwards, towards Heaven while also forming the foundation of the “R”.
As a last addition, we took one of the unused concept logos and turned it into a logo for Redemption’s Kids ministry. A short set of brand guidelines were also created, so that Redemption can share how they use their new brand within their organization.
From 2014 to 2016, I worked with the Annapolis Opera to create unique graphics for each of their individual shows in addition to the overarching theme for each season. These designs were used on banners and posters that went up around downtown Annapolis, plus postcards that were mailed out to AO members and playbills that were handed out to attendees.
Some of my favorite designs are included below, for shows like Così fan tutte, Gounod’s Faust, Cinderella: A Children’s Opera, and AO’s season-opening show Angels & Demons. My overall goal in all the designs for Annapolis Opera was to provide a cohesive, recognizable brand that could span individual production graphics. As such, I often utilized their core red color, plus a similar typographic treatment for all show titles – with exception for the children’s operas.
