Helen Gold 5K

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Event Identity, Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Art Direction
  • Poster Lacing

Support

  • Garret Street,
    Concept, Writer
  • Ai Osada,
    Designer
  • Craig Neuman,
    Creative Director

Note

  • 4 Addy® Awards

1,680 gold shoelaces. $30,000 for Parkinson's research.
This concept started with a simple idea and grew to become an icon for Parkinson's research in Kansas City. Participants were asked to change out their shoelaces on race day. The result was a sea of gold laces and a united fight to raise money and help find
a cure for Parkinson's disease.

Shibuya, MGM Grand Las Vegas

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Print

Project Role

  • Design
  • Information Architecture

Support

  • Ai Osada,
    Designer
  • Eric Swanson,
    Sake Sommelier
  • Craig Neuman,
    Creative Director

Note

  • Communication Arts,
    March/April 2005
  • Color: Messages and Meanings,
    PANTONE®
  • 2 Addy® Awards

Sake, categorized by region and type.
This beverage menu succinctly organizes sake sommelier Eric Swanson's extensive selection of premium sake, Japanese beer, wine and cocktails for the MGM Grand Japanese restaurant Shibuya. The binder uses a color-coded map, with detailed information about each option, which helps the customer select the perfect beverage pairing for their meal.

Center for Economic Development Law

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Brand Identity

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • David Derringer,
    Concept, Designer
  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal

Note

  • Logo Lounge 2,
    Rockport Publishing

Books, buildings and the law.
This specialty firm works with local government and private companies to help build and rebuild communities in the state of Oklahoma. The identity reflects their passion for the process and characterizes what is a majority of their work, revitalization of
small town "Main Street."

Center for Economic Development Law

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Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal
  • Joseph Mills,
    Photographer

Note

  • 1 Addy® Award

Build and rebuild: a capabilities brochure.
For the introduction of the new brand identity for the Center for Economic Development Law a capabilities brochure was executed with custom photography showcasing the attorneys with the projects they have worked so hard to grow and preserve.

Sonic Drive-In, Ranchero Salad

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Product Identity, Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design

Support

  • Casey Twenter,
    Associate Creative Director

Terra cotta, white and blue.
Sonic Drive-In, a classic quick-service restaurant, brings a Mexican inspired salad right to your car window. The blue and white tile found all over Mexico forms a distinct identity to help promote the product and stand out from the rest of the menu.

Sonic Drive-In, Junior Banana Split

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Product Identity, Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design

Support

  • Casey Twenter,
    Associate Creative Director

Note

  • Presented,
    Unpublished

A classic dessert paired with a vintage advertising sign, only smaller.
Sonic Drive-In has been around since the 50's and continues to serve it up car-side daily. A vintage flange sign became the inspired execution for this new, smaller old-fashioned treat. This concept embraces Sonic's history and uses a classic approach, paired with modern typography, to create a playful style that stands out from the rest of the menu.

Blue Bird Bistro

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Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • Robbie Knight,
    Concept, Designer
  • Nikki Pratt,
    Project Manager
  • James Holden,
    Writer

Note

  • 40/40,
    Barkley 40th Anniversary

Fresh, local, organic, updatable.
The client/owner/operator needed a frequently updatable menu that would also educate the customer on Blue Bird Bistro and everything it has to offer. The solution was an inexpensive menu system that utilizes a reusable cover paired with a Microsoft Word template. This allows the needed frequent updates and helps promote this quaint, Kansas City restaurant's fresh, local and organic cuisine.

Oklahoma League for the Blind

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Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Art Direction

Support

  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal
  • Shawn McBride,
    Writer
  • Erick Gfeller,
    Photographer

Note

  • 1 Addy® Award

People helping people helping people.
Oklahoma League for the Blind is a private non-profit organization that employs people who are blind or vision-impaired, and they generate 95% of their income as a result of these jobs. This brochure uses custom brand photography and is used to help market the company to buyers as well as donors.

Oklahoma League for the Blind

Oklahoma League for the Blind Oklahoma League for the Blind Oklahoma League for the Blind Oklahoma League for the Blind

Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Art Direction

Support

  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal
  • Shawn McBride,
    Writer
  • Erick Gfeller,
    Photographer

Selling: people helping people helping people.
Oklahoma League for the Blind is a private non-profit organization that employs people who are blind or vision-impaired, and they generate 95% of their income as a result of these jobs. Sales sheets were created using custom brand photography showing their products being made by the 100+ blind or vision-impaired workforce.

Continental Gateway Authority

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Brand Identity

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • Stacy Lane,
    Concept
  • David Derringer,
    Designer
  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal

Global trade. Local work. One billion dollar impact.
Continental Gateway Authority was created to develop an international trade-processing center along Interstate-35 in Oklahoma. This center would relieve current tension at U.S. borders and speed up secure, global trade.

taylorvalentine.com

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Digital

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Code

Note

  • XHTML,
    Valid
  • CSS,
    Valid

Taylor Valentine, one project at a time.
Valid XHTML/CSS and a touch of jQuery lay the framework for this personal portfolio website. The objective is to help gain employment and/or freelance work in the New York City area and provide an easily updatable website to organize the work.

Oklahoma Kids Count Factbook

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Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design

Support

  • David Derringer,
    Concept, Designer
  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal

Note

  • 1 Addy® Award

Children as individuals, in their families and in their neighborhoods.
This enormous fact/graph/chart-filled book is updated and published annually by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. It uses census data to provide comprehensive state and county demographic information about children in Oklahoma. Policy makers and advocates also use the book to help children where they need it most, in their own communities.

Redbud Classic

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Event Identity, Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design

Support

  • Sarah Sears,
    Principal
  • David Derringer,
    Designer

Philanthropic tradition for over 25 years.
This bike, run, walk or stroll event is anchored in a beautiful neighborhood in Oklahoma City. The Redbud Classic strongly encourages and promotes fitness, competition and philanthropy. The identity respects this tradition and pairs the existing logo with familiar imagery experienced at the annual event. The brochure folds out to a poster with all the necessary information for the 2-day, weekend tradition.

The House of Blue Leaves

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Print

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • John Bandy,
    Concept, Designer, Handwriting
  • Robbie Knight,
    Concept, Designer
  • Jason Pawley,
    Concept, Designer, Illustration

Note

  • Brass Ring Award

No die was harmed in the making of this poster.
John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves" performed by the University of Central Oklahoma Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Arts. The execution for the promotion of this dark comedy derives from a pivotal scene in the play where the main character is drawn to a tree with blue leaves. Upon closer inspection, the leaves turn out to be a flock of blue birds. For the viewer, this poster works in much the same way.

Tour Dirt

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Brand Identity

Project Role

  • Concept
  • Design
  • Presentation

Support

  • Benjamin Wygonik,
    Client

Note

  • Social Venture Startup,
    Unpublished

Gathering loose material from all over the internet.
Tour Dirt is a social networking utility for touring bands and their crew. The identity uses the typeface Avant Garde Gothic with a slight twist on the "D" to form a unique, easily recognizable icon. Tour Dirt aggregates content from various sources and delivers it to the users where they need it most, on tour.

2542 Cherry Street

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Historic Restoration

Project Role

  • General Contractor
  • Design
  • Carpentry
  • Tile
  • Property Management

Support

  • Harvey Valentine,
    Everything
  • Carol Valentine,
    Staple Extraction, Paint
  • Tann Electric,
    Sub-contractor
  • Bill Morris,
    Sub-contractor
  • Bordner,
    Sub-contractor

Note

  • National Register of Historic Places,
    2005

One hundred years and counting.
This 100 year-old English built Colonial duplex is a part of the Cherry Street Colonnades’ Historic District in Kansas City, Missouri and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A renovation was completed that included a period-specific reconstruction of one of the two fireplace mantels, and restoration of all original woodwork, floors and built-in cabinetry as well as full upgrades to the electrical and plumbing systems.