Joe Alterman - Comin' Home to You (album art)

on bikes

everything's better on bikes! new non-profit that organizes group rides to raise money for charity. they also collect used bikes to donate to less fortunate children.

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shirt for their breast cancer awareness ride.

deputy pale ale

labels for a friend's homebrew.

v2.0


v1.0

AJFF press kit

the film festival wanted to give potential sponsors a preview of what they'd be a part of if they signed on for a sponsorship, so we used the familiar look of movie previews for the folder, and tried to organize the information & stats on the inside as more of an infographic than just plain copy.

folder front


inside info

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

For the past 4 years, we have created parody posters to advertise the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. While these aren't the actual films that play at the festival, they've done a good job of telling the public what the festival was about. Great films with a Jewish twist. Here are a few of my favorites. Click to enlarge.

happy valentine's day!

wit 2010 holiday e-card

do you love the earth as much as we do? click to enlarge.

unisource paper sample book

unisource makes fine printing papers for the commercial printing and publishing industries. the task: create a brochure that captures how images and color bounce off the page. theme: racquet sports. advantage, unisource.

piano joe

one of my sister's besties is a fantastic jazz musician. seriously, check out his tunes at www.joealtermanmusic.com. hes such a nice guy and always entertains me when they come to visit, and i thought a logo for him would be a fun project. i saw a picture of him playing and noticed how his leg would make a saul bass-ish L, and the rest just came naturally. the piano keys below were another branding element i thought he could use in conjunction with the logo.

jews & baseball film poster

This documentary celebrates the contributions of Jewish major leaguers and the special meaning that baseball has had in the lives of American Jews.

square feet studiots

an architecture firm known for its attention to detail down to the square foot, needed increased name recognition; a collateral system that measures 12" x 12" seemed the perfect fit.

corey smith :: new tour poster

updated tour poster for corey smith. i love the "thanks, come again" at the bottom - corey's team lets me have fun.

holiday cards, take 2.

wit's holiday card. same flipping concept as mine, but dipped in the wit sauce. thanks again to Amanda (of Alee&Press) for helping me print!

holiday cards, take 1.

every quarter i assign my students (at the circus) the same final project: create a new product or service that solves a problem in your life. well, a big problem in my life is that since half of my family is jewish and half is christian, i have to make/get 2 different holiday cards. but not this year.... introducing the holiday card that works for both! just check the box for the appropriate holiday for each receiver and you're good to go.



i've been trying to push the idea of non-digital interactivity to my students and i think these do a good job of getting that across. engage your audience, make them experience design.

i'm thinking about pre-coloring in ones for the old folks, and including colored pencils for the families with kids. the original concept was to just send them out with an X in the box by the appropriate holiday.

thoughts?

oh and a special thanks to Alee&Press for helping me print this weekend. my first letterpress project!



oh, and stay tuned for a slightly different version of this card being printed on wednesday!

also stay tuned for better photos of these cards!

my personal site, take 74

for the past few years i've been promising myself a new website, but i keep changing my mind on what i want it to be. branding yourself is hard! i am my own worst client! minimalist, maximalist, let the work speak for itself or let the site be its own piece? i can never decide. but i was feeling girlie this weekend and looking at old barbie dolls and vintage pics of my grandma and this is just another direction that i will probably abandon. or maybe not.

mustard squid

i had some leftover mustard after i finished my corndog.

architecturally speaking

still working on this, but welcome any thoughts/comments/critique. copy still may change, so haven't perfected the type just yet.

automatic improv: ad concepts

so they're changing the name to automatic improv, which i think makes more sense. here's an idea for a poster/ad. if needbe, additional copy can go in bottom right. thoughts?

mike doughty: sad man happy man

mike doughty (maybe you know him from his soul coughing days?) is one of my favorite songwriters. he's on tour right now to promote his new album, sad man, happy man.

check him out: mikedoughty.com

automatic theatre: logo

automatic theatre is an ever-expanding group of improvisors in atlanta. its all about connecting people who have an interest in improv and seeing what kind of energy explodes onstage. logo successful?