Northern Latitudes Distillery in Lake Leelanau, Michigan, has released its Mount Kebne Aquavit. Our label design complements the bottle whose base is contoured in the shape the spirit’s namesake peak in Sweden.
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Clements Library Centennial
The Clements Library is marking its centennial year with a logo I designed (shown on an outdoor banner) referencing the historic building’s facade and its academic focus on 18th- and 19th-century American manuscripts. Additionally I redesigned the institution’s scholarly journal, The Quarto, and developed a gallery guide for their year-long centennial exhibition.
100 Years in the Making
I was pleased to learn the centennial issue of the University of Michigan’s School of Education Magazine won a silver Addy Award from the American Advertising Federation. Shown to my left are magazine co-designer Don Hammond, writer Jeanne Hodesh, and director of communications Danielle Dimcheff. (Scroll down to view the magazine posting)
Cookbook Cameo
An eagle-eyed friend was watching the FX television series The Bear recently and spotted a cookbook I’d designed years ago in the main character’s library. The screenshot below represents Mainstreet Ventures Distinctive Recipes three seconds of fame in episode 8. The series revolves around a renowned chef who returns to Chicago after inheriting his brother’s Italian beef restaurant.
Delta 5K
I recently developed the visual identity for the Delta Scholarship Fund's annual 5K Run held in Atlanta—and virtually worldwide—in June. The modular logo, meant to suggest airport iconography, was adapted to t-shirts, race bibs, even the lanyards and medals awarded at the finish line.
It’s Founder’s Day #28
Frankel Institute Annual 2021
This is my fifth year designing the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Annual, a collection of essays written by their visiting Fellows over the previous academic year. The common topic for the recently printed, 60-page publication was “translation.”
Michigan Education
I teamed up with designer Don Hammond (Hammond Design) to produce a special issue of the University of Michigan School of Education magazine. This 68-page expanded issue was a nostalgic look back—as well as a look at what’s ahead—following the school’s centennial year.
Bedard in the Back Yard
Kinda happy with a quick cartoon I did for an upcoming backyard concert featuring Ann Arbor rockabilly guitar hero George Bedard.
Bernie’s Brandy
Bernie Rink, the curmudgeonly godfather of the northern Michigan wine industry, always wanted a brandy made from his vineyard’s grapes. When he died in 2018, his son approached the Northern Latitudes Distillery in Lake Leelanau, Michigan, to fulfill his wish. I designed the brandy’s label using a photo of Bernie in his signature flannel shirt, suspenders, and judgmental gaze.
Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts
I just completed another edition of the DIA Bulletin, the museum’s annual scholarly journal. The varied topics in this 100-page issue range from illustrated Indian poetry to Italian sculpture to colonial New England silversmithing.
Writing in Time: Emily Dickinson’s Master Hours
Designed for Amherst College Press, this 126-page, 11x11 inch softcover book offers an in-depth examination of Emily Dickinson’s mysterious “Master” letters of the mid 1800s. Actual-size reproductions, detailed transcriptions, analysis of handwriting, and gate-fold timelines attempt to place these important letters within the larger context of Dickinson’s work.
