Bad Idea repellant

Another Staccato Design ho-ho-holiday mailing. We wondered if any clients would bring their Bad Idea repellant to meetings with us and threaten to use it, but no one ever did. Click to read the goofy copy.

Creative Juices

One of the most popular holiday mailings I designed while at Staccato Design. We later revised the copy to be able to use this as a new client welcome gift (not just for holidays). The "creative juice" was actually brandy.

Staccato stinky stocking stuffer

The writing by Sal Cusumano is the best thing about this Staccato Design holiday gift: a tin of kippered herring. I don't know if any of the recipients actually ate them. The bottom photo is of the mailing label.

Blizzard in New England paint by numbers

One of several holiday gifts I designed while working at Staccato in Portland. Top shows the box label, bottom shows the contents. Our goal with these projects was to stand out from the typical Christmas cards, and we hoped our somewhat goofy sense of humor would appeal to the recipients. Click to enlarge and read the copy.

Another half-baked idea from Pizzicato

Packaging for Pizzicato Gourmet Pizza's half-baked pizzas. I designed this while at Staccato Design.

Through Flaming Sword cover

A book cover design for a spiritual biography of George Fox, the founder of the Friends (Quaker) movement. This book was first published 50 years ago by Barclay Press; this is an updated edition.

118 Days book cover

A book cover for 118 Days about the Christian Peacemaker Teams hostage crisis in Iraq, edited by Tricia Gates Brown. Check it out. Endorsed by Desmond Tutu, Kathy Kelly, Daniel Berrigan and many others.

For the subtitle I used an old speech typewriter given to me by my friend David Brewer. It types in oversized text.

Long Thin Road CD

CD design I did for a Tricia Gates Brown album, with a rich, folk/americana sound. You can preview some songs here.

In These Times

Cover illustration for a CD by Bill Jolliff and Jacob Henry Jolliff. This design was inspired by the look of wood-block print posters by Hatch Show Print in Nashville, which is fitting for the Jolliff's old-time music.

Good Neighbors

This is CD packaging for Bill Jolliff and Jacob Henry Jolliff. It's a collection of old-time music, including some fine bluegrass and gospel.

Creswell CD

CD packaging for the rock band Creswell.

Shed wine

These wine label designs are for some friends of mine who make wine here in the Willamette Valley. They ended up not naming their wine Shed (imagined dialog: How is it? - To tell you the truth, it tastes like shed), but I liked the designs anyway.