Graphic design by Ricky Irvine
Fliers/Posters.
Transit in Louisville is a hot topic. These are a flier and a poster series for gatherings discussing the matter. The Car-Free Happy Hour is a 9x12" print which is turning into a regular redo. I like this kind of work because I get to continually refine things.
The mark for Whitaker was made with simplicity and flexibility in mind for different applications, such as if the mark would be pressed into manufactured parts for off-road vehicles. The background shape can be left out, and the lower text — "off-road engineering" — can also be left out, all while maintaining an identifiable brand.
IntegraData's mark was a typographic maturing of a homemade identity the business had been using.
The style for "CFO for Hire" was developed during a business card redesign. Jim had been using the slogan, but wanted to turn it into something he could brand his documents with.
Magazine/Newsletter. 8.5x11".
Travelogue is an internal publication of Sojourn Community Church here in Louisville. I've been working on it since 2006, and it's been a sort of "sandbox" for me in editorial design, with each issue showing maturity and refinement. Over the years I've worked with several editors and contributing writers and artists.
These were once published bi-monthly, though now quarterly. They were printed and assembled in-house on the color copier.
Booklets. 5.5x8.5".
Booklets. 5.5x8.5".
Booklet. 5.5x8.5".
Booklet. 8.5x8.5".
Booklet. 8.5x8.5".
Wall calendar. 6.25x6.25".
This was a wall calendar printed 2-color with duotone photographs. The photos were taken by members of the church. It was during this time I was using Myriad and Bodoni for almost everything. That's about the only way to really get to know a typeface, though. And it's clear, here, that I was still at the beginning of learning about typographic boundaries. (Although I think the type on the image for February, directly above, is quite nice.)
Trifold brochure. Left: outside. Right: inside.
Trifold brochure. Left: outside. Right: inside.
Weekly flier/bulletin. 4.25x11".
Before Travelogue was invented, and long before Sojourn had a decent website, we made these every week and handed them out. We never figured out what to call these, but I guess you could say they were bulletins. One side was reserved for text (top right) and the other side for artwork. Artwork was contributed by a few different folks (all above are some of mine). I'd go down to Kinko's and print off a bunch of them on cardstock, cut them down, and then run them to the church, sometimes just barely in time for services.
Booklet. 8.5x5.5".
After having put together so many of these books for Sojourn (which I enjoy doing), I decided to recruit my friend Tyler Deeb to do something different with the cover art. This book is like rule book for parents making use of the nursery at the church, so the kids letter blocks design was pretty clever. There are different colors for each of Sojourn's growing campuses. Tyler did a good job with this. It has everything a parent might want to know. Plus it's got escape routes.
CD package.
I think this was my first design collaboration with Tyler Deeb. He created the artwork, and then I worked on the overall layout and typography.
Brochure. 5.5x9".
Here's another Tyler Deeb collaboration. This time he came to me. He had the entire thing laid out, and asked me to take a stab at refining it. And so I did. In the end, it seems a perfect blend of each our aesthetics and what the client was trying to squeeze out of us. In the top image, the third quadrant (from left) is the cover. The bottom image is the entire inside, spread open.
Poster. 16x23".
When Ron Whitehead gave me all the text and artwork for this poster, I probably thought he was kidding. But he wasn't. I managed to get it all in there, and in an interesting ordered hierarchy. We also turned this same design into an 8x10' banner for the event, which was erected as a backdrop on the stage.
