Monthly Archives: January 2009

Busy with The Dapper Cap…


I’ve finished up the front illustration w/type treatment for the latest Dapper flyer. This one is to promote a series of thursday evening DJ events that will run through the winter. We’re bringing in DJs to spin on thursday nights from 5-9pm. We’ll have beer from Widmer Bros. to lubricate the evening. There are sales up to 50% off on most of the hats in the shop. Come by this thursday and grab a beer with the Dapper crew, including myself. Try on some hats perhaps. More details to come.


I’ve been working with The Dapper Cap for about four months total now. It’s been a valuable experience, developing a brand from scratch and then continuing to develop it. In my past branding experiences, I’ve handed the brand off to another designer at the end. With The Dapper Cap I am the art director, so I can continue to evolve the brand with each new piece of collateral. In the beginning, I designed the identity with flexibility in mind. Quite frankly a brand needs to be flexible in order to survive avoid the economic grim reaper. I picked our colors and logo to be distinct. A brand should be recognizable even without the logo present. In short, I know that year from now when I’m well into my career, I’ll look back on The Dapper Cap identity and be proud of the work I produced.

Clear skies ahead…


It’s been a busy month so far. Halfway through and I’m moved into my new place. I’ve been transferring my studio across town, working on Dapper Cap stuff most of the time. Stressful to say the least. On top of the first move I’ve done in over three year, I’m stricken with that terrible cold that’s going around town. Cut&Paste is coming up very soon, March 7th exactly. I’ve been designing the collateral for the Portland competition. Postcards should be hitting the streets very soon. I’m also finishing up this flyer design for the Dapper Cap’s series of DJ nights. Good times for sure.

Wood & Chrome…

Apologies for the lack of updates over the past week. It’s been a busy one, with the holiday falling right in the middle of things. On top of work, Sarah and I have been moving into our new place up in North Portland. It’s been quite a task getting our belongings moved across town. I’m having trouble sorting through all of my stuff.

We now have significantly more space to stretch out in. It’s quite a relief to get out of studio apartments into a spacious two-bedroom flat. We’ve been combing Craigslist and the local thrift stores for furniture finds. There’s a lot of space to fill, but we’ve settled on a design concept to guide us. Our motif is wood & chrome. Anything that doesn’t vibe with this gets the boot. Just today I went to the William Temple House thrift store on NW Glisan and found three of these beautiful mid-century dining chairs for a total of $24. There are some amazing pieces out there for the price of a song.

A continuous source of inspiration is Apartment Therapy. It’s a site that documents real folks’ living spaces. There are some sublime ideas to be absorbed here. The site features apartment tours of peoples’ homes. It’s totally voyeuristic and inspirational at the same time. If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m nerding out on having so much living space as a blank canvas.