Hilton Whistler re-branding

A spankin’ new brand for Hilton Whistler’s fine dining restaurant. The concept reinforces the exceptional food and service promise that is the Hilton hallmark, and adds a modern flair with cool fonts and colour schemes. The restaurant’s interior images were not strong, so we opted instead to focus on food photography which worked out quite well. The client is thrilled.

Editorial work for Xpat Magazine

Working on an article for the new issue of Xpat on amputees in Afghanistan. Beautifully written and hauntingly photographed. It’s an honor to be selected as the designer for this one. Stay tuned for layouts.

Crankworx ad for Decline Magazine

H.O.T. stuff for the June issue of Decline mag.

Crankworx 2007 website launch

Dirt, meet insanity. Insanity, meet dirt…. This is Kokanee Crankworx 2007. With the exceptional talents of the best in the mtb industry… Mitchell Scott, copywriter… Blake Jorgenson, photographer… Jim Budge, videographer… Gordon Quan, web developer… Crankworx 2007 officially goes online at midnight. This indeed is a site for sore eyes – dontcha dare miss it!

Crankworx 07 begins

Hang on to your shorts mtb fans, Crankworx 2007 is fueling for lift off. This year’s creative is sheer gorgessity, thanks to a serendipitous collaboration with Whistler artist, Dan Poisson. The first ad debuts in the May 2007 issue of Decline magazine … it would be a shame to ruin the surprise so for now just keep tabs on www.crankworx.com … the new site launches April 1.

More Tees

Continuing with the concept of playing off trail names in the Whistler MTB Park, here’s an idea for the run called “Devils Club”.

Concepts – Whistler Mountain Bike Park

The past month has been spent on major foundation work… concept development, research, proposals, estimates, quotes… and last but not least… creative resuscitation through gallery visits & skiing. Productive, but not much eye candy to show. That’s all about to change in the next 6 weeks with lots of cool new clients and projects coming online. Here’s one of 6 t-shirt concepts I’m working on for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park.

More Beauty from Xpat

These guys keep my soul alive. Here’s a sample of a 4-page spread on Taiwanese Opera for the “Beauty” issue out next month.

January Issue of Xpat Magazine, Taiwan

I continue to crave creative expression by designing editorial layouts for Xpat Magazine in Taiwan. The theme for January’s issue is ‘Beauty’ and I’m thrilled to be working on a feature article about street artist, Derek Mehaffy of Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by urban decay and lost, abandoned spaces, Derek’s work relies on the spontaneity of found objects. His artwork can be found in dark, dusty corners of Berlin, Tapei, Dublin and Paris. See more samples at: www.flickr.com/photos/other/. My next article for this issue is a story on the history of Taiwanese Opera. Quite a juxtaposition, but equally beautiful. Stay tuned.

Revised BC Children’s Book Award logo

The client has resurrected a previous logo concept, which I LOVE. A few small tweaks were made to “gender neutralize” our young reader, and the whole package was sent off to the Province of BC for approval. This inaugural award for Early Literacy in BC is set to launch in this March. Thanks to the BC Achievement Foundation and Turner-Riggs Workspace, both of whom are a designer’s dream client.