XMAS Card, 2015
For our annual Christmas card featuring our three dogs, I opted for a vintage circus ephemera look and feel.
Categories: Personal Projects, Print
Category Archives: Personal Projects
RadioFriend® CD Set
A unique Christmas gift for my parents, this CD set is based on my memories of their favorite songs—in the context of our family car(s) at the time, after having heard these songs regularly on the car radio growing up. I compiled the best of 1975-77 on a disc designed around our Pontiac LeMans; 1977-80 was our AMC Gremlin; and 1981-85 was the Chevy Malibu Classic. I also designed an “Extras” disc, utilizing imagery of car accessories such as vintage […]
Categories: Branding, Package Design, Personal Projects
XMAS Card, 2014
Each year, I try to design a whimsical Christmas card to share with family and friends–incorporating our dogs. For 2014, I created a 5″ x 7″ double-sided postcard featuring a vintage 8-track cassette theme.
Categories: Personal Projects, Print
Xmas Card, 2013
The 2013 edition of my annual family Christmas card. 5″ x 7″ double-sided. Inspired by the vintage concert posters of Baltimore’s legendary Globe Printing Company.
Categories: Personal Projects, Print
The Disney Trip
A personal book project I’m writing and designing for my parents, commemorating the 30th anniversary of an unlikely, all-expenses-paid Walt Disney World vacation my father won on a radio contest in 1984. Incorporating vintage Disney World design elements, the book cover literally transforms our family photo into souvenir bag art circa 1984.
Categories: Book Design, Personal Projects, Print
Laurel Historical Society
In 2012, I wrote a piece on my Lost Laurel blog, reminiscing about a haunting cold case from my home town that was approaching its 30th anniversary, and hypothesizing about what might have happened. Just talking to Prince George’s County Cold Case detectives intrigued them enough to pull the files and fast-track evidence for DNA testing, and incredibly, an arrest was actually made the following year. I gave a presentation about the case on behalf of the Laurel Historical Society, […]
Categories: Films, Museums, Personal Projects, Print
Cooper
Whenever we have a new addition to the family, I like to design and send out a special postcard announcing their arrival. This one was for Cooper, our Boston Terrier/French Bulldog mix.
Categories: Personal Projects, Print
Lost Laurel
About a year after starting my Lost Laurel blog and Facebook page, I decided to write and design a book. Organized by decade, starting with the turn of the 20th century, it’s a collection of photos that document the stores, restaurants, and other businesses of Laurel’s past. I used Kickstarter to crowdfund the printing and shipping costs, which allowed me to expand the book to 192 pages and print a limited supply of hardcover editions as well as the paperbacks […]
Categories: Book Design, Personal Projects, Print • Tags: Lost Laurel, Richard Friend
Berman Book
I’m working with historian and Laurel Leader columnist Kevin Leonard on a book that will showcase a treasure trove of vintage photos and artifacts from the personal collection of the Berman family—the visionary developers who created Laurel Shopping Center in 1956, and made many other cultural contributions. Denny Berman has donated a massive archive of materials to the Laurel Historical Society—items saved by his father Melvin and uncle Wolford Berman more than half a century ago. Kevin and I are […]
Categories: Book Design, Personal Projects, Works in Progress
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