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OTHERWILD

CO-FOUNDER, CURATION, ART DIRECTION + BRAND DEVELOPMENT

Co-founded OTHERWILD GOODS & SERVICES, a hybrid retail store and graphic design studio in Los Angeles, CA dedicated to design in it's many facets.

Responsible for all of our own branding, design, PR and promotional materials. This includes identity, business cards, gift certificates, packaging, advertising, and building an e-commerce website (including photographing and styling many of our one-of-a-kind items for our online store.)

Otherwild has been featured in Newsweek, the LA Times, Time Out, Daily Candy, Apartment Therapy, Racked and Bullett, among many other media outlets.

RUMOURS PARTY

FOUNDER, EVENT PLANNING, CREATIVE DIRECTION + BRAND DEVELOPMENT

RUMOURS started in a warehouse loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and quickly became one of NYC's most popular dance parties. It has been reborn in a club in Los Angeles' Chinatown, so becoming a dynamic bi-coastal dance party.  It's been written up in New York Magazine's "Reasons to Love NY" and  Daily Candy called it “Williamsburg’s infamous rave,” where “eye candy abounds.”

Conceptualized and designed both the original identity and branding of the event, including fliers, posters and logo. Responsible for all of the current promotion, design and branding.

CLOSET CASE

FOUNDER, BRANDING + APPAREL DESIGN

Closet Case is a hand screen-printed clothing and poster line of history's favorite ambiguous icons including Joan of Arc, Virginia Woolf, and even more contemporary icons like Darlene from Roseanne. Closet Case has been featured by writer Michelle Tea as well as celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on his fashion blog, CocoPerez.com. 

Order yours here. 

JESSICA LANYADOO

BRANDING, GRAPHIC DESIGN + WEB DESIGN

Identity, branding, collateral and website design for internationally respected Astrology and Psychic Medium Jessica Lanaydoo.

View website live here. 

THE THING

GRAPHIC DESIGN, CREATIVE DIRECTION + BRAND DEVELOPMENT

Graphic design, custom illustration and branding for Sundance Festival selected film The Thing by Director Rhys Ernst. Designed logo, film poster and DVD sleeve. As well as branding and promotional materials including signage, posters and brochures for the fictional roadside attraction around which the film is based.

 

 

TAROTSCOPES

CREATIVE DIRECTION, BRAND DEVELOPMENT, GRAPHIC DESIGN + WEB DESIGN

Logo, branding + identity for tarot reader/intuitive MW Tarotscopes. Collateral design included website, blog, business cards, and gift certificates.

View website here.

OTHERWILD DESIGNER VIDEO SERIES

CREATIVE DIRECTION + BRAND DEVELOPMENT

Conceptualized, curated, styled and designed all the elements of this video series in collaboration with director Rhys Ernst. The concept of the series is to showcase Otherwild's talented artists + designers in their studios, discussing their processes and explaining why they sell their goods at Otherwild. We were responsible for all of the content and execution of the series. 

FULL MOON PICKLES

BRANDING + PACKAGE DESIGN

Logo, identity and packaging for Los Angeles based Catering company Full Moon Pickles.

ZODIAC GIFT GUIDE

GRAPHIC DESIGN + CREATIVE DIRECTION

Conceptualized, curated and designed this collaboration with MW Tarotscopes. This Zodiac Holiday Gift Guide for the WORK magazine was also featured in Los Angeles I'm Yours.

SHE GONE ROGUE

TITLE DESIGN

Title and credit design for She Gone Rogue. She Gone Rogue is an experimental-narrative short film and a collaboration between performance/video artist Zackary Drucker and independent director Rhys Ernst, starring Flawless Sabrina, Holly Woodlawn & Vaginal Davis.

She Gone Rogue premiered at the Los Angeles biennial, Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LAXART.

BACK 2 SKOOL EDITORIAL

CREATIVE DIRECTION + GRAPHIC DESIGN

Otherwild curated, styled, art directed and photographed this Back to School editorial for the store. Shot on location by Marisa Suárez-Orozco in Elysian Park. 

UCLA SUMMER ART INSTITUTE

BRANDING + COLLATERAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

Collateral design for UCLA Summer Art Institute including poster, postcard, brochure + tote bags. 

SIT STAY SF

BRANDING, GRAPHIC DESIGN + WEB DESIGN

Logo, identity and branding system for San Francisco based Dog Care Company. Designed custom buttons and built website.

You can view website live here. 

FREEMAN'S SPORTING CLUB

GRAPHIC DESIGN + WEBSITE DESIGN

While working at NYC-based design studio Common Space we were commissioned to redesign the website for NYC menswear boutique Freeman's Sporting Club. I created original collages and comped up these website designs. 

 

PICOS SHOES

BRANDING + LOGO DESIGN

While at Common Space, I developed a logo for an espadrille shoe line called Picos. I was responsible for the initial sketches as well as developing the final logo implemented for the brand. 

LITTLE VICTORY

PACKAGE + APPAREL DESIGN

LP sleeve and t-shirt design for Brooklyn-based band Little Victory. 

HAPPY HOMOSEXUALITY

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Business sized letter pressed cards left behind in parks, bars, restrooms, buses, mailboxes, restaurants, etc. to promote pride and joy around San Francisco, NYC and LA.

 

MOVEMENT RESEARCH

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Brochure/Calendar design for NYC dance company Movement Research. Design + custom illustrations by Otherwild. 

IMMIGRATION BOOK COVERS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Cover for an academic book about the immigrant child's experience in the American school system. I came up with the image of a chalkboard with many different languages faded, as if partially erased, to illustrate what is lost when a child leaves their homeland and enters a new educational system.

Cover art for an academic book related to immigration in the field of writing. I combined this iconic image from an immigration street sign with newspaper text. 
 

 

OTHERWILD

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RUMOURS PARTY

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CLOSET CASE

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JESSICA LANYADOO

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THE THING

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TAROTSCOPES

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OTHERWILD DESIGNER VIDEO SERIES

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FULL MOON PICKLES

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ZODIAC GIFT GUIDE

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SHE GONE ROGUE

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BACK 2 SKOOL EDITORIAL

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UCLA SUMMER ART INSTITUTE

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SIT STAY SF

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FREEMAN'S SPORTING CLUB

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PICOS SHOES

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LITTLE VICTORY

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HAPPY HOMOSEXUALITY

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MOVEMENT RESEARCH

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IMMIGRATION BOOK COVERS

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