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Is a one day multidisciplinary creative lecture with an incredible lineup at LA’s most breathtaking venue imaginable. A full day of creative inspiration and discussion followed by cocktails and music with sensational views of the city lights below.

The Speakers . . .


Shepard Fairey - Obey giant artist
Joshua Davis - Crazy actionscript master and a pioneer in the digital design world
Phunk Studio - 4 kick ass illustration designers from Singapore
Michael C. Place - London based designer, very minimal style
Michael Muller - Kick asss photographer from LA shoot mostly for the Studios and main stream bands
Matt Owens & Mark Owens - 2 Brothers from LA & NYC - Mark graduated from Yale with a design degree, stoopid smart kid
The Mill - The best visual effects artist out there. They work for clients like Sony, Nike, and Honda

The Venue

The Getty Center
As the flagship museum of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the largest arts endowment in history, the Getty Center sits atop the hills of LA with sweeping views of the entire Los Angeles basin from the mountains on one side to the pacific ocean on the other.


Here are some photos i took on the trip . . .

Here is some video of phunk studio. . .

It was a blast and a great creative recharge. I also got to see some family on this trip

Hello . . . Everyone loves tee shirts! I designed this tee shirt just for the ladies, in honor of Keri & Jenni at Twirl Boutique. They handed out these shirts to everyone in attendance at their 3rd year anniversary party.

I printed these stickers, thanks to bluemedia, and stuck them on each of the shirts. I only printed 120 of these. So if you want one, let me know.



Here's a mockup of the shirts. My next post will be actual photos.

One of my first clients ever! Jenni & Keri threw a little party in celebration of their 3 years being in business.

Consumers were invited to create their own designs for a pepsi can. Top designs, as determined by an in-house panel, were posted online where consumers voted the final winner. My only limitations were to use the 6 can colors and to keep the pepsi logo in the same place. I don't normally take the time to do things like this but I made a little time and busted out some designs. I've designed 10 or more products and packaging for the beverage industry, so I felt like I had a good chance .

Pepsi says the campaign is the result of an extensive global youth trends study which showed that young people embrace change and love personalization. To meet that desire for change, the company plans to change the design of the can 35 times this year. Another recent campaign had consumers design a billboard for the company, which is currently running in Times Square.

The winning design will be used on 500 million Pepsi cans. and get $10,000.

My designs weren't chosen as a finalist so now my ideas are given to pepsi for free . . . oh well.

The Prisma Award Show, which takes place every other year, recognizes excellence in graphic design work from throughout Arizona. Winning entries will be published in the 2007 Prisma Award publication and displayed at the Award Reception AIGA is the premier trade association for communication design professionals, with more than 16,000 members in over 40 states and 80 students nationwide.

This years awards night and dinner were held at the Phoenix Art Museum.