Iron Shoe Kumis

Kumis is a beverage widely possible in central Asia, primarily Mongolia. The goal of this project was to market this strange, exotic drink to an American audience. It's mildly alcoholic, slightly sour, and made from fermented horse milk. I hear it's delicious. I mean, look at these bottles. They look all kinds of delicious.

The remarkable taste of kumis shines brightly through in this original, unflavored variety of our classic Iron Shoe Kumis. With no flavor additives, the light body and slight sour tang are more apparent in our original variety than with any other flavor on the market today.

  

Sourced from Rainier cherries, the all-natural flavors that go into this sweet and tart variety of Iron Shoe Kumis compliment any palette. The cherry sours mix with the natural sours of kumis to bring you this bold and refreshing twist on a classic beverage.

 

Just like the fermented horse milk your grandma used to brew, this delicious variety of Iron Shoe Kumis incorporates local Kansas City grown and organically sourced blueberries to bring you back to the lazy summer afternoons of your youth.

 

Natural honeydew extract and top quality Iron Shoe Kumis come together in this delicious and refreshing beverage. The subtle sweetness of honeydew compliments the natural tartness of kumis to satisfy your thirst.

Rainbow Bradbury

(I am so sorry for that title.)

I made a thing! More specifically, I made a series of things. Even more specifically, I made a series of three posters featuring inspirational quotes from science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. And look! They line up all fancy-like!

 

The goal was to give it a 70's futurist feeling, and to that end I took heavy inspirational draws from early Atari ads. It's simple, but I'm fond of the effect.

Soy Inks

You wanted to know things about inks made from soy? Here's a poster that explains that. You can click on it to enlarge the image and read it better, if that's your thing.

I'm not sure why I made this.

Cannibal Animals

The American Royal is a livestock show, barbecue competition, and rodeo that takes place annually in Kansas City, Missouri.

I took their branding and rubbed cannibalism all over it. Because their barbecue is too good to resist is the idea.

Belly Bites

I made a dog treat box for school and it's adorable. Look at it's lickity little tongue and woobly little legs.

The paper it's sitting on is a class critique. I've been working on this project for a week or so, and this is the second iteration of this box. As you can infer from the sheer quantity of notes on the template, there will certainly be a third.

So crack open its skull and feed your pets with the innards of this adorable little doggy box! It's technically not cannibalism!

An Absurd Memory

New assignment! This is one of the first projects we as students have done for an outside client. The goal was to capture the essence of seven short plays by renowned playwright Samuel Beckett for an upcoming performance at Johnson County Community College. The plays include:

Act Without Words II: In which two people of disparate personalities are stored in sacks.

Ohio Impromptu: In which an old man reads from a cryptic tome to an old mute man.

What Where: In which there are only five left of a group of four men.

Play: In which three burial urns take turns spinning yarns.

Come and Go: In which three women sit on a bench.

Breath: In which there is breath.

Footfalls: In which a sick child either exists or does not.

Death and confusion play major roles in each performance, which is why my main graphic consists of a sightless skull. The icons overlaid on top represent imagery from the individual acts. They are loosely joined by broken, ashy lines, implying the thematic ties that necessarily join each, but only in a superficial - or broken - nature.

Bring your kids!

Type Tattoo Week! Day 7: Apply (to) Yourself

Type Tattoo Week! Day 6: Look & See

Much rougher, much less type, but I've discovered recently that I'm pretty fond of creepy tattoos.

The idea with these is that one would be applied one to each palm.

Type Tattoo Week! Day 5: Shall Pass

Did I mention that the project is to design a henna tattoo? Because that detail is important to note for this pun.

Type Tattoo Week! Day 4: Above

More tattoo motifs! The typographic focus in this one is mainly the letter spacing and thin slab serif style.

The words mean nothing but are vague enough concepts to mean quite a few things. So that's nice.