Year: 2001

I’m thinking about going to the USCA croquet school for 3 days in Florida at the brand new USCA headquarters.Anyone interested in going? Let me know at: [email][email protected][/email] 1. 3 days of instruction (18 hours)2. Use of all necessary equipment3.…

While riding the bus this morning, I saw someone reading a book with an odd book cover. It made me think, if I was reading that book, I would put a cover over it. Then that reminded me of when…

I just created a new yahoo email group called “Matt’s Link of the Week”. You can join at:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkOfTheWeek/join. This week’s link:Aluminum Foil Deflector BeanieKeep out the martian rays and intercept enemy intelligencehttp://zapatopi.net/afdb.html And the bonus question:Do you believe in aliens?

I just bought a book, “Bowling Alone” by Robert D. Putnam. It looks like to be a very good book. You can buy the book too, and we can discuss it. (just shoot me an email at: [email][email protected][/email] to let…

Here’s a neat email that I just got: Last night on NBC it was reported that 81% of Americans want restraint. Perhaps this suggestion is what they have been waiting to appear! A military response, particularly an attack on Afghanistan,…

go to the link on this page for Mr. T on art.Mr. T: The Toughest Sounds In The Worldhttp://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/9540/mrsound.html

Yahoo! Sports: MLB – 2001 Pennant Watch

Amazing, I found a site that has Mr. T, croquet, and Mr. Potato Head all mentioned on one page!!! And here’s one with: Mr. T, croquet, and duct tape

I was taking my normal lunch today by myself. Which for a long time, I have greatly enjoyed sitting down and reading a book or magazine. But today I was thinking about how lunch used to be so different in…

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk

Extreme croquet club in the Chicagoland area that is like 19th century meets WWE. Croquet has a rich history of being an extreme sport in the late 1800’s. This site plays on rich decorative elements and has a lot funny…

FluentMedia, the content solution from Tribune Company, delivers strategic information from the world’s premier news organizations directly to your intranet, extranet and public websites. Client: FluentMedia

Insider Trading is one of Tribune Media Service’s columns. It provides information about how CEO’s stock portfolios. I developed a “James Bondish” look for this folder. The glass-looking cover implies how this column allows you to look inside this confidential…

Every year Tribune Media Services has a campaign to raise money for United Way. In 2000, the theme is Sweet Taste of Success. View the other pieces in the campaign.

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk

The Dear Pharmacist column gives a weekly dose of pharmaceutical, herbal and nutritional advice. The design of this sheet has a pharmaceutical quality, yet it also brings in the soothing, calm, down-to-earth feeling that Suzy Cohen brings to her column.…

Brochure of all TMS comic and game properties. The Inside spread is categorized into three categories, yet retains an overall unity. Taking many different elements and making them work together through photoshop collages. Fonts: Comix, Dom Casual, ITC Century Front:…

A new puzzle syndicated in newspapers picking up from popular board game, Scrabble. I picked up the look from the Deluxe Scrabble box. However, I didn’t have the source files from that, so I recreated the aged look using an…

The challenge: to include lots of different comic strip images into one ad. In previous years, designers had put each comic into its own box, isolating them. I wanted to create unity with our comics, and it also establishes a…

A weekly html email newsletter sent out to newspapers editors that allows editors to sample the top commentators every week. There was a lot of different content and information to fit into this newsletter, so a strong separation of content…

The Dear Pharmacist column gives a weekly dose of pharmaceutical, herbal and nutritional advice. Client: Tribune Media Services: News & Features department Fonts: Adobe Jenson (Adobe Jenson has some great classic swooshes, as seen in the “RPh” that give this…

Sell sheet for the Jumble Crosswords puzzle. This sheet focuses on how David Hoyt, creator of Jumble Crosswords, infuses his personality into the puzzle. Illustrations are by me. Client: Tribune Media Services: News & Features department Font: Futura Back:

A division of Tribune Media Services, TMS Campus. TMS Campus distributes content to college and high school newspapers. College Press and Campus PR are services of TMS Campus.

Every year Tribune Media Services has a campaign to raise money for United Way. In 2001, the theme is That Seventies Campaign. The company was assigned into twelve teams, each with a 70’s theme team name. To view the illustrations,…

Every year Tribune Media Services has a campaign to raise money for United Way. In 2001, the theme is That Seventies Campaign.

Illustration for GE cell phone accessories. Appears in direct mail.

Freelance illustration for Rubbermaid. They wanted a big fat heavy football player sitting on top of a rubbermaid container.