Photography
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
About the Neighborhood
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. The Old South Pearl Street shopping district is south east of downtown Denver, between Alameda Ave. and Jewel Ave (north/south) Broadway Blvd and the Washington Park neighborhood (west/east).
Like other neighborhoods in Denver, Old South Pearl Street developed along a street car line. Over the years, the rails went away and eventually the I-25 highway was built, bisecting the neighborhood. The area we now call Old South Pearl Street is just the southern bit of the original neighborhood boundaries – from I-25 on the northern end, to Jewel Ave. on the southern end. This neighborhood is home to boutiques and restaurants. Though the business district has had its booms and slumps over the past 100 years, the area is still relatively affluent.
The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Click through the thumbnails above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it. This guide is a remake of the 2007 version.
See other Local Flavor Guides
Tags: Colorado Local First, Local Flavor Guides, Mile High Business Alliance, Old South Pearl Street, Original Local Flavor Guide
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
My Role in this Project
This is one of those fun projects that had a general outline for content, but that grew and evolved as the design developed. For example, instead of a list of highlights from the year, I thought a timeline with thumbnails would be a more interesting way to present the information. Also, since the organization’s biggest assets are its relationships and connections to other people, I decided to add a playful staff profile section–just another opportunity to say “hi! we’re actual people and not just some name on an automated phone menu somewhere.”
I created all of the staff illustrations and shot most of the photos.
You can download a pdf versions of their report here.
Tags: 2011 Annual Report, Mile High Business Alliance
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
About the Neighborhood
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. The Tennyson Street shopping district is in the Berkeley neighborhood of Denver. It is considered to be in the Denver Highlands area.
Though the Berkeley neighborhood covers a lot of ground, the Tennyson Street shopping district only runs along Tennyson Street from about W 38th Ave to W 44th Ave. This neighborhood is notable because it was the home of the original location of Elitch Gardens when it was a community botanical garden and zoological exhibit. Elitch Gardens has relocated closer to downtown, but the canopy over the old carousel still remains.
The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Click through the thumbnails above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it.
See other Local Flavor Guides
Tags: Berkeley, Colorado Local First, Denver, Denver Local Business, Local Flavor Guide, Neighborhood, Tennyson Street
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
About the Neighborhood
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. The West Wash Park neighborhood covers a large area of southeast Denver: Speer Blvd to I-25 and Broadway Blvd. to Downing St. West Wash Park is full of tiny pockets of businesses all nestled in by big stretches of residential area. The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Click through the thumbnails above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it.
See other Local Flavor Guides
Tags: Colorado, Colorado Local First, Denver, Denver Local Business, Local Flavor Guide, Map of Denver, Mile High Business Alliance, Neighborhood Guide, Washington Park, West Wash Park
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Saturday, August 20th, 2011
About the Neighborhood
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. The Cherry Creek North shopping district is southeast of downtown Denver, along Speer Blvd/1st Ave/Alameda Ave and the Cherry Creek trail. Cherry Creek is one of Denver’s most elite shopping districts and can also boast a strong saturation of locally owned businesses. The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Click through the thumbnails above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it.
See other Local Flavor Guides
Tags: Cherry Creek North, Colorado Local First, Local Flavor Guide, Mile High Business Alliance
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
About the Neighborhood
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. The Highlands Square neighborhood is just west across the river and up the hill from downtown Denver. The Highlands neighborhoods are full of beautiful homes and colorful businesses. It makes a great Saturday bike adventure from downtown. The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Click through the thumbnails above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it.
See other Local Flavor Guides
Tags: Denver, Highlands Square, Local Flavor Guide, Mile High Business Alliance, Neighborhood
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
About the Project
Colorado Local First is a public outreach campaign by the Mile High Business Alliance intended to draw attention to the decision-making process of spending money locally, first. This campaign takes different forms, the two largest being Buy Local Week and Local Flavor Guides.
My Role in this Project
Creative direction, design, illustration, photography, and copywriting
Feeling the local love and want your own schwag?
The Mile High Business Alliance has stickers and t-shirts with some of the designs. 303-872-5646.
Tags: Colorado Local First, Denver, Local First, Mile High Business Alliance
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
About the Neighborhood
Castle Pines is a small city just south of Lone Tree and north of Castle Rock, Colorado. Though the business district is nested into Safeway and King Soopers plazas, there are actually several locally-owned businesses there. There’s also a castle about 4 miles west of the business district that’s pretty interesting to see. The art direction for this guide, as always is to give a good feel of the neighborhood. You can download a pdf of the guide from MHBA’s site.
My Role in this Project
This project is part of the Local Flavor Guide series produced by the Mile High Business Alliance. I designed the overall look for the guide series and each individual guide. The images used in each guide is a combination of photography that I shot, illustrations I drew, and some stock images. Scroll through the images above to see the finished guide and the photos I took for it.
Tags: Castle Pines, Local Flavor Guide, map, Mile High Business Alliance
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