Viva Gallivan

Company XIV is a New York City Neo-Baroque performance troupe fusing opera, circus, live music, over-the-top design, cross-genre, and cross-gender artisans. Productions are a truly immersive theatrical experience. Costumes are extravagant, choreography tight, light and sound design skilled, titillating senses in a plush aromatic atmosphere. Company XIV is a vaudevillian masterful virtuoso, bold in both context and humor.

Capturing the true essence of these productions is best live and a redesign of Company XIV branding must leave more than it reveals. Focusing on eyes as windows into a world accessed only by imagination, branding design simply beckons a journey; a curiosity. I chose a modern typeface (Brandon Grotesque) as the architecture merging ancient & contemporary complexes. Eyes are the focus of each piece wrapped in typeface as if eyes are the stage and font the audience in their seats. Immersion of style connecting voyeurs to performers, this branding is the white rabbit of Company XIV. Vibrant modern colors visually pop a hidden underworld of beauty accessed only through the eye calling you to feed your head.

The Project: Everett Community College 2014 Graduation Commencement. 

The Process: I began by reading EvCC's style guide and created mood boards to present to 12 board members. We narrowed it down to 3 concepts and I went back to the drawing board. I presented the 3 mock-ups to the board and we made the final choice of my geometric design that left the viewer with an element of surprise. Once I knew the cover design I began working on the tickets and announcements to meet deadlines. I used a local printer for a fast turn around, completing the project way under budget.

Fly London is a life-style brand shoe company that I rebranded from their logo to designing their website and mobile site.

I chose five famous pin-up artists to create a timeline with their lives interconnecting from their works being published by Brown & Bigelow. Brown & Bigelow is a publishing company located in St. Paul, MN. These artists worked for B&B through the various years of 1932–1960. I created each poster by collaging, painting and using typography to tell a short bibliography of the artist. Then I created packaging for the posters and the timeline to have as a set.