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Selected Work

Five bodies of work from the branding and identity side of Aritsu. Each rail scrolls horizontally — drag it, swipe it, or use the arrows and the left and right keys.

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01 — Royal Chateau Hall

Royal Chateau Hall

A banquet hall in Rosedale, NY serving Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. The crest had to hold at the size of an embossed invitation and at the size of a building sign, and the site had to sell a room to someone planning the biggest day of their year.

Scope — Logo · Website · Brochure and document templates · Social management · Photography

Royal Chateau Hall website homepage showing the ballroom
01Website — ballroom hero
Royal Chateau Hall crest logo
02Crest — primary lockup
Royal Chateau Hall crest in grey
03Crest — greyscale
Royal Chateau Hall crest in maroon
04Crest — maroon
Royal Chateau Hall crest applied to hanging banners
05Crest — banner set
Four-fold Royal Chateau Hall brochure mockup
06Print — four-fold brochure
The Royal Chateau Hall website shown on an iMac
07Web — desktop build
Banquet interior at Royal Chateau Hall
08Venue — banquet interior
Royal Chateau Hall banquet hall under pink uplighting
09Venue — pink uplight
Royal Chateau Hall drape backdrop dressed for an event
10Venue — drape backdrop

02 — Nike Adapt Auto Max

Nike Adapt Auto Max

Product photography for an auto-lacing silhouette. Shot on a dark backdrop with a hard key light, then worked through accessory, packaging and material detail so the set could carry a launch on its own.

Scope — Product photography · Art direction · Retouching

Sneaker side detail photographed on a dark backdrop
01Side profile detail
Sneaker photographed on a white sweep
02On the white sweep
A pair of sneakers set against a skyline panel
03Pair — skyline panel
Sneaker on a newspaper set build
04Newspaper set
Nike Adapt Auto Max under hard key light on a dark backdrop
05Adapt Auto Max — key light
Nike Adapt Auto Max photographed on a dark backdrop
06Adapt Auto Max — studio frame
Nike Adapt Auto Max photographed on a dark backdrop
07Adapt Auto Max — studio frame
Custom newsprint-wrapped sneaker on a dark backdrop
08Newsprint custom
Close detail of a sneaker tongue and lacing
09Tongue and lace detail
Macro detail of a suede sneaker upper
10Suede macro
Nike Adapt Auto Max under hard key light on a dark backdrop
11Adapt Auto Max — key light
Nike Adapt Auto Max photographed on a dark backdrop
12Adapt Auto Max — studio frame
Nike Adapt Auto Max photographed on a dark backdrop
13Adapt Auto Max — studio frame
Nike Adapt Auto Max under hard key light on a dark backdrop
14Adapt Auto Max — key light
Nike Adapt Auto Max shot upright on a dark backdrop
15Adapt Auto Max — upright

03 — 1 Fine Hour Productions

1 Fine Hour Productions

Identity work built as a blue and black colour study — one saturated blue against a black ground, tested through the mark, a numeral lockup and printed collateral.

Scope — Identity · Colour study · Print collateral

1 Fine Hour Productions tent card brochure mockup
01Tent card brochure
1 Fine Hour Productions logo in white on black
02Mark — white on black
1 Fine Hour Productions poster with a large numeral lockup
03Poster — numeral lockup
1 Fine Hour Productions logo in blue on white
04Mark — blue on white

04 — Client Identities

Client Identities

Logos, packaging, apparel and campaign work made across a long list of clients: Christi Alonzo, Lotus La Vie, Minty Z, Menya, Cacicat, Loud Project and others. Forty pieces, in the order they read best.

Scope — Identity · Packaging · Apparel · Web · Campaign

Minty Z circle logo
01Minty Z — circle logo
Lotus La Vie brand board showing mark, palette and type
02Lotus La Vie — brand board
Lotus La Vie logo in white on black
03Lotus La Vie — on black
Lotus La Vie logo on white
04Lotus La Vie — on white
Lotus La Vie logo at large size
05Lotus La Vie — large mark
Loud Project logo
06Loud Project — logo
Loud Project logo variant
07Loud Project — variant
Oragami paper plane logo
08Oragami — paper plane
Almost Righteous wordmark
09Almost Righteous — wordmark
Infinite client logo
10Infinite — client logo
7 Dollars and a Dream mark
117 Dollars and a Dream
Nevz wordmark
12Nevz — wordmark
Saisei logo presentation board
13Saisei — presentation board
Barber logo built from scissors and a comb
14Barber — scissors and comb
Barber monogram built from scissors and a comb
15Barber — monogram
The Menya Sandaime website
16Menya Sandaime — website
The Beauty By Madii website
17Beauty By Madii — website
Enuthings Possible product shot
18Enuthings Possible — product
Custom pink Air Force 1 sneaker
19Air Force 1 — pink custom
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
20Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
21Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
22Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
23Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
24Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
25Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
26Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
27Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
28Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
29Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
30Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
31Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
32Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
33Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
34Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
35Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
36Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
37Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
38Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
39Christi Alonzo — apparel
Christi Alonzo apparel photographed for the brand
40Christi Alonzo — apparel

05 — Illustration

Illustration

Illustration and graphic art treated as work in its own right rather than decoration for something else — characters, marks and hand-drawn type that clients commission on their own terms.

Scope — Illustration · Character design · Graphic art

Death to Hypebeast illustration of a brain
01Death to Hypebeast
SaiSei wave mark drawn in black
02SaiSei — wave mark
Brushed cross illustration reading LOVED
03LOVED — brushed cross
The Aritsu bumble bee character illustration
04Aritsu — bumble bee