Target wanted to provide an owned brand offering to the coffee connoisseur, so COLLINS in New York was hired to create the identity. Designer Luke Hunt and I applied that identity to flavored and unflavored coffees in pouches and single serve boxes. We also hired and art directed three unique, outstanding illustrators.

Target Creative Director: David Hartman

Target ACD: Steve Jockisch

Illustrators: Tom Haugomat, Adrian Johnson, Lan Truong

Cover design for Penn State University Press.

Creative Director: Jennifer Norton

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

I worked with the great Ross Bruggink to bring single serve espresso pods to the Archer Farms brand. Utilizing the established coffee toolkit, Ross and I created packaging that helped the guest differentiate between various pour sizes and flavor intensities, in an upscale presentation.

Target Creative Director: David Hartman

Target ACD: Steve Jockisch

Identity and cover and book design for Black Rabbit Books, a publisher committed to helping reluctant readers, age 6-10, discover books. The first imprint, BOLT books, provided topics of special interest to young readers. With the success of BOLT, a new imprint, BOLT JR., was launched to attract readers 4-6 years old.

Cover and book design and layout for a book about seminal 60s rockers the Doors. The cover featured a half-tone printed over metallic silver foil, with a diecut that revealed a psychedelic portrait of the Lizard King. For Quarto Publishing Group.

Cover design and illustration for Penn State University Press.

Project 62 provides the Target guest with an opportunity to own furnishings and home accessories with the Mid-century Modern aesthetic. Partners and Spade in New York created the identity; I applied the identity to 1000 SKUs, as well as creating icons, refining color palettes, and providing product illustration.

Target Creative Director: David Hartman

Target ACD: Jesse Lynch

Designer: Laura Lamson

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

Cover design for Fortress Press, for a book about mental illness in the church.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Iowa Press.

Logotype design for employment search engine. With verified, up-to-date job listings directly from employer websites, GetWork creates a premium experience for job seekers and employers.

Client: LinkUp

Honored to design this cover for the former Michigan senator’s autobiography. I was always impressed with his passion for progressive causes, as well as his vote against the Iraq War.

Published by Wayne State University Press.

Cover design for the University of Iowa Press.

Pearson’s Candy Company created a special candy thins flavor to be sold at Costco. Shown here are some packaging concepts for that flavor, which evolved from peanut butter and pretzel to simply peanut and pretzel.

Design Director: Adam King

Agency: Marks Minneapolis

Client: Pearson’s Candy Company

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press. Spot gloss varnish on the oil drops makes them really pop.

Cover design for the University of Minnesota Press.

Bag photo: Shutterstock / Slavko Sereda

A companion piece to From Boom Bap to Trap, this coloring book highlights 30 of hip-hop’s greatest producers. Toronto artist and author Riley Wallace curates and illustrates this ode to innovative cultural expression, to which you can add your own artistic sensibility. For Kyle and Andy at Hamilcar Publications.

Target entered the grab-and-go cold brew category through the Archer Farms brand. The main design challenge was to help the guest navigate among various flavors in black coffee, lattes, and almond milk lattes.

Target Creative Director: David Hartman

Target ACD: Steve Jockisch

Being a Vikings fan as a kid, I always thought of the Lions as a tough but hapless opponent. Little did I know then that they won three NFL titles in the days of Bobby Layne and Doak Walker. This was a really fun project for author Richard Bak and the Wayne State University Press.

Cover design for the University of Minnesota Press.

Cover and interior design and layout for a book about Tarantino’s watershed hit Pulp Fiction. Quentin supplied behind-the-scenes photos from his personal collection.

A collection of book cover design for various publishers.

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Iowa Press.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Iowa Press.

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

Cover design for the University of Minnesota Press’ fall and spring catalogs.

Cover design for University of Toronto Press.

Cover design and illustration for Fortress Press. The snake art, which wraps the entire cover, was foil stamped in metallic gold.

Cover design and illustration for Milkweed Press.

Cover design for the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Cover for a memoir by Nate Cannon, conveying his journey on the path to embracing his gender identity.

I worked with designer Nick Brue to bring the successful Goodfellow menswear brand to the personal grooming category. For Target.

Target Creative Director: David Hartman

Target ACD: Steve Jockisch

Additional designers: Austin Nash

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

Jacket illustration: “With Fingers Weary and Worn,” Frank Leslie’s Sunday Magazine, vol. VII (January to June 1880), 205.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Minnesota Press.

Cover design for a book about rock critics’ coverage of Americana music. For the University of Iowa Press.

Identity and packaging for Scott Dayton’s exquisite men’s store in the Galleria, Twill.

Cover design for an autobiography of Minneapolis comedy legend Dudley Riggs. For the University of Minnesota Press.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Minnesota Press.

Cover design and illustration for Fortress Press.

Cover design for Quarto Publishing Group.

Cover design for a book about science fiction soundtracks and effects. For the University of Minnesota Press.

Design and illustration for Fortress Press.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Iowa Press.

Cover design for the University of Toronto Press.

Cover and book design and layout for a book about Frank Lloyd Wright’s lake estate in Wisconsin, Pernwern. For the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

Cover design and illustration for the University of Minnesota Press.

Cover design for the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Cover design for Quarto Publishing Group.

Cover and book design and layout for a Quarto Publishing book about Rush. Not a huge fan, but that Neil Peart, right?

Proposed cover concepts for a memoir by Rob Rufus, member of the punk band Blacklist Royals.