Illustration for The New York Times Op-Ed Letters page, weighing in on the risks and benefits of preventive screening tests for cancer.

Read the article here.

Art direction: Gary Fogelson

Illustration for The New York Times Op-Ed Letters page, discussing how the Democrats could revive their strategy for passing healthcare reform.

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Art direction: Leanne Shapton

Proposed identity solutions for The Green Roadway, a technology that collects solar and wind power from high-traffic interstates and plugs the energy into the local power grid.

For Public Service Bureau

Illustrations while at Print. Véronique Vienne questions the motive behind the AIGA’s removal of “American Institute of Graphic Arts” from their monicker, and Stephen Duncombe discusses the role of fantasy in advertising.

Art direction: Kristina DiMatteo

In the fall of 2006, 185 artists of various disciplines were invited to create banners displayed collectively throughout Times Square for the kickoff of the Urban Forest Project, which has since spread to other cities across the U.S. Exhibitors were asked to consider the idea of a tree to interpret an issue we felt of importance. The banners were recycled into tote bags by Jack Spade and sold at auction to raise money for mentoring programs for high school students pursing the visual arts. 

For more information, visit the project site here.

Various apparel graphics inspired by scientific diagrams, rock operas, and baseball teams from the future.

Art direction, Wilco and Spoon graphics: Peter Buchanan-Smith

In 2005, before the current financial crisis hit and the increasing U.S. deficit was a popular issue of concern, Brian Ponto and I made a quick guerilla campaign which aimed to quantify the national debt in a more tangible way for the public. 

At the time, the collected debt of the U.S. was roughly $30,000 for every citizen. We came up with a series of examples where that money could be better spent–such as paying for higher education, a down payment on a house, health care costs, etc. The ‘value’ examples were printed on one side of a dollar bill, and a reminder of the debt was stated, symbolically in red, on the opposite side. We then disseminated these discretly through our travels.

with Brian Ponto

A silkscreened poster advocating peace and an end to the war in Iraq. At the time, we presumed this could only happen if a major shift in the central workings of our government occurred from the top down. We made this in 2005.

with Brian Lightbody

Some random patterns generated using organic forms. More will be added soon.

Self-initated.