Minneapolis-based Martin Ashal was charged with the task of communicating a broad range of thermal insulating access doors, viewports and wall panels for their client, an industry-leading manufacturer. The products are used in a variety of temperature- and humidity-sensitive applications, such as medical facilities, laboratories and clean rooms. The challenge was that the products are fully customizable, designed to meet each customer’s needs.

Under the direction of the talented Austin O’Brion, I created this series of icons to differentiate the product range by panel thickness and insulating ability.

Icons illustrating a range of options for energy-saving thermal access doors, plenum walls and viewports for HVAC applications.

Concept for the kitchen of the future.

Design takes new energy in new directions. The Nheolis wind turbine generator puts a new twist on alternative energy, a sculptural icon for a sustainable future. The cutaway illustration reveals all the standard makings of a wind turbine: blades, drive shaft, gearbox, brake and generator.

Building Information Modeling is a virtual system that takes the kinks out of the real world. This illustration demonstrates the design flexibility made possible by a new generation CAD software, which gives architects the ability to manage all aspects of the design from concept to construction.
“In Living Colour,” Open Mind, 2009.

Conceptual architectural rendering of an atrium in a commercial building.

French company Nheolis manufactures a range of beautiful, compact, efficient and sculptural wind turbines. What I like about sustainable design is the constant innovation–the ongoing reassessment of the problem and development of new and unconventional solutions.

This cutaway illustration reveals the typical inner workings of a wind turbine: drive shaft, gearbox, brake and generator.

I put together this video showing my process for creating an illustration for Open Mind Magazine, reducing 15 hours of work to about two minutes. The illustration deals with Building Information Modeling (BIM), the new generation of CAD software that lets architects design the entirety of a building in one workflow.

See the final architectural illustration.

Plas-Tech is a one-stop plastic component design & manufacturing company. They came to me with a problem; their equipment enables them to manufacture virtually anything, but their customers work in very specific industries. Together we developed a package that communicates the breadth of their capabilities, as well as demonstrates specialization in their customers’ markets.

See an interactive tour of their facility and target markets in the Motion Graphics Portfolio.