Illustration of a residential backyard with green features including rainwater catchment, recycled decking, recycled interlocking brick & underlay, compost bin and a manual lawnmower. For GreenBuilder Magazine, AD Edwin Malstrom.

Popular Mechanics‘ November issue featured a story on the collapse of an 86 foot tall, 406 foot long, steel and tensioned fabric football practice facility due to violent winds and faulty engineering. This story was also released in the magazine’s sophomore iPad edition. I worked with AD John Walker to illustrate what transpired to bring the structure down on top of the 70 players, coaches, staff and media inside at the time.

This was my first time creating content specifically for the iPad, but having previously produced motion & interactive illustrations for the web, the process was smooth. The results can be seen by downloading Popular Mechanics Interactive in the iTunes store and purchasing the November 2010 issue, or right here in my motion graphics portfolio.

Step-by-step animation of a Dallas Cowboys practice arena that collapsed in 60 mph microburst winds. For Popular Mechanics, print & iPad editions, November 2010.

It’s been a busy summer here, and as it comes to a close in the Pacific northwest, I look forward to sharing some of the projects I’ve completed as they roll out over the coming weeks.

Above is a small series done for San Francisco’s 7×7 magazine on the topic of tent-free camping options: lookout tower, cabin and tent-van. I want to camp in a lookout tower someday (and reenact the battle of Endor)…

It’s cold and damp in the Pacific northwest, but hopefully it’s still summer where you are. Have a great weekend!

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.