Gestalt.Playlist

Want

2011-05-16T00:17:00.000-07:00

I'm looking for new luggage and love this collection done for The Darjeeling Limited.
Now if only it went into production and wasn't LV.

Toronto

2011-05-02T23:14:00.001-07:00

I could get used to this. I think I already am.

Yes. Please

2011-04-12T01:41:00.000-07:00

Finally

2011-04-08T23:07:00.001-07:00

Finally, a real website. I didn't think I would see the day.

aaronrinas.com

For Melissa

2011-04-04T18:13:00.001-07:00

Metronomy

2011-03-24T13:38:00.000-07:00

Metronomy - The Look from lorenzo fonda on Vimeo.

Check this video out. So good.

Coding is Awesome.

2011-02-07T18:15:00.001-08:00

Just Kidding.

James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream

2011-02-04T01:42:00.000-08:00

This music video is unreal. Love.

Concrete

2011-02-02T18:56:00.000-08:00

I found some awesome designs by furniture designer, Jean Willoughby. One of my favorites being this concrete cabinet.

Elevation: Review on Architecture and Design

2011-01-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

15 More Weeks

2011-01-10T23:42:00.000-08:00

15 more weeks till school is officially over.
I think this watch will be my graduation gift to myself.
Here's to hoping.

Last project of the semester!

2010-12-19T03:13:00.001-08:00

Sneak Peak.

End in Sight!

2010-12-17T01:19:00.000-08:00

Projects and the year are finally coming to an end. Hallelujah

Realist Eyewear

2010-12-10T22:55:00.000-08:00

Sneak-peak of my product design project.

That Girl

2010-12-01T02:58:00.000-08:00

I've been looking at many pictures of glasses for my product design and came across this amazing picture, found here.

Pottery

2010-11-27T02:13:00.001-08:00

Today's the last day to check out ACAD's Show and Sale. Do it. I bought this sweet pottery bowl turned candle holder. Huzzah.

Frank Stella

2010-10-23T22:25:00.001-07:00

One of the great minimalist painters.
I can't get enough of his Black Series.
Geometry at its finest.

Pattern

2010-10-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

Taking my inspiration from patterns and geometry lately.

Lights

2010-10-17T22:44:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted a row of naked light bulbs.
This sheet of plastic will have to do.

Obsession

2010-06-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

I must have these one day.

Max Huber

2010-06-14T22:04:00.000-07:00

Bought this book the other day. It's. Amazing. Can't wait for it to arrive.

BELLA ITALIA

2010-04-07T19:16:00.001-07:00

The Bella Italia casebook series is designed to showcase the products of Alessi, B&B Italia and Piaggio, as well as the overall feel of the Italian culture.

Corporate Illustrations

2010-04-06T22:25:00.000-07:00

Illustrations for Herman Miller with the theme of "Leaders in Environmental Responsibility"

Silk Screening

2010-02-27T00:06:00.001-08:00

Silk Screening. A nice change of pace from VCD.

Spring Show+Sale

2010-01-12T21:51:00.000-08:00

It's that time again! Acad's hosting the annual spring show+sale to showcase work from the talented students. Here's my poster concept for the poster contest. I wanted it to be clean and simple and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out...now let's just hope the student voters feel the same way.

Design Thinkers

2009-12-08T23:58:00.000-08:00

For our last type project of the semester we were asked to design a two color announcement poster and on-site guide book for the Design Thinkers conference in Ontario. Here's my poster and a couple of spreads.

Personal Map

2009-12-08T23:46:00.000-08:00

For our info-design class we were asked to design a personal map. For mine I decide to design a map showing the places I've been and the places I want to go. (There are way more places I want to go then are represented on the map haha)

The Lungs Of Our Planet

2009-11-13T01:19:00.000-08:00

For this project we were to design a post card with statistical facts on a certain environmental issue, mine being the rainforest. The first card appears on the front of all the cards.

Character Development

2009-10-25T03:58:00.000-07:00

Carried Away. I should really get to bed as it's 5 in the morning. That's what happens when you start a project late...you get carried away. ok that was lame. (Background images taken from the web. Not claiming it as my own)

And so it has begun...

2009-09-22T21:39:00.000-07:00

So a new school year is upon us which means I'll be posting more of my work. For this project we had to design a cube and design the info-graphics for a corresponding statistic. The country I was given was Iceland.

VueWeekly Cover Illustration

2009-08-06T17:39:00.000-07:00

Wow, first post in a while. Anyways, I was recently asked to do the cover illustration for one of Edmonton's news and entertainment papers, VueWeekly. It was kinda exciting today picking up a few copies for myself. Hopefully I'll be able to post some more stuff in the next few weeks.

Four Seasons

2009-04-25T03:56:00.000-07:00

Buffalo AirExpress Rebrand

2009-04-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

Tegan+Sara Poster

2009-04-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Milkman Poster

2009-04-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

Fred Water

2009-04-01T00:03:00.001-07:00

So I came across a blog with a post on Fred Water. I would definitely buy this at least once because of the design of the bottle. If you happen to come across these buy one and i'll pay you back.

D O I T .

Pinocchio spreads

2009-03-31T19:53:00.000-07:00

Here are the finished spreads sans color.

Student Handbook

2009-03-31T19:29:00.000-07:00

ACAD is throwing yet another contest to design the cover of the Student Handbook. The one for this year is well....

I seem to be on a wood kick lately so here's my concept for the cover.

Re: Row Houses

2009-03-31T00:14:00.001-07:00

Here's the finished illustration for my class project. There are still things I would like to tweak, but I'll do that later.

'row' houses

2009-03-24T18:11:00.000-07:00

In one of our illustration classes, we're doing an illustration on either something organic or architecture based. I decided to do architecture (of course). And this is what I came up with. I'm really happy how it's turning out and want to revisit this idea after the project is over and maybe do a series of little cityscapes on the river. (this is a rough and still needs to be refined)

Mimic a Master

2009-03-20T21:06:00.000-07:00

For this assignment we were supposed to mimic a master and I chose Tim Bower.

Bowers.

Mine.

Pinocchio 1.0

2009-03-18T01:01:00.000-07:00

Here is my cover concept for Pinocchio. It's not how I would have liked it but being me, I was under a time crunch. I'll post the other illustrations after I'm done coloring them.

Helvetica Wall Panel

2009-03-04T14:07:00.000-08:00

For some strange reason I must have this. Not for a big wall but a smaller one obviously.

Pinocchio

2009-02-24T09:36:00.000-08:00

I'll be illustrating a few pages of Pinocchio and here is a little sketch. The final illustrations will be in a different style though because this one is too cartoony. Is cartoony even a word?

15.15

2009-02-09T02:20:00.000-08:00

14.15

2009-02-09T01:30:00.001-08:00

13.15

2009-02-09T00:31:00.001-08:00

11.15

2009-02-08T22:30:00.001-08:00

10.15

2009-02-08T22:00:00.001-08:00

2.15

2009-02-05T22:49:00.000-08:00

Pointallism and Hatching.

2009-02-05T21:02:00.000-08:00

1.15 Seeing Spots

2009-02-05T20:30:00.000-08:00

15 spot illustrations. Well I've only posted one, but if all goes well you'll get to see all 15. Woo.

SPRING SHOW AND SALE!

2009-01-18T16:12:00.000-08:00

Acad is now having their Spring Show and Sale in the next little bit and here is my poster concept for the event.

Baby!

2008-12-24T00:01:00.001-08:00

One of my really good friends recently had a baby so I thought i'd designs some onesies for her. This is one of them. Woo. Oh and little Danica's name is on the back.

Pattern

2008-12-11T21:40:00.000-08:00

For our last Communication Design project we were supposed to make paper animals. I choose a crane and decided to cut this circular wave pattern for the wings. I really enjoyed cutting this pattern out of vellum and hope to explore it further in some of my own projects.

Poster Design

2008-12-06T21:17:00.000-08:00

One of our last projects in our digital technologies class was to create a poster (18x24) of our choice. I decided to design a poster for Design Within Reach showcasing some of my favorite furniture. Hopefully one day I might actually own some of these. I'm in love with this color palette as I'm sure it will show up in some of my future work. I'm still debating if I need to add more text or an additional element but I'm happy with the simplicity of this one.

HELVETICA

2008-12-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

For my typography class our assignment was to create a poster that highlighted a certain typeface and its designer. Max Miedinger and Helvetica were the obvious choice for me since it is my favorite typeface.

Still Life

2008-11-18T00:31:00.000-08:00

Yup. Back doing still lifes. So to make it the most graphic I could I chose a sweet magazine cover as my background. Forgive the blurriness my camera seems to not want to cooperate.

Cd Sleeve

2008-11-14T00:46:00.000-08:00

Currently in my Digital Technology class we were supposed to create a CD Sleeve for our digital portfolio, so I wanted to try something translucent so I went with good ol' mylar. The actual 'desired' color of the CD itself was supposed to be Pantone 809 C (a great flourscent greeny yellow) but alas I couldn't find the paper color match so instead of butchering the 809 I went with teal. All or nothing! HAHA.

Gothic Madness

2008-11-14T00:35:00.000-08:00

This project was for Typography where we were each given 3 words (cautious, playful, arouse) and we had to create a composition that represented those words all in cut paper. This project definitely made me the most stressed this year so far...could it have something to do with me and bad time management? Nah.

Dwell

2008-11-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

This project was in my Photo Illustration class where we had to shoot our own photography and recreate a magazine cover that could pass for the real thing. I of course chose Dwell.

Design Through Our Eyes

2008-11-07T12:59:00.000-08:00

Grad Show concept I presented to our graduating year at MacEwan.

Pastels!

2008-11-07T12:40:00.000-08:00

Old Lady Portrait

2008-11-07T11:15:00.000-08:00

Here's a portrait I did of a little old lady.

Graphic Designer Playing Cards

2008-11-07T10:58:00.000-08:00

For one of our illustrations class our project was to design playing cards, my theme was famous graphic designers. The designers style is shown behind their portrait.

Jack and the Beanstalk

2008-11-07T10:35:00.000-08:00

For our Interpretive Illustration class we were given the option of making an illustrative book of our choice so I chose to do a children's book. I thought cut paper would be perfect to accompany my Jack and the Beanstalk story. One day I'll actually complete this book.....one day.

Design Is My Bag

2008-11-04T00:08:00.000-08:00

My friend Jennifer Kitagawa and I designed these bags last year for our grad show. What started off as a random thought turned into reality and lucky you, they are on sale. If you are interested in them please contact me. The bags are printed on both sides, one side with the orange and the other with the green. Design could be YOUR bag...ok that was a little lame.

Blog Nog

2008-11-03T15:11:00.000-08:00

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.

Well that has nothing to do with what I'm posting about but I seriously can't wait to go home on Christmas break hence the name blog nog. Which I thought paid homage to that wonderful Christmas drink that I happen to hate.

Anyways I'm going to be posting upcoming projects and things I'm working on for your visual enjoyment. For this post I thought I'd show one of the assignments in my digital apps class where we had to replicate an object and make it as real as possible. So knowing me I chose the Eames Lounge Chair which was done solely in Illustrator.