This is the video we produced for our fall sales conference.

3form – Building a Brand from Jeff Bates on Vimeo.

Role: Storyboard/Art Direction; Design and photography, Galen Leith, Adam Deleeuw, Analisa Estrada; Videographer: Cory Lesuer

3form is holding our 7th Annual Greenweek – the week each year when we focus our attention and reflect as an entire company on the environment and our collective environmental performance. Every year we develop a logo and campaign promoting the new goals and activities.
Role: Art Director/Designer; Designers: Jared Hahne, Travis Purrington, Galen Leith, Analisa Estrada, Arlo Vance.

3form packaging wins an AIGA 100 Show Copper Ingot.

The Salt Lake City chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design is pleased to announce the 2010 AIGA 100 Show Winners. The 100 Show, this region’s most prestigious juried competition, honors and showcases the year’s best design, advertising and digital media. Of the 100 pieces selected, only 10 are awarded the coveted Copper Ingot, one of the most sought after communication awards in the Intermountain West.

We happened to have a family vacation to DC the same weekend as the Rally to Restore Sanity. Of course I needed a sign. Lots of confusion, but for the few graphic designers we ran into, it was worth it.

Sometimes Ben at The Mandate Press has room on print jobs to add an extra card. The specs were black, plus a blind deboss, but I only had 15 minutes to send him artwork. What I’m going to do with 500 cards I’m not sure, but they always do a great job printing.

And the always awesome, American Psycho Business card scene.

Logo design and illustration for kado, a high-end business specializing in flowers for weddings and events.

My wife Brenna is starting another flower shop, she took over a franchise location called Flowerama. It was an established shop with a cheesy name. She’s pregnant right now and was convinced she was having a girl. Her name for the girl was going to be Pearl. Well she’s having a boy but she got to name her new shop Blooming Pearl.

As a designer I should love working on logos, but without enough time they can be a struggle for me. My original concept was a pair of hands that look like petals holding a pearl, presenting as a gift. Below are the final 2 versions.

I think we’ll go with the top version. The store has a big horizontal awning that we’re reusing.

This is the card I designed for my wife Brenna, a floral designer. It was printed by my friend Ben at The Mandate Press in SLC. The cool thing is, he posted these photos on his Flikr page and this card is now on like 10 different design blogs.