Design Machina » Commissioned Work http://design-machina.com This would be a portfolio for front-end developer and New Orleans resident Michael Milstead. However, you'll notice that it is not. Oh, yes. Life is not quite as magical as one would expect. Truth is, the site is undergoing one or three major changes and will return quite shortly. In the meantime, enjoy (or not) my incoherent ramblings about nothing in particular. I'm no poet, be warned. Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:38:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Albemarle Corporate Folder http://design-machina.com/2010/01/albemarle-corporate-folder/ http://design-machina.com/2010/01/albemarle-corporate-folder/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:52:24 +0000 The Milstead http://design-machina.com/?p=221 Media: Folder
When: Winter 2008
Professional Work
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Albemarle is an international developer and marketer of specialty chemicals for use in pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, petroleum refining, and many other markets. Imagery and verbiage already widely used by the corporation were combined to summarize their identity and mission in one designed piece. This project was completed during my time as an intern with TiLT.

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When: Spring 2009
Professional Work
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Cajun Connections is a Louisiana-based parent company over a selection of services which each focus mainly on assisting in new employee training and rewards within certain industries. Thus, the “nurturing” aspect is more prevalent than “Cajun,” and is also a reflection of their tag line. As you can see above, “Connection” was the original choice, and the plural form was later added by the company themselves, shown in the following images.

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When: Spring 2006 – Autumn 2009
Professional Work
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Tally books are pocket notebooks that oilfield and construction workers commonly carry around at the work site and have proven to be very useful for notes and other things. For years, the standard was for the company to issue basic 2-color books to their employees sporting only their logo and occasionally some measurements or contact info.

J.W. Toups, Inc. has integrated a new full color printing process for these books, and I am sometimes requested to design a spec sample for a new client. These are a few I’ve designed over the past couple of years, showing the possibilities that full color printing can bring if the client wanted to add detailed charts or other important images to their tally book.

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When: Winter 2007
Professional / Student Work

The logo design class I was in at university (late 2007) was called upon by the department’s Ceramics Club for an identity for fliers, ads, and other printed matter. We all contributed, and my concept was eventually chosen. The logo itself is rather straightforward, as they didn’t need anything complicated, deep, or overly artsy. Familiar pottery shapes are subtracted from Nicholls’ initials, clearly and simply presenting the intent of the design.

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