The Game

Game2

Game1

Series of designs for The Game, a BET Networks hit.

Being Mary Jane

Promotional materials for Being Mary Jane the movie and the series. I worked on a variety of items from the out of home to promotional mail truck and DVDs.

Gaia @ The Corcoran Gallery

Gaia is an immersive art experience that sprouted from a DC-based group of musicians, dancers and artists. Gaia invites the audience into the middle and creates an interactive experience: part concert, part nightclub, part performance art... Odds are you haven't seen anything quite like it. D'Blend has been part of Gaia, and has collaborated with Asahra Music on the overall Gaia experience. Gaia at the Corcoran Gallery presented a new canvas worth exploring. We did video projection mapping on to the first floor of the galley. This included live video mixing, with digital projections on to the Corcoran's walls and columns, using the iPad used as a wireless midi controller.

Healthcare Associations Conference 2011

D'Blend was commissioned to update the conference theme, and to modernize the overall look and feel. I directed the team at D'Blend to develop a consistent creative with progressive lines that highlighted the various topics of the conference.  We developed several marketing pieces such as the conference post-card mailer, 16 page brochure and conference handout.  

Self Mailer Booklet

Black Girls Rock 2011

Black Girls Rock , a show that airs on BET Networks and a non-profit organization that empowers African American girls and women. Among with BET Creative Services team, I develop the creative, and work on several out of home pieces as well as show's promotional materials.  

Mid-Atlantic CCDC 2011

The Mid-Atlantic CCDC provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to defend real networks from seasoned professional penetration testers; and engages participants to experiment with cutting edge technologies in a fun, educational and competitive environment. I worked on a custom Processing script to generate the graphics based on the current exercise scenario on Smart Grid Technologies. The event brand was then integrated in all giveaways, promotional items, and environmental graphics.

Frames and Pipelines

  At D'Blend , we collaborated with James Spellman from Strategic Communications to create a custom presentation to run in both, PowerPoint and Keynote. We develop a visual language for the presentation that included custom graphics, video, and animation.

20 Minute Athlete

Logo design for 20 Minute Athlete, a quick 20 minute exercise manual for the mind and body.

GAIA @ The Fridge

COLOR II: is part of an ongoing exploration of space and light. This live art + video installation was part of the Gaia DC Festival in August 2010 at the Fridge Gallery in South East Washington DC. Each sphere presented a digital biosphere, planets and stars of  the solar system. Videos, photographs and animations, filled the spheres that we controlled to play with the sound and the performances of the event.

Ilana Silverstein @ Gaia

COLOR I @ Wonder Emporium

COLOR I: is an exploration of space and light. This video installation was part of Wonder Emporium 2010. We mapped the video projections on to the surface of each cube, and mixed videos, illustrations and animations that filled the room with color.

Crowdsourced Placemaking

Neil Takemoto is the founder and CEO of Cooltown Beta Communities. His work over the last 17 years has been focused on crowdsourced placemaking, that is, sourcing crowds to create community-oriented places people love. Neil is committed toward building inspiring triple-bottom-line places to live, work, learn and play.  

I collaborated with Neil Takemoto to design a custom keynote presentation about Crowdsourced Placemaking, presented at TEDx Potomac on May 2010.

Mid-Atlantic CCDC 2010

The Mid-Atlantic CCDC provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to defend real networks from seasoned professional penetration testers; and engages participants to experiment with cutting edge technologies in a fun, educational and competitive environment.

We collaborated with Mid-Atlantic CCDC directors to design the overall experience. This included designing a custom website, blog, giveaways and promotional items.

On a Clear Night

Selective Intelligence blends lounge, jazz, neo-soul, poems that aren't quite lyrics, notes that aren't quite melodies, ideas that aren't quite arrangements, and emotions that are waiting to be songs...  

I collaborated in the design and animation for the video single release: On a Clear Night. Along with illustrator Juana Medina and project manager Juan Botero we develop a short animation and an album cover for the song.

Business Opportunity Center

I designed the logo for NOVA's BOC - Business Opportunity Center. An educational initiative that helps startups and small business. I worked with the Continuing Education department to develop an information package for the department.

О DE MARS

O De Mars, is a musical collaboration between Nicolas Laget and Fuki, from Asahra Music. Single Cover Art for iTunes made from 3600 sticky notes.

Mid-Atlantic CCDC 2009

We developed a comprehensive marketing, design and communications strategy to promote the Mid-Atlantic CCDC throughout the region. The theme for the 4th Mid-Atlantic Regional in 2009 was inspired in a retro-futuristic style. We directed and produced a 30 minute video documentary, along with on-site signage, giveaways and marketing collateral.
The Mid-Atlantic CCDC provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to defend real networks from seasoned professional penetration testers; and engages participants to experiment with cutting edge technologies in a fun, educational and competitive environment.

AYNI

AYNI is the Microorganisms Research Group at the National University of Colombia. AYNI in the quechua language means community work, mutual help and sacred reciprocity.

Northern Virginia's VITA

VITA is a coalition of libraries, faith and community-based groups, public agencies, and businesses. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program is dedicated to helping low-income individuals and families prepare their tax returns at no cost.  

At D'Blend we worked with Faifax County officials to create the identity and web presence for VITA that would allow officials to update information about tax clinics locations, as well as a knowledge base area for additional information.

Nutty Holiday Wishes

Hand cut, screen printed and sewn - D'Blend Holiday goody bag, filled with a variety of nuts (and of course a nutcracker). We wanted to give our friends, clients and neighboors something fun, edible, sharable, that would warmen up the cold winter days. We even had a new visitor befriend us because of the crazy amounts of nuts we had at the studio.

Federal Contracting

BDAG, Business Development Assistant Group, is a not-for-profit organization that assists recently arrived immigrants to start a business as their first entry to the American workforce. BDAG partners with a wide variety of organizations to provide information for small business.  

I design the branding for the 6th Annual Conference: Access to Business Success – Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses. The campaign included posters, handouts, email marketing templates, and a centralized website with up-to-date information as their main communication channel.