editable forms project

I was approached by a new client who wanted to produce a package of resources he could sell to a third party to start a home and office cleaning business. The resources included forms for creating the business, finding customers, bidding on jobs, and running the business.

He had worked with one or two other designers on some of the forms, but they didn't want to tackle the pieces that needed to be customizable by the end user. That's where I stepped in. My solution was to create editable pdfs. The end user can open these pdfs in Adobe Reader and alter the copy in certain areas to reflect, for example, their company name and contact information. After customizing the editable forms, they can be printed on a home printer or taken to a copy store to be reproduced.

[pdf; finished size 8 1/2" x 11"]
[pdf; finished size 8 1/2" x 11" letterhead, #10 envelope, 2" x 3 1/2" business card]

The final product is a resource CD containing the editable forms I created, other non-editable forms from the previous designers, and a pdf index of everything on the CD. I created the index so that when the end user clicks on the name of the file in the index, that file is opened in Reader.
[pdf; finished size 8 1/2" x 11"]

hair salon product brochure

The creator of a disposable single-use shampoo basin neck pillow needed a way to advertise the product to salons. The solution was a brochure explaining the benefits of the product and ordering information. Some of the brochures were sealed closed and, with an address and a stamp, are ready to be mailed.
[printed full color, 8 1/2"x11"]

keeping it legal

I recently completed a very quick turn-around project for a local law firm. They needed an 8-page booklet overview of their services and a separate tri-fold flyer detailing what they offered to nonprofit organizations. First contact was made on a Monday, design began Tuesday, files were at the printer Friday, and the client used the 2 printed pieces in a presentation the following Friday. Whew...that's quick. I'm glad I was able to provide them with two professional products.

[printed full color, finished size 5 1/2"x8 1/2"]

[printed full color, 8 1/2"x11" tri-fold]

projects for a non-profit

Crescent Project in Indianapolis, IN, is a non-profit ministry reaching out to Muslims in the US and overseas. They hold conferences and the brochure below serves as advertising and registration for their events. Blank spaces on the outside give them the ability to use a laser printer to add in dates, times, locations, and costs for each individual conference.
[printed full color, finished size 3 1/2"x8 1/2", 14"x8 1/2" roll fold with 4 panels]

Similarly, the poster below was used to advertise the conferences with blank space at the bottom to add the specifics.
[printed full color, finished size 11"x17"]

They also attend trade shows and needed a display board as a backdrop for their booth. For this installation, the banner rolls up like a window shade for transportation and has a stand, similar to elementary school movie projector screens, to make it free standing when unrolled.
[printed full color, finished size 90"x90"]

They participated in a conference called Oasis. From an existing brochure, I developed a website that was used for information and registration leading up to the conference in 2003.

capitalizing on today's technology

How many of you are on the mailing list for a catalog or store or other business? It's a very cost-effective way to reach a lot of people. It is also environmentally-friendly, no consumables. The newsletters below could be coming to an in-box near you. On the left is Dingle House Pub & Grub and on the right is Towne Centre Square, the building where the pub is located along with other retail and business tenants.
Other projects for Towne Centre Square included a sales brochure, sent to prospective tenants, and business cards for the building investors, a group called Towne Centre Square Partners.
[printed full color, brochure 8 1/2"x11", card 3 1/2"x2"]

churches also need brochures

Low budget does not necessarily equal low quality. For a place like CHPC that needed small quantities of many different brochures for their many different events and activities, it made sense to purchase the equipment (color laser printers, folding machine, and industrial paper cutter) to produce projects in-house. The 3 8 1/2"x11" tri-fold brochures below were printed and folded on-site.

I mentioned I worked at 2 different churches. The second was Vineyard Community Church. One project from my time there was a welcome brochure featuring basic information about the church for new visitors. The Vineyard also produced some projects in-house but this one was professionally printed.

[printed full color, finished size 4 2/3"x8 1/2"]