This page is the “Personal Network.” It displays work from the websites a member is following, in the order it was published. It also provides a way to engage in dialogue about the work in the form of “Cargo Comments.”

The “Projects/Images” toggle provides access to an Image Gallery, offering an alternate way of browsing websites in the Personal Network.

The small thumbnails on the top of this page are a random sampling of websites in a member’s Network.
Smart Bar 
Proposed redesign to the Smart Bar identity.
Quick Draw "Goons" 
Assorted quick sketches.
He Gu 
Logo design for HE GU, a forum with commentary on music, culture, and news. The layered, whimsical, paradoxical construction and mirror the site's irreverence and...
Baiker Press 
This was done for my wife. Her beloved grandfather was a letterpress hobbyist who thought that his sons might one day use his equipment to open a shop. They...
Headshots 
Illustrated headshots.
MyLook 
My Look was a project designed to distribute Fashion and Design content on the Manage My Life platform. I was the Creative Designer and designed all aspects of the...
Memorials 
Editorial infographics supporting a discussion of life and loss.
Hyatt Place Las Vegas 
Poster to tease the opening of the Hyatt Place Las Vegas location.
Courteous Transit Authority 
Posters designed to communicate simple principles of efficient use of space and courtesy. Because if the CTA can't not smell like burning tires, at least it can be...
Life, Liberty, and the Serial Comma 
"Life, Liberty, and the Serial Comma" print celebrating the utility of over-punctuating.
Must Be Illy 
Illustration done to commemorate the strange "must be illy" tag.
House Hunters Bingo 
House Hunters is some kind of secret cultural touchstone. The most remarkable feature of the show is also the most natural and relatable: the cringe-worthy running...
Chicago Food Co-Op 
Redesign of site for Chicago Food Co-Op.
Hyatt Place "Flexstyle" Microsite 
A Hyatt Place promotional landing page to support two objectives: communicated brand value and contest entry.
Glenn Beck Warned Us... 
America's favorite weepy-patriot helps you defend yourself against enemies foreign, domestic, irrational, and fictional. This experiment generated Glenn Beckian...
Gide 
GIDE (pronounced "Guide") was a concept re-branding and design update that was intended to improve the look and feel as well as functionality of Manage My Home, a...
Sears Commercial 
Site design for the launch of Sears Commercial. Working with an underperforming brand identity and a web presence that had been entirely relegated to...
Dotty Dumpling's Dowry 
Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry, the beloved Madison burger joint, is still at the top of my Best Burger’s list despite having a seriously terrible placeholder website...
Brennan & Clark 
Redesign of Chicago-area Collection Agency intended to evoke a more boutique agency feeling while projecting a sophistication and professionalism. I served as the...
Denk & Roche 
Site redesign for a Chicagoland contractor and builder looking to update their overall web presence and increase the usability of their site. I was the creative...
PRFBBQ 
Site design for a rotating music festival featuring acts from the popular PRF forum. I served as the creative lead on this project.
Standard Compositions... 
Editorial infographic done to identify and explore the meaning of composition trends in photography.
Disappointed Men 
Poster design for Chicago Sketch Show.
Faces 
A series of illustrations done to accompany a presentation highlighting user opinions and data regarding a variety of online productivity and networking...
Longest Night (2010) 
Printed Poster and Alternate Online Version.
Trusty Number 66 
A series of portrats that I did to capture the sometimes very strange, often very tired, always very in-your-face, faces of the #66 Chicago Avenue bus.
Dolls of Doom Burlesque 
Logo and accent graphics for the Chicago/San Francisco aerial burlesque troupe. Designs combined a playful cartoon style with more figurative representations.
Chicago Bears 
Illustration honoring the quarrelsome Chicago Bears fans.
Chord (Lightning) 
Poster design of Chicago band Chord.
Nostalgia Sucks... 
Poster for Chicago Sketch Revue.
Crowley Dog 
Few things are integral to the Chicago identity as the "No Ketchup on Hotdogs" mantra. And yet, such restrictions run counter to the free spirit and ingenuity of...
Go Blaghawks! 
I drew this after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup. It was partly inspired by the drunken revelers slurring their "Blackhawks" cheers as they filed by our...
Mid-Century Modern Valentines 
These Valentines illustrations were inspired by iconic mid-century modern pieces and feature the usual, hacky Valentine's Day puns written by me. 1. "You Light Up...
Monsters 
A series of illustrations depicting the complicated internal life of monsters.
Newt Personalities 
Illustrations poking fun at the various personalities that Newt Gingrich has assumed in his Quixotic run for the presidency in a year of political theater unlike...