My Mission
I strive to provide design, illustration and web work that is practical, beautiful and sustainable on all levels. Each project is a problem to solve, and I make it a point of pride to solve the problem as completely, efficiently and elegantly as possible.
My Biography
I spent my early years in Northern California, moving at the age of 9 to Columbia, Missouri. I've been drawing since I could hold a crayon. In high school, I focused primarily on art and journalism; at one point taking advanced placement art courses while simultaneously working as a columnist, editorial cartoonist and Art Director for the school newspaper (and winning several awards for each position). In college, I discovered design and was fortunate enough to enter a program that was taught almost entirely by European and Asian professors, which impacted my creative development immensely.
Before graduating with a dual-emphasis BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration, I worked in three different design positions for three different companies (one multidisciplinary, one interactive/broadcast and one publication), in a print shop, and as a columnist for a local newspaper. Wanting to take it to the next level, I quit all but two of my five jobs and started up two businesses: a culture magazine and a boutique design studio. Through the magazine I learned many supplementary skills; from selling advertising to sponsoring and coordinating events to general good business practices. Through the studio I learned to always keep my paperwork in order!
After college I moved to LA to take a job with a small multidisciplinary studio, then left it a year later to start up my own one-man studio, Colin Is My Name Design.In addition to my studio, I am also involved in several other projects, including a blogging network, a young professionals group, a real estate company and a web startup in stealth mode.
My Clients
Past and present clients include: Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Skeuter, Pepperdine University, The Whole 9, The Zizo Group, Lunchbox, nvohk, Coco Eco Magazine, Charmoné, Eco Caters, Sielian's Vintage Apparel, Factory Green, Trancendence (the movie), Potomac Communications Group, Inc, University of Southern California, Vision Management, Marilyn Scott, John Coulter, geo•gia massage, Out of Bounds, Mischa Hedges, The I GIVE a damn! network, Missouri State University, In The Loop, LLC, The Moxie Cinemacafé, Text Bucks, Dynamic Earth, Minuteman Press, Mike Wingo Photography, Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications, So You Boutique, Forever Endeavor Productions, Good Girl Art, Aja Benton, Ty Earston, Columbia Classical Fencing, DataFusion Technologies, Inc.