updated: kcgiessen.com

and when i say "updated" i mean "re-designed". and there'll probably be another iteration of this in 6 months. cause that's what interactive designer-wives do for their sound designer-husbands, right? "design on a whim" was in our vows. c'est romantique, no?

i like this version better though. and kc's still building his portfolio, so lot's more amazing work to come. but he's super talented & i'm so proud of him.

check him out!

razorfish work | H&R Block online ads

These are two of the concepts I storyboarded for ads to run on Fox.com, NBC.com and Hulu. The first board was executed in After Effects (along with another concept not shown here) by Tim Pethel; sound design by KC Giessen. You can view the finished ads on KCGiessen.com.

Art Director: Jonah Gellert | Copywriter: Martha Dixon
Motion: Tim Pethel | Sound Designer: KC Giessen

thank you cards

I used some black and whites portraits from the wedding and printed the design in fun bright colors. They don't match the rest of the style I used for wedding stuff, except in the colors of the cards & envelopes.

Oh wait. You didn't get yours? It's coming. We're busy. And slow.

Thanks to KC for the photos.

signs and programs

Instead of programs we had church style fans. I think the guests appreciated them, sitting in the middle of a field in the august sun. I designed them in the same style as the invitations with, my fave, 2 sheep at the top.

KC, Pete, and I made these signs for the wedding. After this photo was taken, the girls and I attached a bunch of white balloons to it so that it looked like I was holding them.

Thanks to Kyle Hale for the 1st & 3rd photos and KC for the middle shot.

save the date postcards

Thanks to KC for the photos.

formally yours : sneak peak

i'm working on a site and some rebranding for my friends at formally yours, where i got my fabulous wedding dress. 

here's a sneak peak of the some of the concept boards and rebranding that i presented last night.

{above: the new logo}

our wedding invitations

I almost forgot the agony of creating these until I started sorting through them. We don't have any formal shots of the finished product yet, but here's evidence that we made them ourselves.

It's a little booklet with a faux bois cover (see our faces in the knot?) Inside is the formal invitation, an illustrated map to the location in monroe, and response card postcards. out-of-towners got another postcard attached to information about hotels and the rehearsal dinner cookout. And with all that being said, I promise more and better photos.

Designed/illustrated by me, letterpressed by KC & me at Praxium Press with Mr. Berwyn Hung's help. Plates made by Owosso Graphic Arts. Paper from Mac Papers and Paper Source. Tied, stuffed, and stamped by my family.

refrigerator art + postcards

{you can click the photos to view them large}

After a two month hiatus, I've been eager to post up some of the stuff I've been working on. This was a quick project a did couple months ago for some long-time friends of mine. Katie, Kaylee, and Laura spent their summer overseas doing mission work and wanted a postcard to send to their supporters. You can check out their stories and photos Katie and Kaylee's blogs.

I wish I could say I drew that cat on the fridge, but it was magnificently illustrated by one Jonathan Hanks.

save the date postcards

My ongoing design project for the next 3 months is my wedding. Here's the first piece: our save the date postcards. Enjoy. Thanks to Kyle Hale for his sweet photography skills.

above : the front of the postcard
below : the type on the back

hand drawn type : romantique + willy nelson

The past few days I've been hanging out with my canine niece & nephew in Cumming... and in between wedding stuff, school stuff, and freelance work: redrawing type.

click it to view it larger.