MATHDEPT / Aaron James

2008-07-19T23:41:00.000-07:00

A collection of photos I took while riding BART during June 2008.

See them bigger here.

2008-07-18T16:29:00.000-07:00

I Shot a Trailer Park in Pacheco, CA

Look at it here on flickr

2008-05-06T23:49:00.000-07:00

Singing Serpent - Reel 11

Hand painted packaging and a painted animation for the DVD menu. Fun stuff. Adam Long worked on the animation with me. Singing Serpent is seriously råwking the world of composed music for ads.

Watch the animation...

2008-05-06T23:42:00.000-07:00

Olio United presents an art show double feature.

David Burke from Oakland and Ben Hull from Bend/Portland
May 23rd, 7pm, 1028 SE Water if you are interested in attending the opening.

2008-05-06T23:35:00.000-07:00

Call + Response

Final designs for Call + Response. Love where this ended up. Most proud of the interactive project that I worked on with the great crew at NORTH. Hopefully this project gets some attention. www.callandresponsemovie.com

2008-05-06T23:19:00.001-07:00

Perfect Pairing.

Pitched this client with a photographer friend of mine, Corey Arnold. In the end, this large volume vineyard thought it would be more interesting to talk about the soil that most of the grapes they use aren't grown in. And these capture such a story...

(Obviously, I'm not bitter.)

2008-05-06T22:52:00.000-07:00

Call+Response, Concert to End Slavery posters

Talib Kweli, Switchfoot, Matisyahu

2008-05-06T22:38:00.000-07:00

Sweet! Another TV spot for MFNW

MFNW (that's Portland for Musicfest Northwest). A great annual festival underwritten by the folks over at Willamette Week. Many thanks to Matt McCormick who directed this spot - and Food Chain Films who produced it. In case you were wondering, this spot may have had a direct effect on John Mayer's success.

One side note: At one point I was going to have signage moved through the sky as with fake helicopter thingys. Glad nobody knows about that.

2008-05-06T22:32:00.001-07:00

Olio United

Small boutique in Portland, OR - Green, Sustainable focus. Everything they carry tells a story. Olio United.

2008-05-06T21:38:00.001-07:00

E.P. artwork for Richmond Fontaine

Portland band that I love, and they really are huge in Europe. Willy Vlautin is also a pretty accomplish author. Willy and my brother taught me how to bet horses.

2008-05-06T21:06:00.000-07:00

Poster design for Call + Response

Call + Response, A Concert to End Slavery started as a couple live concert videos and grew into a full length feature film. And the list grew and this is who is now a part of it. Dr. Cornell West, Madeleine Albright, Julia Ormand, Darryl Hannah, Ashley Judd, Imogen Heap, Moby, Switchfoot, Rocco Deluca and the Burden, Talib Kweli, Natasha Bedingfield, Matisyahu, Cold War Kids. So this didn't end up being the final design, more on that later.

2007-01-04T12:31:00.001-08:00

Identity for a short film.

2006-11-09T22:20:00.000-08:00

Serpent sings again.

...with new music on some great ads. Had a blast designing their new packaging, along with the matching scarf. Watch/listen to their new work online at Singing Serpent.

2006-11-09T21:17:00.001-08:00

Never Lukewarm.

Remember your Dad's trusty Stanley. Virtually unchanged for 50+ years. Now it has a voice and a fancy-schmancy new brand positioning. Never Lukewarm.

2006-11-03T13:28:00.000-08:00

Games of chance?

Well yes, yes I do. Back when Family was alive and kickin' David Shrigley did this poster for us to let the world know about our monthly poker game. You probably know of David Shrigley from his other work, including my favorite, his amazing music video for blur.

If you happen to be in Dundee,UK between 18 November 2006 - 21 January 2007, you can see the poker poster as part of his poster show at DCA.

2006-11-03T10:56:00.000-08:00

What the?
Made a fun advertisment for Musicfest NW. Trevor booked an amazing festival this year and then let us run wild with the TV. Food Chain Films produced. Jon Humphries directed and Greg Schmitt was the DP. Oh yeah - Kamp Grizzly did the motion graphics at the end.

2006-11-03T09:45:00.000-08:00

Since 2001...

Fork&Spoon was a small start-up catering company when we first met . Now it's one of preimer event design/catering companies in San Francisco. I've been fortunate enough to design and create all of their branding and advertising since day one. See quotes from Martha Stewart and Allison Arrieff (editor in chief, Dwell Magazine) in their new website that we just launched.

2006-11-03T09:29:00.000-08:00

NW + Music= Musicfest NW 2006 (3 viral spots)

These are some of my favorites. Big thanks to Dan and Jared for the Kamp Grizzly love. Makin' the dream happen.

2006-11-02T11:02:00.000-08:00

Small is good too.
OK, sometimes you have to do the small 1-color newspaper ads. Sometimes when you're the art director your headline sticks and everyone loves it. Sweet. I mean how much more fun can you have with a gas meter?

2006-11-01T13:55:00.000-08:00

Lifelike.

A series of outdoor ads showing the picture quality of Samsung HDTV.

2006-11-01T10:52:00.000-08:00

Serpent sings.

This is a packaging project that I did for Singing Serpent in early 2006. Singing Serpent makes music for TV ads. They've had an unprecedented response to their DVDs since they started sending them out. It's probably due to the fact that they're one of the most creative music houses in North Amercia. That's my opinion. I've created nearly all of their packaging. That's a fact.

2006-11-01T10:06:00.000-08:00

Rest easy. Now gambling safe.

I loved creating these spots for the Oregon Lottery. Vance Malone directed these spots. Vance is now with Hungry Man.

2006-10-31T15:52:00.000-08:00

R.I.P. Family (2005-2006)

"It's not a sprint it's a marathon."
Well, this one turned into a shuttle run. One hell of a good/short run with my copywriter friend Jason Pollock. Some big ideas, a few solid base knocks and a great commercial with a deaf girl. I'll confess, Jason was up 6 games to 3 in 21 Football. That sucks. Good luck Pollock.

2006-10-31T15:39:00.000-08:00

Teenagers beware.

Brought on to help Allstate Foundation reach teenage kids with a very important message: Don't act like a teenager when you drive. So we decided to hit 'em right where it hurts: the classroom. You know the lame, preachy, dated, boring high school posters? Ok these are lame, preachy, dated, funny high school posters.

2006-10-31T15:23:00.000-08:00

Evidently Scratch-its make good gifts.
Don't celebrate important holidays by giving a loved one a worthless piece of paper. We recommend celebrating less-important holidays this way. I worked as hard as a pack mule on this project with my writer/friend Caspian. Asterik Studio pitched in too. Campaign was recognized in the 2005 Rosey Award book.