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Adaptive Graphics archive · identity work

Logo design has always been part of the work.

A logo has to make sense on its own, then keep working on a website, a business card, a package, or a sign. These surviving marks and proof sheets show both the finished artwork and some of the choices behind it.

Harmolin Studio · logo proofs and final art dated October 2012

A microphone, a cable, and a studio.

The Harmolin folder preserves a design progression in one day: typography trials, microphone and cable variations, and an alternate mixer direction. The final art carries the microphone and cable forward into the website and card.

See Harmolin in the timeline · See the business card

Final Harmolin Studio logo with a red microphone and cable
Final logo art, archived October 29, 2012.

The choices behind the mark

These are labeled A, B, and C in the source files. They are process sheets, not three separate finished identities.

Harmolin Studio typography options
Type exploration · Proof A
Harmolin Studio microphone and cable color options
Microphone and cable · Proof B
Harmolin Studio mixer silhouette options
Alternate mixer direction · Proof C

Pawfect Smile · logo rounds saved August 11–12, 2009

A commission I still remember.

I developed these logo rounds for Beth Stern’s Pawfect Smile project. It was one of those commissions that made the freelance practice feel real, and it remains a proud memory.

The four sheets show the idea taking shape: wordmarks and paw prints, then a bone silhouette, a pet dental pen descriptor, and different color treatments. These are the original explorations, rather than a claim that every option was used.

Pawfect Smile logo options from round 1
Round 1 · August 11, 2009
Pawfect Smile logo options from round 2
Round 2 · August 12, 2009
Pawfect Smile logo options from round 3
Round 3 · August 12, 2009
Pawfect Smile logo options from round 4
Round 4 · August 12, 2009

Find Pawfect Smile in the journey

Team 13 · identity artwork saved 2009 and 2015

An identity with room to grow.

Team 13 is another project I wanted to bring back into the record. The files span an earlier Strength wordmark, a later weightlifting treatment, and the shield and Performance identity.

See the early Team 13 artwork in the timeline

Team 13 Performance shield and wordmark
Performance identity · October 2015 archive file.

Across the years

Team 13 Strength blue and black wordmark
Strength identity · August 2009
Team 13 weightlifting artwork with a lifter and shield
Weightlifting artwork · February 2015
Blue and gray Team 13 shield
Shield artwork · October 2015

More identity work

Selected final art and exploration sheets from the archive. File dates describe the surviving artwork, not necessarily the start or publication of each identity.

2008

PC Advantage

The final wordmark pairs a compact woven symbol with restrained type. The folder also has an earlier sheet of substantially different logo directions.

View the early options · See the website proof

PC Advantage final logo
Final logo art, archived December 8, 2008.
2010

A mark for my own practice

One of the archived Adaptive Graphics wordmarks shows the quieter side of the identity, well apart from the image-heavy site designs of 2004 and 2013.

See the 2004 site · See the 2013 revisit

Adaptive Graphics script and serif wordmark
Adaptive Graphics logo artwork, archived March 2010.
2012

Lux Graphic Imaging

The archived logo board shows two wordmark treatments and color references. The identity also appears in an extended website design sequence.

See the website proof

Lux Graphic Imaging logo variations and color references
Logo board, archived October 11, 2012.
2013

Beauté de Femme

A round of logo options preserved as one sheet. It belongs here as visible decision-making rather than being presented as a final chosen mark.

Multiple Beauté de Femme logo options on one proof sheet
Logo options, archived June 8, 2013.
2013

Amityville Music Hall

The script mark and small performance icons anchor the site layouts. The archive holds the logo artwork and a five-page website layout.

See the site layouts

Amityville Music Hall and Tavern script logo
Logo artwork used in the site, archived December 20, 2013.
2015

Sung Wo

This restaurant mark combines Chinese characters, a serif name, and a small descriptor. The folder contains both image and editable logo files.

Sung Wo restaurant logo
Logo art, archived October 28, 2015.

More client identities

Selected artwork from projects that also lived on websites, cards, signs, menus, and vehicles.

Mascot illustration for Affordable Cesspool
Affordable CesspoolA mascot and logo system that extended to a truck design.
Custom Pools Long Island logo artwork
Custom Pools Long IslandA logo refresh alongside a full website proof.
Sujecki Farms logo
Sujecki FarmsFarm identity used in the website mockup and other graphics.
Nicole Narayan Mobile Motivation logo
Nicole NarayanMobile Motivation identity carried into a business card.
M&M Steel business card
M&M SteelAn industrial mark shown in its card application.
Riteway brand guide
RitewayA plumbing and heating identity with a compact color guide.
Brand Done final logo
Brand DoneA final wordmark and clock motif from the logo archive.
BAAM logo and color system
BAAMA vivid graphics and installation mark with a defined palette.
Silky Sullivan Productions logo
Silky Sullivan ProductionsHorse imagery, type, and a film-strip base form the production mark.
TurnKee logo
TurnKeeA lock-and-gear symbol for a builder and remodeler.
Island Diversified logo
Island DiversifiedA compact geometric mark from the identity files.
Neptune's Taphouse and Eatery logo
Neptune’s Taphouse & EateryColorful identity artwork applied to the coaster design.
East End Hand Surgery logo options
East End Hand SurgeryLogo explorations alongside an early website proof.