Archive

To signal our name change – to Skelton Design – we launched a new website that better showcases our work and is easier to update at regular intervals. Look for a new homepage quarterly! And, speaking of change, Elizabeth and Kevin just became proud first-time parents to Madeline Jane, born August 6!

The Georgia O'Keefe Foundation presented us with a challenge for the cover of the Winter Phillips Magazine – no bleeds, no cropping, no type overprinting. The result – well, see for yourself.

The St. John’s College Campaign Report received honorable mention from The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District II 2010 Accolades Awards.

Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine celebrated its five year anniversary with a special edition of “Breakthrough” illustrated by Harry Campbell. The clients response: "Just saw the issue. Everything I had hoped for-and more! Thanks so much for your creativity, talent and patience." "The bottom line is that you should all know that the edition is brilliant."

The Foundation for the National Archives published its latest annual report, featuring an exhibition commemorating the 225^th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

Kevin volunteered to work with teens in the community by signing up for a teaching gig at Patapsco High School. The program, sponsored by AIGA Baltimore and Worldstudio, connects graphic designers with high school students interested in the visual arts. The “Create! Don’t Hate!” project will result in slogans and posters on the theme of tolerance that could become billboards throughout Baltimore. Update: Kevin’s team from Patapsco High (see October news) was a winner in the AIGA billboard competition. Look for a typographic Baltimore cityscape around town!

Hot off the press: BSI’s progress report, printed in UV inks, features highly saturated color brain scans supplied by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute.

From a satisfied client (Augustana College): “The response to our printed pieces has been AMAZING. You have no idea – the President, Deans, Board members all want copies of the viewbook to hand out like it’s going out of style. Everyone is very happy. Oh, and we used the illustration of Augustana on a postcard a couple weeks ago and the response to that has been overwhelming. Getting something ‘different’ in your mailbox is a treat.”

The latest issue of NJIT’s alumni magazine features “Urban Visions” – efforts to improve the quality of life in New Jersey and nationwide. NJIT suggests ways to revitalize our nation’s urban centers; a “Green New Deal” proposes ways to implement a sustainable, energy-efficient future.

Hilbert College’s new viewbook is getting rave reviews from everyone who sees it! The tabloid-size, typographically energetic piece promises to generate attention for this small college in Buffalo, NY.

Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels complimented the "Breakthrough" newsletter we produce for the Center for Innovative Medicine. Among his comments to David Hellman congratulating him on CIM's initiatives, he said Breakthrough is... “an excellent publication. Attractive, well-written and informative, the newsletter is an excellent vehicle for communicating with your most valued constituents.”

From a satisfied client: “Thank you so much for the work you did on the St. John’s College campaign report. It is really a beautiful piece. I know it was a challenge to tie all the pieces together, graphically and thematically. The raves are coming in – Chris Nelson [St. John’s president] carried it around for three days, taking it to every meeting and quoting from it and showing it off.”

“Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life,” the hard-bound book we designed for The Phillips Collection, sold out in the museum’s gift shop.

Baltimore Clayworks launched its newly redesigned website.

Kevin’s banner for the Urban Forest Project was chosen as one of the top three designs submitted to this Baltimore “green initiative.”

Three of our projects were chosen to be published in “Formats, Folds & Bindings” and “Logos & Letterheads” by Matt Woolman, dean of the graphic design department at VCU: St. John’s College Case Statement, Bill Denison promotional poster, and Clayworks identity system.

St. Timothy’s School: A History from 1882-2008 received a silver award from The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) 2009 national awards.

Baltimore Collegetown Network’s Website received a silver award from The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District II 2009 Accolades Awards.

In May, Kevin and Elizabeth again reviewed VCU senior portfolios.

Maryland Institute College of Art concluded its $75 million campaign in support of The Plan for the 21st Century with a 48 page annual report recapping highlights and thanking donors.

In December, the Baltimore Chapter of AIGA hosted a “Barton-Gillet Night” to recognize BG’s impact on the Baltimore design community and on design in general. Claude joined fellow former BG designers to honor Ed Gold, mentor and friend.

In November, as part of VCU’s alumni “Objects + Methods” lecture series, we presented a program on graphic design for higher education and the arts.

A newly redesigned alumni magazine for the New Jersey Institute of Technology was launched in October.

The GW Law School website launched in September, concluding almost a year’s worth of design and development.

In July, Claude was a featured presenter at a conference of the Association of Editors of Jesuit Publications held at Fordham University.

Kevin and Elizabeth were invited to review VCU Senior portfolios in May.

The Tufts Viewbook and the St. John’s Case Statement were selected by AIGA for exhibition at the annual Mid-Atlantic “50” show in the spring of 2008.