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Don Nelson Design
Logo and Identity
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Identity for a mineral exploration geologist. Element Exploration is located in Phoenix Arizonia. Services include surface exploration, core drilling supervision and documentation, mapping and other technical geological services.
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TWENTY FIVE YEARS 1997
M.. Div. Preparing the Way of the Lord
Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
Visual Identity Three marks for university a magazine. top to bottom, Mark for magazine section. Mark for twenty five years of magazine publishing. Illustration for Masters of Divinity magazine feature.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
Au
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Identity mark for retail products. Original typography drawn playfully to represent an urban center known for it’s live music performance venues, green architecture, the state capitol, University of Texas, Dell Computer headquarters, outdoor recreation and a center of creative living.
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Rock Creek Studio Fine Art W atercolor P ainting , H andmade P aper L andscapes and C ollage lacydesignstudio.com
Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
Le
tterhead
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dentity
Letterhead identity design for two artists. Image from a watercolor painting. Evocative of the barn studio located on a clear running stream in rural Indiana shared by Terry and Fran Lacy. This identity represents their fine art work which includes watercolor painting, hand made paper landscapes, hand made paper collage, and unique hand made invitations and announcements.
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Morris & Company Printing
Exactly. January 2012
News and ideas for communicating with your constituency in print.
Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Design Proposal for a printing company newsletter. A company known for excellent craftsmanship, fine printing and great customer service.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Identity mark for a visual artist. A mark to represent my graphic design, illustration as well as fine art. A message of collaboration and creativity conveyed in an original style.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Marks for t-shirts and other retail products.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Pa
inting
Co
mpany
Logo for a residential painting company. The integrity of a circle, the open paint can, absence of drips, suggests a professional level of craftsmanship, and a creative, efficient, and hassle-free experience working with this small company.
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hope ark
Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
City Identity Proposed logo for Hope Arkansas.
A rich and significant name coupled with the abbreviation ARK, makes the mark a memorable one. It has religious connotations for those who chose to interpret it in the biblical sense.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Se
rvices
Logo for a social services agency. Use of the appropriate font, Bookman, to create an inviting style. Bookman chosen because of it’s “friendly” and “primary” character.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Letterhead identity for a free-lance writer. An informed wordsmith needs knowledge about global issues, copyright, internet communication as well as grammar. The Goudy Old Style letter “a� is given a modern look.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
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Pictorial Logo for Discover Michiana. An area Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan is sometimes refered to as Michiana
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
E
ditors
Co
nference
Identity mark for an editors conference. The mouse is more often engaged than the pen.. The cord suggests an editor’s proof-reading delete mark.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
Ta
ngible
Pu
blicity
Identity for a poster design service. Posters for fund raising, posters for tangible publicity, (not lost somewhere online), and poster as collectable artifact.
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design: publish
Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
Graphic Design
and
P ro d u c t i o n
Identity for a publishing design service. Graphic Design and production for books, and magazines. Service includes concept to deliverable, including design, illustration and art direction.
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Don Nelson / Art & Design for Visual Communication
L aw S c h o o l I d e n t i t y Pictorial image for the Notre Dame Law School. Used on catalogs and other print collateral. Not a logo but a bold pictorial representation to suggest the permanance and strength of the school and it’s programs.
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Don Nelson Design for Logos & Identity 574-208-5518 / 574-289-3781 email: nelson1210@yahoo.com online por tfolio
issuu.com/donnelson/docs online store / ar t pr ints , poster s
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