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STrategic dissonance™
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Uno
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Los Angeles, CA
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Branding, Interactive, photo ± video, motion design, type design, etc.
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09.2024
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Jon
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An independent Creative Director and designer specializing in progressive, purpose-built branding, and interactive works.
+ maker of Various creative Goods and resources.
Los Angeles — 90232
Branding
Art Direction
Interactive
Product Design
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strategically developing, or re-defining, brands' design across disciplines.

A selection of collaborations with different brands, agencies and individuals– combining varying amounts of branding, interactive, and strategic contributions.
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09.2024
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Elevating, and hopefully inspiring creative authenticity.
Art Direction, Curation, Compositing (Album Art)
Misc.
Passion Project
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Reusing a scrapped passion project for something productive (a 100% unofficial concept site).
UI/UX, Art Direction, Motion Design
Automotive
Interactive
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DANC
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2022
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A joint venture with long-time friend and shaper Dan Cobley to evolve and grow his business.
Branding, Content, Web, everything
Lifestyle
Partnership
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Apple
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2021, 2018
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Developing art directions, and over-seeing production on sites to introduce new products/ services on dot com.
Art Direction / Concepting / Design Lead
Tech
Interactive
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Developing a dynamic brand to help launch an innovative web3 music platform.
Design Lead, Branding, Web Design
Tech
Branding
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Resonance

strategic dissonance

COnsidered Strategy.
progressive application.
Meaningful Output.
[ Intro ]
Pretty pictures are easy. Hiding behind best practices and following worn paths is even easier (and common). Conversely, developing creative works that are new and meaningful is hard. It requires extensive research, thorough distillation to identify strategic opportunities, all while removing most preconceived notions. The end-goal is to embrace the unknown (and the inherent risks in doing so) to create more meaningful work that resonates with consumers.
This is best achieved when empowered to broadly explore creative latitudes and find the right solution, not necessarily the expected one. The goal is to craft work that is equally performant as it is distinctly unique. This tends not to just spontaneously happen or in isolation, so it’s imperative to create cross-functional alignment through regular, open, and honest conversation to adequately establish expectations in all directions.
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my divergent stream of creative consciousness.

A blog that's hopefully chronicling some sort of meaningful creative change / progression over time.
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3.28.24
Dualitas 001A
Now available, Dualitas 001A: The first solo poster release to-date.. and hopefully the first of many.
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Now available, Dualitas 001A: The first solo poster release to-date.. and hopefully the first of many.
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3.28.24
JW.Sans 24 Underway
Working through additional developments for JW.Sans 24. Better. More. More better.
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Working through additional developments for JW.Sans 24. Better. More. More better.
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1.18.24
Just enough time for a photo
Been living underwater for a bit just trying to survive, and finally have had enough time to do a thing like... photos. More of that soon... I hope.
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Been living underwater for a bit just trying to survive, and finally have had enough time to do a thing like... photos. More of that soon... I hope.
The Lab
11.30.23
JW.S Brand Update
I'm still going on my own brand... really covering off on all aspects before making any additional fixes/updates here :) Stay tuned.
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I'm still going on my own brand... really covering off on all aspects before making any additional fixes/updates here :) Stay tuned.
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11.8.23
TV and Screensaver Update (11/23)
It's been a minute, but I've added a couple more images to the TV App and Screensaver
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It's been a minute, but I've added a couple more images to the TV App and Screensaver
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11.2.23
Switch the style up?
Re-thinking what my core style can/could be after my home-base hasn't moved for a minute
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Re-thinking what my core style can/could be after my home-base hasn't moved for a minute
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9.4.23
JWS × Memento Collaboration
Announcing the release of the inaugural release of a collaboration between JW.S and Memento Apparel with 3 unique designs.
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Announcing the release of the inaugural release of a collaboration between JW.S and Memento Apparel with 3 unique designs.
jw.s
7.15.23
JW × Stills for Licensing
I'm stoked to announce that I will be repped by Stills.com for all image licensing going forward.
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I'm stoked to announce that I will be repped by Stills.com for all image licensing going forward.
jw.s
7.6.23
JW.S 2023 Snakes an Awwwards SOTD
Welp, that makes 4 for 4. JW.S (2023) takes a SOTD award which... aint bad for doin this thing all myself.
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Welp, that makes 4 for 4. JW.S (2023) takes a SOTD award which... aint bad for doin this thing all myself.
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Sept 2024
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Full time, Branding projects
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Los Angeles, CA