Stance collaborated with Star Wars to release some seriously awesome socks. To help them stand out in a crowded marketplace we created a unique digital campaign including a hologram invitation, old school recreations of scenes on instagram, and even made a shopping experience where people could use the force to shop.
Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Mobile Gold Winner: 2016
One Show Gold Pencil - Website / E - Commerce
As a surfer, it is a dream when you get asked to make a ton of work for the World Surf League to help them show some of the unique personalities that they have on their roster.
The WSL gave us some simple guidelines - make sure it comes from a truth about surfing and show people how fun our sport can be.
Over the course of 2 days we shot a handful of videos, ate a lot of twinkies, and had a ton of fun in the process.
Jordan asked us to take over L.O.B. City to get fans amped as the Clippers rolled into the post-season. They gave us zero time and the Clippers' top two athletes and told us to go to town. Although Donald Sterling ruined the cherry on the cake for us, we were able to still put out some really bad-ass boards in the process.
The project was to create a splash and get core fans excited about D. Wade's first shoe release in the U.S. marketplace; set the stage in Miami and seed Li-Ning + Wade "Make Your Own Way messaging.
It’s rare that your inner child is bursting at the seams when you work on a project, but knowing I was about to work with The Ultimate Warrior was one of those awesome days.
When 2K Sports took over the development of the WWE games in 2014, they decided to give fans a chance to relive their favorite WrestleMania matches. When The Ultimate Warrior heard the news, he took it upon himself to show up at 2k headquarters to spread the news to the masses.
A couple of fun facts about this work:
• Ultimate Warrior changed his legal name to just “warrior” so his plane ticket read “ Warrior. Warrior “ because he had no last name.
• Warrior has always made his own hand painted dusters, for this shoot he made two jackets for the day because he was so excited to shoot with us.
• The Ultimate Warrior arrived to set and quickly told our make-up crew that he is the only person that can do the warrior make-up. So he asked the make-up crew to just hang out with him while he did his make-up and told them stories about wrestling.
• The Ultimate Warrior was an amazing enigma. He was like a bad ass Gary Busy. He made the lines up as he went, he was brutally honest, and he was just a very sweet person to work with. God rest his warrior soul …
Launching the of the next era of AEROBURNER golf clubs requires one thing, SPEED. We created a campaign that leveraged the equity of the AEROBURNER name and pushed it further to get all the burner fans out there hyped about its long awaited return.
When Corona teamed up with Jon Gruden year we thought it would be great to get his opinion on a few of his favorite football destinations. All of the Gruden's Guides were housed at the company's facebook football app. We created a simple playbook for fans to check out some of the best football towns in the country as well as share where they take in the game.
Samsung asked us to do something to put people before product.
We leveraged their tagline of "If you can do anything, you can do anything" and created the Do Anything Project; a framework for Samsung to pay to help young entrepreneurs take their passions to the next level.
Not only were we able to help some amazing people, but we also created a new platform within Samsung that is dedicated to helping young makers and doers reach goals they never thought they could achieve.
We headed out to Hungry Valley with the crew from Babes Ride Out to shoot for a couple days with Toyota as part of an integration with their upcoming Babes in the Dirt event.
Kelley Blue book wanted to get super targeted when it came to families that were searching for new cars. So we decided to have a little fun with some of the crazy details that people worry about when it comes to their new car purchase and their family.
Zynga asked us to show people that they are able to play the casino games they love wherever they are using Zynga's Hit It Rich Slots. Leveraging some of the games awesome IP, we created a fantastical casino for our witch to walk through while sharing the magic of HiR with some of her friends.
In August of 2018, I launched a monthly comedy show in Venice called Venice Vandals; it runs the third friday of each month at Lone Wolfs Surf Shop. From hand-drawing the flyer, to building the stage, to helping book top industry talent, this show has really helped me get back to my DYI roots and has been a great addition to an already rich Venice art culture.
If you are interested in my comedy, there is a recent set that I recorded at the Haha Cafe in NoHo at the bottom of this page.