Category Archives: Portfolio

The portfolio of Minneapolis Graphic and Web Designer Joe Tower.

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Ryan Warnberg and Michelle McSwain are awesome folks. I thoroughly enjoy every chance I get to design for them. This time around I got to work on a WordPress theme based on the logo and aesthetic we landed on last …

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MRI Light­painting is Ryan Warnberg and Michelle McSwain. Ryan is a talented story teller, writer and works for a living as a music industry marketing nerd at Sony. Michelle is a ridicu­lously talented photog­rapher, together they form the uniquely creative …

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Matt Wells is a talented illus­trator who is extremely active in the local art community. I always enjoy the chance to work with him and occasionally partake in some fine beer drinking. From providing illus­tration and design for annual events …

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Emily came to me for a slight redesign of her current site, which I designed some years ago. The previous site was completely static (no admin­is­tration installed on the server) and required her to learn HTML and proved to be …

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Ex-Cop play their own special blend of black metal-meets-noise, mostly black metal though. They are crazy, create damn fine music and have unpar­al­leled taste in beer. A relatively new band, Ex-Cop is made-up of members from Cellphone (rip) and Waterbear. …

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While I was designing the icon & business cards for Intran Media, I took on a new idea for their core marketing/sales promo­tional tool. After several meetings with the sales team, we decided on a layout and started thinking about …

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Of all the work I did at Intran Media for the 2+ years I was employed, the oppor­tunity to re-brand the company was the most enlight­ening experience. I learned a lot through the process and it was a massive undertaking. …

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Chris Naylor is an incredible woman. We have been working together on various projects for years and is truly a pleasure to work with. She had pretty great business cards prior to coming to me to “freshen them up”. We …

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Michelle McSwain is an amazing photog­rapher. She asked me to design elegant business cards with a solid color scheme. The browns and lime green are a favorite color-combo of mine, so we went with it. I am really happy with …

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Utilizing Emily’s brand, we developed sophis­ti­cated and unique business cards. Utilizing a sleek rusty red, subtle beige on the front for the “Jewelry Metalwork Sculpture” text and printed on 16pt paper with a matte finish. These cards are among my …