The Paperback Plot is the personal design portfolio of Matthew Cole.
First and last time at Junker's Tavern. http://t.co/OQV19Ykqoo
About 3 hours ago
Sounds like the start to a great sci-fi horror movie: Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life http://t.co/1bsUgcJhWk
May 16th at 10:51pm
Creepy business in today's City Beat. http://t.co/IbOoHnKuvJ
May 15th at 7:46am
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In the spirit of giving a gift for the 2012 Holiday Season that had impact and significance beyond the gift itself, my team at Hyperquake sought to make our annual Holiday Gift a collarboration or benefit for a local non-profit.Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design2013 -
These represent a highlighted selection of posters designed over the past four years for a variety of clients.Graphic Design, Illustration2010 -
The following presents an overview of the work completed by my team for the GOOD Ideas for Cities Cincinnati challenge. GOOD Ideas for Cities is a traveling program initiated by GOOD Magazine that "taps creative problem-solvers to tackle real urban challenges proposed by civic leaders and present the solutions at live events across the country."Advertising, Art Direction, Creative Direction2012 -
The following represents the outcome of a graduate Interaction Design class (IACT 720, Interactive Product Design) that was working in conjunction with an undergraduate Industrial Design class (IDUS 421, Commercial Practices in Industrial Design) on a client-based project for Freescale Semiconductor.Interaction Design, Graphic Design2011 -
The follow represent the output of a 10-week Design Management course a SCAD titled Sustainable Practices in Design. Our primary client was a Savannah-based, non-profit called Harambee House, Inc. This organization served to promote environmental justice, healthy communities and lifestyles and general self-awareness in the African-American neighborhoods of Savannah. At the time we began working with them, Harambee House had recently been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to address environmental concerns in two historically African-American communities in Savannah: Hudson Hill and Woodville. In short, our task was to help Harambee House begin to dissect and implement this EPA workplan.Design, Graphic Design, Consulting2011 -
Logo, Business Cards and Compilation CD Sleeve for the Brooklyn-based, music-licensing company.Graphic Design, Branding, Packaging2010 -
Over the years, the Memphis, TN alt-country/southern rock band Lucero has proved to be an awesome group of guys to work with and provided me with ample opportunity to have fun while being creative. The designs below represent the majority of the shirts I've done for them over the years (there are more, I just didn't like them as much).Graphic Design, Illustration2010 -
Packaging and logo solutions for a product that addresses the problem of excessive packaging prevalent in today’s commercial marketplace through the utilization of the package as part of the product. In this case, a step further was taken in the selection of the materials used for the package itself. Utilizing almost completely reclaimed materials (used bicycle tubes, concrete wrap and erosion-stop fence) this bike maintenance kit is functional and appealing to its intended audience as well as material-conscious.Graphic Design, Packaging, Branding2010 -
This is my proposed solution to a Type Studio 2 class assignment at SCAD from the Winter 2009 Quarter. The assignment was to pick a movie whose opening title sequence needed a bit of improvement. Then, using Adobe After Effects, we were to design a more successful version of that title sequence. This was my first foray into After Effects. My goal here was to make the film seem a little "tougher," if you will. I used The Standells Sometimes the Good Guys Don't Wear White as the opening song and basis for the concept of the video, which attempted to paint a portrait of sorts of the 'greasers' through their clothes and style (which was such a memorable aspect of the film). I added a bit of film grain and projector dust spots to give a subtle nod to the drive-ins and theaters of the time. Stay gold, Ponyboy. Type Studio II, Winter 2009Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Typography2011 -
This promotional campaign and CD packaging takes queues from background research that points to Shorter’s Blue Note era work, but overall strives to emulate the “mood” of the music by using non-traditional media to create an expressive representation of the song “Joy Ryder.” Type and color choices have been influenced by Blue Note album covers of the ’60s, both as an homage and as an aesthetic flag that signifies “jazz record.” The imagery incorporated illustrates both the structure of the jazz beats and the vibrant energy of the solos, as well as illustrating the overall idea of “breaking the sound barrier.”Graphic Design, Packaging, Illustration2010 -
CD Packaging for the Mississippi-based singer-songwriter. Printed 4-color on uncoated stock with an 8-page, saddle-stitched insert.Graphic Design, Packaging2010 -
This book is intended to serve as a pocket guide to the underlying principles and theories of typography that were addressed in the Type Studio I. The layout held to modernist applications for grid formulation, so the aesthetic followed in suit with a minimalistic, functional approach.Graphic Design, Typography, Publishing2010 -
CD packaging for the 2nd album by the Memphis-based singer-songwriter. Printed 1-color on uncoated stock with a 4-panel, parallel-fold insert.Graphic Design, Packaging, Typography2010 -
CD Packaging for the Memphis-based singer-songwriter’s EP based on the Cormac McCarthy novel Blood Meridian. Printed 4-color on uncoated stock with a 2-page, folded insert.Graphic Design, Packaging2010 -
This poster campaign and logo design attempts to achieve the goal of a non-profit organization called the Neighbors Project: to improve urban neighborhoods for everyone who lives in them by promoting interaction and understanding amongst neighbors of varying backgrounds and cultures. Directed at the rising 20 and 30-year-old demographic in urban areas, this poster campaign relies heavily on a sense of nostalgia and community-oriented lifestyles that were best embodied in the posters created by the W.P.A in the mid to late Thirties.Graphic Design2010 -
The Cuyler/Brownsville Campaign attempts to reduce the occurrence of crime it that particular community through the concept of “active citizenship.” Namely, this campaign is about instilling pride in one’s community in the denizens of Cuyler/Brownsville in an effort to curb crime. 4-color printed doorhangers and street-sign banners remind neighborhood residents that their community is important and that they have the power to have an active role in shaping its future.Graphic Design2010