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is a collaborative design studio specializing in research, brand strategy and design.
Our client experience ranges from corporate to small operations but no matter the size of a project our design philosophy remains the same, design is process just as much as it is product.
We believe that good design is inherently strategic and will help you determine and actualize your business goals.
Design can manifest in many ways depending on the needs of each project, as such we work in small, efficient teams sourcing from a select group of national and international designers to create a custom fit for every project.
Please scroll down to view some samples of our work. Since much of our work is proprietary, please contact us to further discuss our capabilities and experience.
While we are often working on large-scale projects as graphic designers, we have a love for finely crafted typography and letterpress, which we exercise through Leigh Okies Designs in-house letterpress. At the Office of Fine Print we have the capability to design and print small run letterpress designs please scroll down to view some samples of our work. Since much of our work is proprietary, please contact us to further discuss our capabilities and experience.
Our client experience ranges from corporate to small operations but no matter the size of a project our design philosophy remains the same, design is process just as much as it is product.
We believe that good design is inherently strategic and will help you determine and actualize your business goals.
Design can manifest in many ways depending on the needs of each project, as such we work in small, efficient teams sourcing from a select group of national and international designers to create a custom fit for every project.
Please scroll down to view some samples of our work. Since much of our work is proprietary, please contact us to further discuss our capabilities and experience.
ABOUT THE OFFICE OF FINE PRINT
While we are often working on large-scale projects as graphic designers, we have a love for finely crafted typography and letterpress, which we exercise through Leigh Okies Designs in-house letterpress. At the Office of Fine Print we have the capability to design and print small run letterpress designs please scroll down to view some samples of our work. Since much of our work is proprietary, please contact us to further discuss our capabilities and experience.
_coca-cola
_dove
_fishwrap magazine
_IBM
_KIPP:
_new york times
_pacific sunwear
_red magazine
_target
_theo morrison photography
_recent press recognition
_dove
_fishwrap magazine
_IBM
_KIPP:
_new york times
_pacific sunwear
_red magazine
_target
_theo morrison photography
_recent press recognition
Have you ever done one or more of the following:
_Copied a painting in art class and passed it off as your own/sold it to your teacher for 100 bucks?
_Seduced your girlfriend with an "original" love song that you "wrote yourself" using the lyrics from Pink Floyd's The Wall?
_Turned in a term paper that you downloaded off the web?
_Impressed your friends with a story or experience that wasn't really yours?
If any of these scenarios sound familiar we want to hear from you. Email us your stories at:
tellmelies@gmail.com
If your tale is selected, it may be published anonymously in a new (smoking hot) magazine investigating the issue of plagiarism. So please, plagiarize for the cause. We won't judge.
Submission deadline: March 1, 2008
_Copied a painting in art class and passed it off as your own/sold it to your teacher for 100 bucks?
_Seduced your girlfriend with an "original" love song that you "wrote yourself" using the lyrics from Pink Floyd's The Wall?
_Turned in a term paper that you downloaded off the web?
_Impressed your friends with a story or experience that wasn't really yours?
If any of these scenarios sound familiar we want to hear from you. Email us your stories at:
tellmelies@gmail.com
If your tale is selected, it may be published anonymously in a new (smoking hot) magazine investigating the issue of plagiarism. So please, plagiarize for the cause. We won't judge.
Submission deadline: March 1, 2008
no. 5
While you were out, I fixed it good.
2003
While you were out, I fixed it good.
2003
A Poster Exhibited in
Wish You Were Here
a group show at The Smell,
a gallery in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Leigh Okies
Copy: Lisa Mir
Wish You Were Here
a group show at The Smell,
a gallery in Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Leigh Okies
Copy: Lisa Mir
This project constituted a two year long investigation of the Coca-Cola brand that began with a re-branding of Coca-Cola Classic in North America. This assignment led to a total rethink of the global Coke brand and its family of brands in the following year.
Executive Creative Director:
Brian Collins
Creative Directors: David Israel (North America) and Barry Deck (Global)
Design Directors Leigh Okies and Peter Kaplan
Designers: Peter Kaplan, Christian Cervantes, Stella Lai, Hee Chun, Ali Madad, Takao Umehara
Executive Creative Director:
Brian Collins
Creative Directors: David Israel (North America) and Barry Deck (Global)
Design Directors Leigh Okies and Peter Kaplan
Designers: Peter Kaplan, Christian Cervantes, Stella Lai, Hee Chun, Ali Madad, Takao Umehara
A school project and proposal for a fictitious hat store created while at Art Center College of Design.
Designer: Leigh Okies
Art Center College of Design
Designer: Leigh Okies
Art Center College of Design
One of a series of yearly holiday CD packages sent to friends and loved ones.
Designer: Leigh Okies
Designer: Leigh Okies
As a part of a product launch campaign Dove Canada, While at the Brand Integration Group Leigh Okies helped create a worldwide traveling exhibit of female photographers on the topic of real beauty. My work as Design Director included concept development, exhibit and environmental design, packaging design, catalog design, as well as identity design for the exhibit.
Executive Creative Director: Brian Collins
Creative Director: David Israel
Design Director: Leigh Okies
Designers: Satian Pengsathapon and Natalie Hannequin
Executive Creative Director: Brian Collins
Creative Director: David Israel
Design Director: Leigh Okies
Designers: Satian Pengsathapon and Natalie Hannequin
Each month a card placed on top of a grid of numbers. Each card has a different orientation of die cuts that exposes the correct days according to that month All Month cards are recycled from found materials including album covers, vintage wall papers, and shipping boxes.
Designer: Leigh Okies
Professor: Simon Johnson
Art Center College of Design
Designer: Leigh Okies
Professor: Simon Johnson
Art Center College of Design
This poster series was created when I was at Art Center and is a tongue in cheek look at the spectacle of fashion week in NYC.
Designer: Leigh Okies
Copy writing: Leigh Okies
Professor: Clive Piercy
Art Center College of Design
Photography:
Mark Borthwick
from Purple Fashion 02
Fall/Winter 2004/2005
Designer: Leigh Okies
Copy writing: Leigh Okies
Professor: Clive Piercy
Art Center College of Design
Photography:
Mark Borthwick
from Purple Fashion 02
Fall/Winter 2004/2005
A yearly collaborative publication of new student writing and art work that has continued to be a great source of pride (and sleepless nights) for Art Center students and faculty alike.
Professors: Lisa Wagner-Holley and Jason Holley
Editor: Trinnie Dalton
Creative Directors: Leigh Okies and Mark Aver
Art Center College of Design
Awards: AIGA 360, One Show Silver Pencil
Published: Tokion, Giant Robot
Professors: Lisa Wagner-Holley and Jason Holley
Editor: Trinnie Dalton
Creative Directors: Leigh Okies and Mark Aver
Art Center College of Design
Awards: AIGA 360, One Show Silver Pencil
Published: Tokion, Giant Robot
A spontaneous collaborative collage created on the spot in the Art Center Gallery, made up of left over Fishwrap ephemera
Professors: Lisa Wagner-Holley and Jason Holley
Editor: Trinnie Dalton
Creative Directors: Leigh Okies and Mark Aver
Art Center College of Design
Professors: Lisa Wagner-Holley and Jason Holley
Editor: Trinnie Dalton
Creative Directors: Leigh Okies and Mark Aver
Art Center College of Design
KIPP: King Collegiate is a new charter high school in the east bay, KIPP schools has become nationally recognized for rehabilitating some of the poorest performing students from the poorest performing school districts through their rigorous academic programs. Graduating students and their teachers had a need for an identity system that would appear established and shares the KIPP philosophy when applying to colleges among other communication needs. together we designed a logo, letterhead, thank you cards and envelopes
Designer: Leigh Okies
Production Manager: Wendy Smith
Designer: Leigh Okies
Production Manager: Wendy Smith
The New York Times was creating a special issue focusing on the topic of college, in keeping with the theme of the magazine Arem Duplessis asked a handful of students who had participated in Fishwrap (an acclaimed college publication) to contribute title design for the issue.
Creative Direction: Arem Duplessis and Lisa Wagner-Holley
Art Direction: Mark Aver, Tracy Johsnon and Leigh Okies
Designers: The Fishwrap crew
Award: Best Typographic Issue, Type Directors Club, 2007
Creative Direction: Arem Duplessis and Lisa Wagner-Holley
Art Direction: Mark Aver, Tracy Johsnon and Leigh Okies
Designers: The Fishwrap crew
Award: Best Typographic Issue, Type Directors Club, 2007
Awards and recognition
How Conference 2005
Many thanks to Brian Collins for
asking me to speak along with him
at various events specifically the How
Conference on the Dove Beyond
Compare Exhibit and Tour
2005
Many thanks to Brian Collins for
asking me to speak along with him
at various events specifically the How
Conference on the Dove Beyond
Compare Exhibit and Tour
2005
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