Hi, I'm Steven.

I'm a twenty-two-year-old designer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. I achieved both a B.F.A and M.A. in graphic design from Savannah College of Art and Design. My work has been featured on sites such as Creative Overflow, Typography Served, & DesignCrave, and has won awards in the SCADDYs, ADDYs, and the Savannah Secession.

In my spare time I try to cultivate my wide range of interests, such as playing drums and piano, learning new words, various areas of science and technology, being outdoors (check the photography section), travel, language, riding my bike, or running around the apartment with Storm and Bishop. As a child I always explored every environment that I could, and many of my days were spent sloshing around in creeks and ponds or pulling apart rotting logs to see what I could find within their decaying depths. I've carried this investigative, inquisitive approach into everyday life, and it is one of the many things that make me unique. I've always had an extreme fascination with the human experience and I try to let these traits show through my work.

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steven {at} stevenacres {dot} com.

Want to pay me?

I'm currently looking for a solid design position at a kickass firm in the New York area. I'm a people-person and I'd love to meet with you to discuss available positions. I'm also available for freelance work, so if you'd like to discuss some potential design opportunities, just shoot an email to my semi-redundant address listed to the left.

Rudiment. Learning an instrument is tough, and to the person starting out, it's an intimidating world inundated with instrument gear and information. Rudiment is a sustainable approach to solving this problem. It is an educational, functional kit that a new (or experienced) drummer can purchase and take along the go. Its skeleton is made of repurposed wood and the pad portion is comprised of repurposed tire rubber. Inside the kit (held with magnets) are a drummer's essentials: a drum key, ear plugs, and a metronome, along with an educational booklet that shortly explains resonance, how to hold sticks, and more. Lastly, there is a foldable poster included that has a number of rudiments (the basic sticking patterns of the left and right hands) that can be hung up or kept inside the box.
Chimæra Café. Custom logotype and monogram for a medieval-style café/library. Imagine reading an oversized leather-bound tome while eating fresh delicious scones and drinking a Turkish Coffee... while sitting in a claw-footed leather chair... in a hidden room... surrounded by gargoyles. Perfection.
Eliot Dudik Monograph & Interactive Website. An 80 page monograph featuring Eliot Dudik's photography series on the waterways of southeast South Carolina, as well as a few poems and an essay. Along with the book, an interactive website was designed and executed to display the photographs online, where a copy of the book can be purchased. The site must be experienced first-hand: Eliot Dudik.
Presto Manifesto! A single poster design for a newly proposed Graphic Design Manifesto for my Social Awareness course. The copy of the manifesto was drafted and written in collaboration with Professor Arntsen. 2 color screen print on stained oak, 22"×44". Read the manifesto here.
- Business card (front & back), direct mail card to current TFOT fans, bumper sticker, CD case.
The Fall of Troy CD & Identity. A small set of promotional items for the band, a series of three posters, & a full CD package.
- Chapters: Semiotics, Tautology, Anatomy, Simulacra, Metaphor, & a summary of “The Elements of Typographic Style.”
- “To the qualified typographer, it is imperative that the proper typeface for the message is selected & that its typographic treatment is appropriate and adequate.”
- “This ratio appears all over the universe, from our skeletons to flowers to seashells lying within the depths of the ocean.”
- “This ratio appears all over the universe, from our skeletons to flowers to seashells lying within the depths of the ocean.”
- “The title page is what sets the mood for the rest of the book, thus it should mirror the properties of the text.”
The Philosophy of Typography. A sixty-page book covering the philosophical & semiotic aspects of typography, with content based on lectures by a SCAD professor & Robert Bringhurst's “The Elements of Typographic Style.”
- Detail of the embossed logo on the front of the lyrics booklet.
Thrice CD & Posters. An upscale, conceptual packaging for Thrice's four-part album “The Alchemy Index” along with four posters, one for each part.
- Left: Booklet / Right: Business Card
- Business Card & accompanying fact sheet held within the card.
- “Extinct arthropods of the world.”
- “There are over thirty species of snails that are currently endangered in the United States alone.”
- “There are approximately one million ants for every human being on the earth. (Get used to having company.)”
It's Not Our Earth. “It's Not Our Earth is an awareness initiative focused on making people more conscious of the world around us, our impact on its continuation, and why we shouldn't have irrational fears of the creatures that overwhelm this earth. Within recent years there has been a much greater focus on sustainable living and re-evaluating our environmental foot-print, but quite a few things get overlooked in this process. The world we live in is absolutely filled to the brim with life, and over the past millions of years a balance has been created. Every life, even the smallest one, plays a crucial role in the balance of the ecosystem, and most people do not quite realize the importance of the smaller animals. Our aim is to enlighten the general public of the importance of life on a more “micro” scale. The ecosystem is so finely-tuned that if one thing goes missing, it will create a ripple effect across many different ecosystems.”

– First Page of Booklet
Japanese Book Set. Four stab-bound books utilizing the ancient craft of Japanese stab-binding (with a more modern aesthetic) & an accompanying case.
Camellia Sinensis. A specialty tea sampler package that brings the consumer back to the medicinal, scientific roots of the tea experience.
Trattoria Rustica. Items for a New York-style Italian restaurant in Savannah including: logo, website, business cards, menu, and signage. See the site here.
Super Talent USB Drive Package. A fancy, lavish package designed for Super Talent's specialty USB drive. It was known as the world's smallest flash drive & it is dipped in gold!
Joseph Kosuth Exhibit. A booklet that displays Kosuth's work & discusses his philosophies with an accompanying poster for the “upcoming” exhibition.
- “The Field Journal of Charles W. Woodworth.”
- “The Field Journal of Charles W. Woodworth.”
Woodworth's Journal. Concept-based, hand-bound book made to look like an entomologist's journal from the early 20^th century.
- Custom monogram for Allison Navon, an excellent young Advertising/Graphic Designer.
- A logo for Metals & Jewelry designer, Katie Glenn.
- ORIGIN logo and alternate. Project currently in production.
- Two-color logo for The Fall of Troy.
- One-color logo with ornate enclosure for Camellia Sinensis.
- It's Not Our Earth's stag-beetle logo.
- Ultra-modern logo for a fabricated design quarterly.
- Pasta Vigoroso, a fabricated pasta-producing company.
Logos. Compilation of miscellaneous logos and monograms, each provided with description.
- Little Peruvian girl holding little peruvian lamb. West Andes Mountains, Peru.
- Pictured here is a lagoon high in the Andes Mountains.
- Army Men Battle!
- Yellow-bellied Piranha. Tambopata, Peru.
- Allison, an Advertising Design major.
- Adult Alpaca. West Andes Mountains, Peru.
- Uros Islands. Lake Titicaca, Peru.
- Accident-preventing spikes. Empire State Building, NYC.
- Sprinkles the Pot-bellied Pig. Rockaway, New Jersey.
- Luna Moth, Savannah, Georgia.
- Gray Tree Frog. Savannah, Georgia.
My Life Experiences. Small collection of photos I have taken documenting great experiences I've had, from traveling in Peru to my backyard.