ALEXANDER KAHRSFitting it all together

MESSAGES IN SHADOW: THEATRE POSTERSThe goal of the project was to convey the message of each play using a theme that runs throughout the series, while maintaining unique style elements. To solve this design problem, I used the concept of the shadow (or silhouette) of central characters in each play to convey that play’s message. For example, the title character of Pygmalion is shown with a firm stance, showing the transformation into a lady that occurs throughout the play.

Programs used: Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5

DEATH OF ASALESMAN

ARTHUR MILLERFEBRUARY 3 - 8

PYGMALIONA ROMANCE IN FIVE ACTS

GEORGE BENARD SHAW’S

DECEMBER 10 - 15

Examples of theatre posters used in different settings. From left to right: an outdoor poster at a local bus stop; a poster outside the Ahmanson Theatre.

MESSAGES IN SHADOW: THEATRE POSTERS

YES! YES! YES! THE LEGEND OF DANIEL BRYANThis was an editorial spread created to highlight the career of WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan, with a focus on clean typography. To solve this design problem, I incorporated images of the wrestler that show his progress from “indy darling” to a major asset to the world-renowned sports entertainment organization.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, InDesign CS5

Daniel Bryan is a sports enter-tainer and professional wrestler currently plying his trade in World Wrestling Entertainment. Also known by his real name Bryan Danielson, the young superstar has a long list of achievements and accomplishments in his career spanning the course of over a decade. From as days as a founding father of Ring of Honor, to a very successful reign as WWE World Heavyweight Cham-pion, Danielson is a shining ex-ample of independent wrestlers making it in the “big leagues.”

Bryan Danielson’s origins are humble, training in the Texas Wrestling Academy headed by now WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. Trained by William Regal among others, Danielson quickly made a name for himself under the masked guise of “The American Dragon.” From there it was a meteoric rise through the indies, helping found the promo-tion Ring of Honor and estab-lishing the tradition of sports-manship with a set of conduct guidelines known as the “Code of Honor.” While in ROH, Danielson

Yes!Yes!Yes!

The Legend of Daniel Bryan

held the World and Pure titles, being the man to unify the belts. He would go on to have a great amount of success in such com-panies as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Full Impact Pro.

In 2009, Danielson was given the opportunity to sign a develop-mental contract with the WWE, wrestling in their official “farm promotion” Florida Champion-ship Wrestling. A few months later, he and other wrestlers were given the chance to compete in the inaugural season of WWE NXT, a “scripted reality show” with the goal of winning a con-tract with the main WWE roster. (It should be noted that FCW was recently renamed NXT, a sign that the promotion truly is the future of the WWE.) Despite being relatively unknown to the mainstream audience, and even with all the obstacles thrown his way, Danielson (wrestling under

YES! YES! YES! THE LEGEND OF DANIEL BRYAN

Parts two and three of the spread include variations on the column width and placement of type.

his WWE-sanctioned moniker Daniel Bryan) gained a good deal of popular-ity with the WWE Universe before his elimination from the competition. This was followed up with the rise of The Nexus, referring to the NXT Rookies, leading to an attack on John Cena and others at ringside. As part of the angle, Danielson was seen choking out announcer Justin Roberts with his own tie, a controversial action that caused his release from the company in June 2010.

Being fired from the WWE did not put an end to Danielson, however. Shortly after his release, Danielson made a triumphant return to the indepen-dent circuit wrestling in a number of promotions including Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE, the latter of which was developed by Gabe Sapolsky with the assistance of Danielson who even gave the EVOLVE name to the company. In August, amidst a large amount of support from the fans, WWE called Danielson back to return at the Summerslam Pay-Per-View where he teamed with John Cena and other WWE mainstays to take on his former Nexus allies.

Daniel Bryan made an immediate im-pact upon his return, soon defeating his former on-screen mentor The Miz for the United States Championship. A short time later, he won the Smack-down MiTB Match at the 2011 Money in the Bank PPV for a future World Heavyweight Championship match. He took advantage of a fallen Big Show to win the belt on an episode of Smackdown, leading to a surpris-ing change of attitude for Bryan, who

began using questionable means of holding onto the belt. He would be champion until Wrestlemania 28, when he lost the title to Sheamus in an eighteen second squash match. The embarrassing loss could not break the fans’ love of Daniel Bryan, as shown on Raw the next night through the constant chants of “Yes! Yes! Yes!” in response to his enthusi-asm during his title run.

Bryan would find himself dealing with the Big Red Monster known as Kane, who promised to show the former NXT Rookie the true meaning of “anger management.” Through a hilarious set of skits involving therapy with the likes of Dr. Shelby and Harold (known to indy wrestling fans as Scorpio Sky), the two former World champions eventually formed a tag team named Team Hell No by a WWE Raw-Active fan poll (as part of Bryan’s attitude issues, he has begun shouting “NO” at the crowd and other when they start up “Yes” chants). The team has been on a tear lately, winning the WWE Tag Team Championships and helping to bring a new focus to the tag division.

WWE- World Heavyweight Champion- United States Champion- Tag Team Champion- Multiple Slammy AwardsIndependents- ROH World Champion- ROH Pure Champion- PWG World Champion- GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion- #4 on PWI 500 (2012)

Career Highlights

FRANKENSTEIN BOOK COVERThe goal of this book cover was to use an unconven-tional image, something different from the typi-cal images associated with the famous novel. The photography uses stark contrasts in lighting, and the typography is clean and modern in showing the relevance of the story to the current age.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5

FRANKENSTEIN BOOK COVER

A sample of the eBook version of the novel.

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KENKOU TEA PACKAGE DESIGNThe design problem called for a unique tea package for a new flavor of instant tea by Ito En. The solution brings together traditional Japanese elements with a clean, modern look with an emphasis on typography.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5

KENKOU TEA PACKAGE DESIGN

CHIKARA CHERRY

Ingredients: Natural Green Tea Leaves, Natural Flavors.

1. Bring freshly drawn, cold water to a boil in a kettle. 2. When water is at a gentle boil, remove heat. 3. Pour hot water into teacup4. Place the teabag into teacup.5. Allow 2-3 minutes to set and enjoy!

AN NEIIngredients: Natural Green Tea Leaves, Natural Flavors.

1. Bring freshly drawn, cold water to a boil in a kettle. 2. When water is at a gentle boil, remove heat. 3. Pour hot water into teacup4. Place the teabag into teacup.5. Allow 2-3 minutes to set and enjoy!

APPLE

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The project went through many changes throughout time. Initially a set of boxes for each flavor (see above), it became one box for all three flavors, with numerous changes (see right).

Tags created for the teabags.

UNIQUE TILING AND STYLING BRANDINGThe client called for a unique logo (pun not intended) for his tiling business, showcasing the business in a way that was not cliche. The solution called for use of tiles to build upon the company name, and clean typography to complement the logomark.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5

UNIQUE TILING AND STYLING

UNIQUE TILING AND STYLING BRANDING

Above: T-shirt concepts created for UTS.Right: A web-based logo, for a future website and other related media. UNIQUE TILING AND STYLING

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING REBRANDINGThe design problem called for a rebranding of a local business. The solution answers the need for a logo, deliverables, and a website while addressing the history, trends, target audience, and goals of the business using a grid-based layout and careful use of typography.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING REBRANDING

Examples of the rebranded website. From left to right: the home page, previews of upcoming releases, and the “wrasslers” of Five Dollar Wrestling.

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING

I’ve got six things in store...pain, hurt, pain, hurt, and more pain! And I can’t even count to six.

- Sean Van Halen

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING

I know a lot of wrestling fans don’t necessarily read, but wrestling books were quite

popular back in the day.- Jake “Manscout” Manning

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING

Can you feel the earthquake when Dyn-O-Mite explodes?

- Dyn-O-Mite

FIVE DOLLAR WRESTLING

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5DOLLARWRESTLING.COMFi Dolla Wrasslin, wrasslin so good you gon get yo feet wet!

- Freight Train

5DOLLARWRESTLING.COMFi Dolla Wrasslin, wrasslin so good you gon get yo feet wet!

- Freight Train

SPRING FLING 5

APRIL 20, 2013WEST NEWTON, PA

5SPRING FLING

SORGATRON MEDIA

BULLDOZER VS JAY ICESASSY STEPHIE VS SERA FEENYRWA TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

G-RAVER & ZAC VINCENTVS WILD WEST (DANIELS/BENTLEY)

VS MATT CONARD AND A-LIST VS MATT CONARD AND A-LIST (JENNINGS/VENGEANCE)

ZUBOV VS WILLIAM ROBERTSTHE CIRCLE (EDMONDS/MITCHELL)

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MARCH 23, 2013WEST NEWTON, PA

RWA CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:G-RAVER VS D.C. BENTLEY

VS "BIG STAR" DAVE DANIELS VS TAKAHASHI

JOHN SKYLAR VS FRANKIE VILLA

BRADY PIERCE VS JIMMY SHANE

ZUBOV VS JAY ICE

PATRICK HAYES VS WILLIAM ROBERTSPATRICK HAYES VS WILLIAM ROBERTS

SCOTT SARIN VS GABRIEL SOUL

LODI VS RYAN EDMONDS

RWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:SHANE TAYLOR VS KATO

PRO BONO WORKI have been working with clients for some time on various design projects, including the following pro bono work:

- Sorgatron Media: DVD covers for RWA- Steven Weiner: T-shirt for a professional wrestler

MUSIC SCENELong Beach

LOGOS

ELEVATION LEADERSHIP CONSULTING BRANDINGA start up business that focuses on building leadership through ex-perience, Elevation Leadership Consulting was in need of a logo and a website. The solution uses modern design on the logomark and clean typography as a foundation for a clean, simple, but effective website using WordPress. The solution also includes a special logo created specifically for social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, WordPress

ELEVATION LEADERSHIP CONSULTING BRANDING

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

indycc 2012December 28 - January 1

PAUL trippThe president of Paul Tripp

Ministries, a nonprofit organization whose mission statement is “Connecting the transforming power of Jesus

Christ to everyday life.”

mike erreThe lead pastor of Mariners Church

Mission Viejo and author of The Jesus of Suburbia, Why Guys Need

God, Death By Church, and Why the Bible Matters.

matt mccoy& the harvest

worship bandMatt McCoy is back leading

the Worship band from Harvest Bible Chapel in

Chicago. We had a terrific time worshiping with them

last year, and we are excited they are with us again!

josh coyJosh is on staff at Bowling Green, his alma mater. He gets a kick out of writing short films, cooking, and

other means of glorifying the Creator through creativity.

10 S. West StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204J.W. Marriott

www.indycc.org

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

10 S. West StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204

8383 Craig St. Suite 200 | Indianapolis, Indiana 46250 | 317.841.8001www.indycc.org | indycc@cru.org

INDY CC

Dear _____,

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ZEROCANVAS INTERNSHIP: CROSSROADS IN CHICAGOOne of the major design problems raised in the internship was to create a theme and visual identity for IndyCC, a con-ference held every winter for the ministry organization CRU. Using the theme “Immerse,” and a logo created by intern Stephanie Livingston, the team created promotional pieces including the information card and letterhead I designed, shown here. During the summer, I also created a theme and informational card for a campus ministry’s fall retreat, and designed websites for two other campus ministries.

Programs used: Photoshop CS5, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5

ZEROCANVAS INTERNSHIP: CROSSROADS IN CHICAGO

chicagocru.com

Location: Army Lake - East Troy, WICost: $80

ZEROCANVAS INTERNSHIP: CROSSROADS IN CHICAGO

ALEXANDER KAHRSawkahrs@gmail.com

562.676.0305alexanderkahrs.com