MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN

John began sketching at an early age. When he was 8, his parents put him in a drawing class at the Chicago Art Institute. He attended the University of Illinois and UCLA, then settled in Los Angeles, where he became a well-known graphic designer, creating CD packaging, logos and tour books for some of the world’s most successful recording artists.

John’s clients included Madonna, Elton John, Janet and Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Josh Groban, Paula Abdul, Shakira, Sheena Easton, Steve Winwood, Wynonna, Mariah Carey, Kenny Loggins, George Michael, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, LeAnn Rimes, Kenny G, Alvin Ailey, and The Dance Theatre of Harlem.

During the 20 years between 1984 and 2004, the advertising campaigns and souvenir apparel John designed for his client’s international tours produced over $2 billion dollars in ticket revenues and ancillary merchandise sales: a world record for a single designer creating advertising, marketing strategies and merchandise for performing artists.

John designed the ad campaigns for 8 of Elton’s world tours. He designed the first Elton John Aids Foundation logo and created the invitations for 7 EJAF Academy Awards Parties. EJAF has raised over $600M for HIV prevention, treatment, advocacy and anti-stigma programs across the globe. John also designed the USA For Africa / We Are The World album, which has raised over $75M for African Hunger Relief programs.

CORPORATE & SMALL BUSINESS DESIGN

During his time as a graphic designer in the music industry, John was approached by numerous corporations and small businesses who had seen his work and wanted similar cutting-edge graphics to represent their products and services. John slowly expanded his graphic design business to include non-music-related clients. A short list of John’s corporate and small business graphic design clients includes restaurants, dieticians, clothing designers, an electric vehicle car-shopping website, a movie theatre chain, doctors, a luxury spa, a wellness center, a concert promoter, a mirror manufacturer, a caterer, a realtor, a literary agency, an accounting firm, doctors and medical imaging groups.

All John’s clients ask him to provide the same thing: contemporary graphics that are eye-catching, memorable and unique.

The design solutions on this website display how John blends unique logo designs, customized fonts and powerful photographic images to create persuasive, unforgettable graphics.