About
This website presents independent and collaborative, commissioned and self initiated projects in Graphic design.
Shawn Petersen is a designer & design educator living in Portland, OR. Currently working as an instructor at Pacific Northwest College of Art and as a Design Director at Downstream with a focus on branded environments and human interaction.
Currently Shawn is interested in design, evaluation and implementation of large scale interactive computing systems. He's particularly interested in the intersection of computer science, behavioral sciences, and design in environments.
Over the past 10 years, Shawn has assembled a diverse portfolio of creative work for large companies, small groups and cultural institutions. Past clients include Rolling Stone, Pottery Barn Kids, Faith Hill, Steinlager, Madonna, Oakland Public Library and Santa Cruz Bicycles. His work has been featured/published in Shift Japan and the AIGA Design Education Conference.
Skills
Art Direction, Interactive and Rich Media Experience Design, Environmental Design, Package Design, Typography & Type Design, Book Design, CSS / HTML, Collage, Photography, Printmaking, Ideas, Conceptual Thinking and Dreaming.
Clients
Aetna / California College of the Arts / Carbon NYC / Demuth Kemos / Faith Hill / The Killers / Linkin Park / Pacific Northwest College of Art / Mills College / Nike / Oakland Public Library / Papo d'Anjo / Pottery Barn / Pottery Barn Kids / Prudential / Pyramis / Rolling Stone / Santa Cruz Bicycles / Steinlager / Souther Exposure Gallery / Wattis / Arnold J. Kemp
Agencies & Studios
Ascentium / Ashton Abeck / Downstream / Droga5 / Sparkart / Tree-Axis / ZDI / Cnet / GameSpot / gotomedia