5 o'clock... Chicken book completed for White-Packert Photography

Interrobang completed the design of 5 o'clock... Chicken, a 36-page full color, hard cover book of photographs taken by Boston-based photographer Robert Packert. Mark Sylvester designed the book and also acted as copywriter on the project. Packert and Sylvester have worked together for the past decade on client and personal projects for their respective studios and joint clientele. The book was produced by Fastbackbooks of New York.

Interrobang completes 2007 TDK Retail Brand Essence Guidelines

Interrobang Design completed the 2007 TDK Retail Brand Essence Guidelines for TDK Electronics in Garden City, NY. The 50+ page document details the relationship of the company's 66 year old corporate global mark to its most recent North American retail packaging for optical media. The document was written by Interrobang's Mark Sylvester, Jeanne Healey, TDK Brand Manager and Bruce Youmans, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Mark Sylvester invited to National Design Awards Nominating Committee

Mark Sylvester, owner of Interrobang Design Collaborative, Inc., has been invited by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to become a member of the nominating committee for the 2008 National Design Awards. The nominating committee is composed of leading designers, educators, journalists, patrons, and curators from all 50 states. The National Design Awards are comprised of six design categories, Architecture, Communications, Fashion, Interiors, Landscape and Product Design. Additionally there are two Achievement Awards, Corporate, Lifetime and the Design Mind Award.

Interrobang completes first Switchback Brewing Co. truck

Interrobang has completed the design of the first delivery truck for Switchback Brewing Co. The truck can be seen around Central and Northern Vermont making deliveries for Baker Distribution Corp., Switchback's local distributor and owner of the vehicle.

Mark Sylvester attends AIGA Leadership Retreat

Mark Sylvester, owner of Interrobang Design Collaborative, Inc., attended CONNECT, the AIGA Leadership Retreat in Miami, FL. The retreat was designed to connect the various local chapter Board Members with their National counterparts, and promote a closer community of volunteers and members. Sylvester presented a lightning round of NH and VT facts during the 57/57 presentation, and designed the NH/VT chapter's table display.

Mark Sylvester lectures at The Center for Cartoon Studies

Mark Sylvester, owner of Interrobang Design Collaborative, Inc., spoke to the students of The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT on identity design. Several case studies were presented, and the overall design process from brief to final art was discussed. The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) offers a two-year course of study that centers on the creation and dissemination of comics, graphic novels and other manifestations of the visual narrative. Experienced and internationally recognized cartoonists, writers, and designers teach classes.

Interrobang projects featured in The Practical Guide to Information Design

Quick Start posters designed for Symbol Technologies' Industrial Scanner product line, are featured as a Case Study in a new Rockport Publication by Ronnie Lipton. The book, The Practical Guide to Information Design, showcases the relationship between cognition, sign/symbols, and way finding.

Interrobang partners with Essential Design

Interrobang partnered with Essential Design, an industrial design office in Boston, to develop product and packaging concepts for TDK Electronics Corp. The partnership will focus on the development of new product forms for TDK Electronics' line of USB Flash media.

Interrobang completes TDK Electronics USB Flash Memory drive packaging

Interrobang completed the package design for TDK Electronics' new line of USB Flash Memory drives. The packaging was designed to hold a variety of drives of different sizes and shapes without the need for revisions to the core information. The packaging will appear at retail across the US.