Paul Morris — PBM Design

Work

15 projects, each with the client, the year and my role stated — editorial, campaign and digital art direction from George in 1998 to MetroPlusHealth now.

Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine

Maui Nō Ka ʻOi Magazine

Creative Director · 2019–20

Five consecutive issues, September–October 2019 to May–June 2020, art-directed throughout. Three covers, three different architectures.

Creative Director: Paul Morris Associate Art Director: Shanoaleigh Marson

Pantene Pro-V testimonial ad signed by Naomi Watts: "Zero heavy buildup, 100% body."

Pantene — Grey New York

Art Director · 2010–11

Two bodies of work. The North American print is testimonial — a quoted headline in the talent's own voice, the PANTENE PRO-V logotype set vertically up the left edge, product bank bottom right — one unit signed by Naomi Watts, one by Eva Mendes.

Creative Director: Thomas Puckett Art Director: Paul Morris

MetroPlusHealth broadcast frame: "Work for NYC?" in yellow type on black.

MetroPlusHealth — MSA MarketingCurrent

Associate Creative Director · 2017–present

Eleven pieces across four channels.

Creative Directors: Keith Klein & Paul Greenberg Associate Creative Director: Paul Morris

Primaries page: Henry Kissinger portrait in close-up, "American Legend" flash at lower right.

George

Senior Designer · 1998–99

Features, front-of-book and back-of-book pages, plus logos and marks for the magazine.

Art Director: Matt Berman Senior Designer: Paul Morris

"Making Kiton" page: a striped dress shirt annotated with eight hand-tailoring steps.

Departures — American Express Publishing

Art Director, Integrated Marketing · 2009–10

A 52-page Brooks Brothers onsert for September 2009, conceived and designed: a typographic cover setting "Makers and Merchants / Made in America" at page scale in grey on charcoal, spreads of suits on dress forms, a drop initial run to half-page height against a black-and-white portrait, a tweed-and-label detail, and a contents page built from tinted numerals.

American Express Publishing · 2009–10 · Departures — promotion design: client onserts and in-book special advertising sections

The New Yorker trade poster: twelve photographs and illustrations under "Image Is Everything".

The New Yorker — Condé Nast

Promotion Designer · 1999–2003

Promotion design, weekly. A trade ad built as a 35mm contact sheet — nine portraits, sprocket edges, frame numbers — with the message circled in red grease pencil.

Condé Nast · 1999–2003 · The New Yorker — promotion design: trade advertising, sales materials, event identity, and in-book special advertising sections

"Flaming Axe" mock magazine cover: a man in a leather jacket beside a black MINI Cooper.

Rolling Stone & Men's Journal — Wenner Media

Design Director, Integrated Marketing · 2006–07

Nine units across two titles. For Rolling Stone, a BP and MTV cross-promotion — "ON ASSIGNMENT", six aspiring journalists shot as a colour strip of portraits — running to a Lollapalooza follow-up.

Wenner Media · 2006–07 · Rolling Stone and Men's Journal — promotion design: special advertising sections, plus one unpublished sales proposal

Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past - Smithsonian exhibition logotype.

Smithsonian — DM.Experiential

Social Media Art Director · 2021

The launch video for Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past, used in a national awareness campaign, and digital assets built with the content team for social platforms.

DM.Experiential for the Smithsonian Institution · July–December 2021 · launch video and social assets for a national awareness campaign

Allure "Body Special" opener "Ready, Set, Summer" with a bending figure.

Allure — Condé Nast

Promotion Designer · 2012

Ten pages in one issue, in two registers.

Condé Nast · Allure, May 2012 · a service package in the book, plus in-book promotion

AmazonFresh storefront design: "Naturally Easy Meals" hero over recipe videos and Chobani products.

Bon Appétit — Condé Nast

Promotion Designer

Four units for three advertisers, dated November and December 2013.

Condé Nast · Bon Appétit, November–December 2013 · promotion design: print advertorial and a branded retail storefront

"Best Tressed" Pantene advertorial: Zooey Deschanel having her hair styled, five product steps.

Vogue — Condé Nast

Promotion Designer

Two spreads.

Condé Nast · Vogue · promotion design: two Pantene advertorial spreads — layouts, with placeholder body copy in place

Four people in evening dress in a wood-panelled bar, Moet on ice in the foreground.

Out & The Advocate — LPI Media

Design Director, Integrated Marketing · 2007–08

A four-page section built on one question. "Pop culture provocateurs lay it all out on the line. What is fabulous?" set in a high-contrast Didone across two lines, the question mark run to full page height.

LPI Media · 2007–08 · Out — promotion design: a four-page special advertising section for Moët & Chandon

Band-Aid — Universal McCann / J3

Associate Creative Director · 2015–16

One message across four IAB sizes: 160×600, 300×250, 300×600 and 728×90.

Universal McCann / J3 Studio for Johnson & Johnson · 2015–16 · IAB display advertising

Reference board: four airline tail liveries beside a five-step blue, green and orange palette.

JetBlue — Tail-Fin Pattern Exploration

Case study · self-initiated

Twelve boards. A library board holds twelve colourways around the JetBlue wordmark knocked out white at the centre.

Self-initiated exploration · year unconfirmed · unpublished

"008 Casino Royale" party mark: a bow tie and red 40 inside a black oval O.

Marks & Logotypes

Designer · 1998–2026

Eleven marks. The ʻAipono Restaurant Awards seal for Maui Nō Ka ʻOi — a fan of rays opening from a numeral pair, drawn to hold at seal size and at title-page scale.

Paul B. Morris Design and in-house · 2009–2020 · magazine properties, one-night events, and small-business identity