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STrategic dissonance™
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Uno
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Los Angeles, CA
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Branding, Interactive, photo ± video, motion design, type design, etc.
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04.2024
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Jon
Way
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An independent Creative Director and designer specializing in progressive, purpose-built branding, and interactive works.
+ maker of Various creative Goods and resources.
Los Angeles — 90232
Branding
Art Direction
Interactive
Product Design
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strategically developing, or re-defining, brands' design across disciplines.

A selection of collaborations with different brands, agencies and individuals– combining varying amounts of branding, interactive, and strategic contributions.
[ featured collaborators ]
[ yrs XP ]
15+
[ awards ]
Yea
[ Next avail ]
04.2024
[ Area ]
90232
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Non-NDA'd
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Re-introducing a newer product category with more impact, and flagship products.
Design Direction, Design Lead
Lifestyle
Interactive
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Upcoming
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Developing the design direction for a future-vision project that had an emphasis on data organization and visualization.
Art Direction, Design Direction, 3D oversight
Tech
Branding
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Helping CTHDRL to brand a tattoo NFT project: Scab Shop.
Branding, Art Direction
Lifestyle
Branding
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Non-NDA'd
On-going
Upcoming
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A deck of premium playing cards from combining an AI’s take on Japanese Ukiyo-e style art with modern design.
Concepting / Art Direction / Design / Everything
Product
Passion Project
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On-going
Upcoming
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Developing a branding concept for launching Ledgers new NFT marketplace.
Brand Design, Brand Strategy, Concepting, Art Direction
Tech
Branding
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Resonance

strategic dissonance

COnsidered Strategy.
progressive application.
Meaningful Output.

[ Intro ]
Pretty pictures are easy. Hiding behind best practices and following worn paths is even easier (and common). Conversely, developing creative works that are new and meaningful is hard. It requires extensive research, thorough distillation to identify strategic opportunities, and removing most preconceived notions. The end goal is to embrace the unknown (and the inherent risks in doing so) to create more meaningful work that resonates with consumers via strategic applications of dissonance in ways that practically resolve.
This is best achieved when empowered to broadly explore creative latitudes and find the right solution, not necessarily the expected one. The goal is to craft work that is equally performant as it is distinctly unique. This tends not to just spontaneously happen or in isolation, so it’s imperative to create cross-functional alignment through regular, open, and honest conversation to adequately establish expectations in all directions.
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my divergent stream of creative consciousness.

A blog that's hopefully chronicling some sort of meaningful creative change / progression over time.
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1.18.24
[ Desc. ]
Been living underwater for a bit just trying to survive, and finally have had enough time to do a thing like... photos. More of that soon... I hope.
The Lab
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11.30.23
[ Desc. ]
I'm still going on my own brand... really covering off on all aspects before making any additional fixes/updates here :) Stay tuned.
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11.8.23
[ Desc. ]
It's been a minute, but I've added a couple more images to the TV App and Screensaver
jw.s
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11.2.23
[ Desc. ]
Re-thinking what my core style can/could be after my home-base hasn't moved for a minute
Product
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9.4.23
[ Desc. ]
Announcing the release of the inaugural release of a collaboration between JW.S and Memento Apparel with 3 unique designs.
jw.s
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7.15.23
[ Desc. ]
I'm stoked to announce that I will be repped by Stills.com for all image licensing going forward.
jw.s
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7.6.23
[ Desc. ]
Welp, that makes 4 for 4. JW.S (2023) takes a SOTD award which... aint bad for doin this thing all myself.
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5.21.23
[ Desc. ]
Introducing Night Calls, another original JW.S playlist. I'm gonna show you where it's dark, but have no fear.
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4.19.23
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Providing some additional context to working together in various forms, capacities and mediums.
A repository of project work that's older ± slightly irrelevant.
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End-to-end creative development, with focuses in branding and interactive design.
A repository of project work that's older ± slightly irrelevant.
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A repository of project work that's older ± slightly irrelevant.
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