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This website presents the independent and collaborative, commissioned and self initiated projects of Shawn Petersen.

I am a designer & design educator living in Portland, OR. Currently working as an instructor at Pacific Northwest College of Art and Creative Director at Instrument where I'm leading digital experience projects across product, UI, interactive, retail and the built environment.

Featured
Core 77, Shift Japan, AIGA Design Education Conference, AGIA's Portland - SHIFT, SiteInspire, Webvisionary Awards and Smashing Magazine.

Skills
Ideas, Conceptual Thinking and Dreaming

Digital experience projects across Mobile, Product, UI, Interactive, Retail and the Built Environment, Services & Product Naming, Art Direction, Package Design, Typography & Type Design, CSS/HTML/JavaScript, Collage, Photography, and Printmaking.

Past & Present Clients
Adidas Innovation / Aetna / Android / IBM / California College of the Arts / Carbon NYC / Demuth Kemos / Facebook / Faith Hill / Gensler / Google / HOK / KIN / The Killers / Linkin Park / NOAA / Pacific Northwest College of Art / Perkins+Will / Mills College / Nike Sportwear / Oakland Public Library / Papo d'Anjo / Pottery Barn / Pottery Barn Kids / Prudential / Pyramis / Rolling Stone / Santa Cruz Bicycles / Steinlager / SOM / Southern Exposure Gallery / Wattis / Arnold J. Kemp / VSA Partners

News Wire

Design Strategies / Spring 2012 / PNCA
It's simple - let's make something great. Sharpen your conceptual process, increase your visual effectiveness and learn to be persuasive in your work and in your presentations. Register now: PNCA Course

AGIA's Portland - SHIFT
Co/Presenter, what does sustainable design mean to the next generation of designers? at AIGA’s Shift 6 on April 21, 2011 at the Ecotrust Building. See more details here: http://bit.ly/f8yIGY

Prototype Design Camp
Excited to join the Prototype Design Camp Team as a professional mentor at theTech Ohio 2011 Educational Technology Conference Jan 31 – Feb 3, 2011.

How to Create a Killer Portfolio
Please join us for the Office PDX event: How to Create a Killer Portfolio. Shawn will be a panelist on behalf of Cinco Design Office. RSVP HERE.

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Teaching

Design Strategies / Spring 2012 / PNCA
February 20, 2012

I'm excited to kick off the dust and stare teaching with Jen in the Spring. Join us for Design Strategies, Spring 2012 at PNCA.

It's simple - let's make something great. Sharpen your conceptual process, increase your visual effectiveness and learn to be persuasive in your work and in your presentations.

Register now: http://bit.ly/ypWWEA

Prototype Design Camp
January 2, 2011

I'm excited to join the Prototype Design Camp Team
at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference.

About Prototype: Passionate and creative 11th and 12th graders re-designing the future of learning.

Experience: From Monday, January 31 to Wednesday, February 2, 2010, student teams will go through a process of asking questions related to ‘the future of learning’. From there, they will concentrate on brainstorming diverse solutions, designing and prototyping tangible examples, and presenting recommendations to a jury of experts. Prototype participants’ work will be shared with over 6,000 Ohio Educational Technology Conference attendees and a global network of educators, technology experts,
and designers.

KIN Experience

Sasquatch! Music Festival 2010 The Sampling tour offered a unique way to experience the KIN brand and their products first hand. In collaboration with Cinco Design & Exposure USA.

Prudential Interactive Table

Large-scale interactive coffee table for Prudential Headquarters.

See it on Vimeo.

Oregon State University

We worked with Oregon State University to update and rebrand Goss Stadium at Coleman Field, the launching spot for the school’s back-to-back, College World Series championships.

1+1=Possiablity

Self-initiated design project.

Demuth Kemos Wines

Brand strategy, Brand Identity and design for this small boutique winery helped define their image so they could competed success in a high end, very competitive market.

Processing Workshop

I recently completed a Processing workshop in Tennessee. These interactive images are an example
of a number of sketches I
completed during the week
of June 23 - 27.

Downstream

I worked with a small team to rethink, reinvent, and reposition Downstreams brand. We worked in these area's: brand positioning, content strategy, and brand voice development. Check it out - downstream.com

California College of the Arts

Website User Interface Design and Original Artwork.

Pottery Barn Kids

Catalog + Website. In collaboration with Ashton Abeck.

The International Friendly

Independent art and design collective 2001-2006 (Collaborators - Jennifer Thomas, Mark Buswell and Joshua Carey.)

Standing On Water

Thesis: Poster, Book & Film

Tokyo Subway Book

A pocket-sized, multi-lingual guide to Tokyo’s public transportation systems.
In collaboration with
Ashton Abeck.

Aetna

Large-scale interactive installation that engages users with the Aetna brand. The setup consists of four glass touch screens that are each 4' by 3'.

rollingstone.com

RollingStone.com - Website Redesign & Site Architecture.

Interested in collaborating?
Get in touch with me.

shawn petersen
1504 NE 54th Street
Portland, OR 97213
Tel: (503) 703-1307

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Checkout my partnership with
Jennifer Thomas: study partner.

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shawn petersen 1504 NE 54th Street Portland, OR 97213 Tel: (503) 703-1307

shawn petersen
1504 NE 54th Street
Portland, OR 97213
Tel: (503) 703-1307