Proposed poster for a thanksgiving potluck lunch at work.

Received this award last week, on behalf of the planning committee for Larchmere Porchfest. We utilized social media (myspace & facebook) as well as posters and flyers in the neighborhood. LiveCleveland!, who awarded this honor, does a nice job marketing local neighborhoods individually.

This printed piece was handed out at a home design show in New York City. The vellum separator pages are used as design devices as the book describes possible lighting solutions for interior decorators. This little portfolio sample was created using pictobrowser, a very cool little widget that pulls images from Picasa or Flickr:

Cleveland Plus : Invite to Sports or Space from Joshua Gerken

To be honored by an Addy Award this week, I edited this video for Cleveland Plus which is a marketing alliance in northern Ohio. This teaser video was emailed before the actual invitations to an event which publicizes the area to businesses around the world. The theme was Sports or Space. Here’s the mailer:

Music video / documentary of Mikey Burton printing a letterpress poster. Special thanks to Mikey, Joseph Hughes, music by Chris Sheehan of The Celebrity Pilots and the KSU Campaign for Change. Shot and edited by Josh Gerken.

Letterpress Poster Trailer from Joshua Gerken on Vimeo.

The multi-tasking edit of Virginia Creeper from Miranda Sound’s last show at the legendary, and now defunct Little Brothers:

Miranda Sound : Virginia Creeper (Live) from Joshua Gerken on Vimeo.

Featuring the music and storyline of Chris Sheehan and The Celebrity Pilots, I directed and shot this video on vacation at St. John, U.S. Virgin Island. See great performances from unpaid talents: Gina Gerken, Kevin Nye and Mr. Sheehan himself.

Sunrise with Seamonsters : The Celebrity Pilots from Joshua Gerken on Vimeo.