Bob Ott's Online Portfolio
Catalog design with Security Door Controls, the family-owned manufacturer of electronic hardware and software controls used in security doors. SDC is recognized for developing the first electrified lockets approved for stairwell door applications. SDC HiTower®, Selectric® and Electra® electrified mortise and cylindrical locks are used globally. Its suite of 35,000 turnkey products is manufactured in the U.S.
Security Door Controls is recognized for the development of the first electrified lockets approved for stairwell door applications. The HiTower®, Selectric® and Electra® premium grade electrified mortise and cylindrical locks are installed in thousand of buildings dominating skylines worldwide.
Involvement: Cover “wireframe blend” concept development and execution, design of the interior and overall look and feel presenting SDC’s “clean theme” approach of information organization speaking to a broader audience from architectural specifiers, distributors and custom manufacturing contractor requests in the B2B market arena. This serves to better define the products key features, details of component compatibility, technical specifications and guides the user on how to order products.
Interior pages include the section introduction, subsection product information utilizing the redesigned data sheet that feature and technical specifications with the "how to order" guide for clarity and greater efficiency.
Case study book design "Building the Richard C. Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley" for Gensler, San Francisco.
The book is a case study featuring the design, building and engineering of the Richard C. Blum Center for Developing Economies. What made this effort special was UC Berkeley granted the site for the new building under the condition that the historic Naval Architecture Building would not be destroyed but restored and integrated into the new architectural solution which presnted unique challenges resulting in award winning restoration work and a truly unique architectural product.
The case study features the importance of the foundation's purpose, the historical background, architectural, restoration, engineering, environmental design challenges, team players of the effort and the building's final dedication and unveiling.
It was designed as reference book and to be presented as a personal gift for Richard Blum and Art Gensler under the direction of Lisa Bottom - LEED AP, Associate AIA, Associate IIDA Gensler Principal.
Involvement: Book design and art direction, photo shoot coordination, digital imaging, printer vendor liaison, prepress and production work.
Brochure design for Pratt & Whitney subsidiary EcoFlight Solutions engine service specializing in jet engine maintenance offering "greener" performance solutions for commercial airline fleets.
With Quantum Elements Marketing provided brochure design, information graphics design, custom compositing and digital imaging to integrate with previous brochure design programs and showcase new service features.
Target audience: Top-level corporate airline executives seeking to optimize operational cost savings.
Book cover design and production with ABC-CLIO, the national leader of textbooks in social-science and history for the middle-school to academic markets.
Involvement:
Provided book cover design from concept to final completion of mechanical production output for series and non-series imprints. Worked with key stakeholders (associate and production editors, senior marketing manager, media purchasing and printers). Initiated EasyCatalog plug-in integration, implementation and management for final book mechanical production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Writing Dylan: The Songs of a Lonesome Traveler, 2nd Edition by Larry David Smith. This study of Dylan's mission-driven music reveals a functional approach to art that not only sustained his 60-year career but forever changed an art form.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition and compositing, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons Revolution by Mark A. Tallman. With thorough analysis and balanced reporting, the book is an essential resource for readers seeking to understand the rise of homemade firearms and future options for managing it.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition and compositing, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title The Wise Inheritor's Guide to Freedom from Wealth: Making Family Wealth Work for You, by Charles A. Lowenhaupt. This book provides solutions to the issues many wealth inheritors encounter, including problems with trust, family wealth secrets, and family legacy.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Cultivating Black Intellectualism and Economic Growth, by Larry J. Walker and Ramon B. Goings. Examines how historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) developed the black intelligentsia, allowing members of the black community to enter the middle class; and the relationships among HBCUs, black intellectualism, and economic prosperity.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition and pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Race and Identity in Hispanic America: The White, the Black, and the Brown, by Patricia Reid-Merritt and Michael S. Rodriguez. This book offers a historical and comparative overview of the evolution of racial classifications in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title How Technology Is Changing Human Behavior: Issues and Benefits. Explains some of the ways in which technological advances are altering, for better or worse, large-scale human behavior, thought processes, and critical thinking skills.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition and compositing, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Crude Oil, Crude Money: Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia, and the CIA, by Thomas W. Lippman. Tells the untold story of how Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Texaco teamed up with the CIA and Department of State to thwart the plans of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, who almost managed to reshape the Middle East.
Involvement: Concept development, digital illustration, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Invisible Veterans: What Happens When Military Women Become Civilians Again, by Kate Hendricks Thomas and Kyleanne Hunter, Editors, Foreword by Carrie Ann Alford. Spotlights the challenges faced by our increasing cadre of military women when their service ends and they become civilians.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition and compositing, pre-press and production.
Book cover design for the Praeger imprint title Operational Psychology: A New Field to Support National Security and Public Safety, by Mark A. Staal and Sally C. Harvey, Editors, Foreword by Colonel (Ret.) Thomas J. Williams, PhD. Details the growth, roles, and applications of this new specialty aiming to protect American national and public well-being in the face of increasing and novel threats both inside and outside the United States.
Involvement: Concept development, image acquisition, pre-press and production.
Book cover design proposal for the title The ABCs of ERM: Demystifying Electronic Resource Management for Public and Academic Librarians, by Jessica Zellers, Tina M. Adams, and Katherine Hill
This title explores the ever-shifting landscape of electronic resources challenges even the most tech-savvy information professionals. Now, however, you can surmount those challenges, with the solid backing offered in this practical book.
Involvement: Concept development, digital illustration.
Catalog design for ABC-CLIO the national leader of textbooks and databases in social-science and history subject matter for the middle-school to academic markets.
Involvement: Catalog cover and interior design, mechanical production to final file submission to printer. Key initiator of EasyCatalog plug-in coordination, implementation and management for catalog mechanical production applications.
Catalog cover designs for the Fall catalogs.
Involvement: Catalog cover concept, photography, photo compositing to final mechanical execution.
Interior layout design and production for the Fall catalog.
Interior layout design and production for the Fall catalog.
Interior layout design and production for the Fall catalog.
Interior layout design and production for the Fall catalog.
Semi-annual Forthcoming Titles catalog piece covers
Semi-annual Forthcoming Titles catalog promotion piece interior.
Semi-annual Forthcoming Titles catalog promotion piece interior.
Semi-annual Forthcoming Titles catalog promotion piece interior and house ad design.
Catalog production and promotional collateral design for Moss Motors, the company run by enthusiasts for customers who drive and maintain British motoring, sports cars, and related products for the auto sport hobby market.
Catalog cover design for Moss Motors.
Involvement: Cover design and digital imaging production for Spitfire, Triumph, MGT, and MGA auto part lines.
Catalog interior design for Moss Motors.
Involvement: Page layout design, digital imaging, utilization of EastCatalog production for Spitfire, Triumph, MGT, and MGA auto part lines.
Catalog interior design for Moss Motors.
Involvement: Page layout design, digital imaging, utilization of EastCatalog production for Spitfire, Triumph, MGT, and MGA auto part lines.
Catalog interior design for Moss Motors.
Involvement: Page layout design, digital imaging, utilization of EastCatalog production for Spitfire, Triumph, MGT, and MGA auto part lines.
Catalog interior design for Moss Motors.
Involvement: Page layout design, digital imaging, utilization of EastCatalog production for Spitfire, Triumph, MGT, and MGA auto part lines.
Moss Motors Holiday Wishbook mini catalog.
Involvement: Catalog layout design and production, product imaging, print production and concept for enthusiast engine schematic poster line.
Moss Motors Holiday Wishbook mini catalog interior and poster gift concept.
Involvement: Catalog layout design and production, product imaging, print production. Developed the poster gift concept for the engine schematic poster line from Moss Motors extensive library of engine schematics available in each of the vintage sports cars product lines that were rendered during an era of automotive design before computers that are compelling and detailed collectors items that were sold on zazzle.com
Catalog page detail
Designed five industry-leading trade journals MSW Management, Erosion Control, Grading and Excavation Contractor, Stormwater and Distributed Energy for Forester Communications.
Involvement: Art direction, layout design, pre-press and final production efforts managed design team, selected and hired photographers, managed photo shoots, sourced and negotiated printers and image acquisitions. Interfaced directly with the publisher, magazine editors, and sales representatives and printers.
Awards:
Maggie Award - Western Publishing Association - 2002 - Best Single Editorial Photo / Illustration - Trade 2002-Stormwater, March / April Issue: “The TMDL Program: The Next Clean Water Act Battleground”
Maggie Award - Western Publishing Association - 2001 -Best Single Editorial Photo / Illustration - Trade - 2001-MSW Management, November / December Issue: “2001 A Collection Systems Odyssey”
Ozzie Award - Folio Magazine, Silver Award - 2001 - Best Design, New Magazine Trade Journal - 2001, Stormwater Magazine
Maggie Award - Western Publishing Association Honorable Mention - 2003 - Best Non-Paid - Trade (under 50,000) - Stormwater, January / February 2003
Maggie Award - Western Publishing Association Honorable Mention - 2003 - Best Annual - Trade, MSW Management, 2002/2003
Stormwater magazine publication design and digital illustration with Forester Communications.
Involvement: Concept, art direction, layout design, image execution cover imaging and layout spread execution included 3D illustration with Bryce with Photoshop composite.
Maggie award winner for Best Single Editorial Photo / Illustration - Trade and Ozzie Award winner for Best Design, New Magazine Trade Journal
Designed and and managed all printed products for Hispanic Business magazine provided the creative design, pre-press and final production efforts, managed photo shoots, sourced and negotiated with printers, compositing, image acquisitions and production scheduling. Interfaced directly with the publisher, magazine editors, and sales representatives and printers.
SLC - School Library Connection magazine for ABC-CLIO LLC. Responsibilities included cover design concepts and execution from concept to completion, image acquisitions, image compositing, layout and design, mechanical prepress efforts and production scheduling. Interfaced directly with the publisher, magazine editors, and sales representatives and printers.
