ABOUT
Martin Schapiro designs websites and graphics for a range of creative clients: artists, designers, filmmakers, and musicians. Schapiro currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
CONTACT
For a quote or general inquiries email Martin at ms@martinschapiro.com
HELP
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Cat Trick
cattrick.com
Identity and Web Design
Cat Trick Films, an up-start production company based in San Francisco, needed help building a brand. Schapiro collaborated with the three primary filmmakers to produce a fun, fresh portfolio site to showcase their talent and attract new clients. The site uses Javascript to simulate folders opening and closing, allowing the viewer to show and hide portfolio categories.
Driven: A Car Culture Film Series
Graphic Design for Print
Posters for Driven: A Car Culture Film Series, presented by REVS January 9 thru June 7, 2012.
Recent Posters
Graphic Design for Print
Posters for various events.
Safety Not Guaranteed
safetynotguaranteedmovie.com
Web Design
Big Beach Films worked with Schapiro to create a site for their film "Our Idiot Brother" in 2011. In 2012, they asked Schapiro to build a site for their upcoming release, "Safety Not Guaranteed." These sites helped Big Beach find a distributor for both Sundance featured films.
Scramble
Stanford MFA, Thesis Exhibition Catalog
Print Design
Stanford's Department of Art and Art History asked Schapiro to design a catalog for their MFA thesis show. The book includes essays by Art History PhD students about the MFA work.
Entanglement Technologies
entanglementtech.com
Identity and Web Design
Entanglement Technologies, Inc. came to Schapiro with a specific challenge. Create a logo that spoke to the quantum measuring techniques they develope. With models of complex laser locking processes employed at Entanglement Schapiro simplified the representation to create the particle-cavity logo.
The Martell Agency
themartellagency.com
Identity and Web Design
The Martell Agency was contending with a slew of false information about their firm posted online. By producing their own site, the agency is able to state clearly their mission as authors' representatives.
Best Wedding Ever
bestweddingever.info
Web Design / Print Design
Schapiro's clients wanted a website to announce their wedding and celebration plans. Together with the client, Schapiro created a fun, colorful print invitation and website that reflected the bride and groom's personalities.
City Notes: San Francisco
Terry Warner Press
Book Production
- City Notes: San Francisco
by Jesse Coburn
Cover: Dave Marcoullier
Production: Martin Schapiro
Photography: Constance Smith
First edition, first impression of 100
Release date: June 2011
City Notes: San Francisco, written and researched by Jesse Coburn, is a compilation of often overlooked landmarks and histroric sites in San Francisco. Schapiro produced the hand bound volume and collaborated on the book's design. City Notes: San Francisco was published by Terry Warner Press in 2011 and is the first of a series.
Chris Neff Goldsmith
chrisneffgoldsmith.com
Visual Identity / Web Design
Chris Neff's one man jewelery design and fabrication operation presented a unique challenge: create a brand that speaks to handmade production and give that brand an electronic home. Schapiro and Neff worked closely to redesign the Neff logo and build a site that reflects the company's unique point of view. The resulting visual identity, based on Sears Roebuck era catalogs, sets Neff's small company apart from other small scale jewelry designers.
ALAMANC
Identity & Print Design
ALMANAC is a compilation of work from MFA and PhD students in Stanford University's Department of Art and Art History. Students in both the art practice and art history programs organized the book in order to cement the relationship between theory and practice within the Department. Schapiro worked with these students to develop a visual style for ALMANAC that supported an array of submissions from diverse fields.
ROUNTABLE SERIES
Visual Identity / Graphic Design
Schapiro created a brand for the Stanford art history Roundtable Series in order to boost visibility for the events.
Z BEHL
zbehl.com
Web and Graphic Design
Z Behl needed a new online home for her intricate and thoughtful drawings. Schapiro created a site for her current work with ample space for growth in her portfolio.
REAL HARD WORK
realhardwork.com
Web and Graphic Design
Client projects were distracting Real Hard Work from revamping its own portfolio site. To re-invigorate the design studio's brand, Schapiro created the RHW logotype and built the studio's clean and straightforward online portfolio.
RECESS ART
recessart.org
Logotype
Recess Activities INC. is dedicated to fusing art practice with exhibition. The nonprofit gallery provides emerging artists with street-level studio space open to the public. The new logo Schapiro created expresses the playfulness essential to the Recess brand. The logo is currently used for print and email communications.
ANDERS JOHNSON
anjohn.com
Web Design
Anders Johnson is a sculptor and installation artist working out of Providence, Rhode Island. His webspace content needed reorganization and editing. Schapiro produced a new site that emphasized displaying Johnson's portfolio of work.
Pattern FPOW
Graphic Design
Pattern designed for print or web applications.
