AIGA: The 100 Show
brand identity
The 100 Show is an annual exhibition showcasing the year's top design projects, hosted by the Salt Lake City chapter of AIGA. The core piece of the system was the "100" lockup, represented by a black square and two circles, which animated into various experimental forms. The exhibit also featured a poster installation, designed as an AR experience, where patrons could view the posters animate through their personal screens.
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Emma Eccles-Jones Education Building
wayfinding
Wayfinding and environmental design for the Emma Eccles Jones Education building at Utah State University. Project was a collaboration with Brooks Design Associates who oversaw the design of interiors for the building.
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Fellow
brand identity
Fellow is a healthcare IOT technology company that creates health monitoring devices and information delivery systems designed to provide underserved and rural populations with access to cutting edge healthcare solutions. The rebrand introduced a new name, wordmark, website design and development, as well as editorial and environmental applications. The result was a bold identity that is both friendly and modern.
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Elevate Magazine
magazine / editorial
The second issue of Elevate Magazine. The issue features artist Patrick Dougherty, commissioned to create a signature sculpture on the Caine College of the Arts campus, and showcases student accomplishments throughout the year. The design was intended to present a fresh, contemporary visual voice to the institution that would connect with a forward-thinking arts-oriented college demographic while also respecting the donors and alumni that have been an integral part of bringing the college forward to its current state.
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PACS
brand identity / environmental
PACS is a healthcare administration team focused on elevating the skilled-nursing experience. The brand was reintroduced with a new name, visual identity, and website to better serve its current client base in addition to capturing the attention of emerging industry talent.
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SRX
Comprehensive Brand Strategy
SRX is a New York-based healthcare technology company that offers a suite of products aimed at aiding long-term care facilities with pharmaceutical management. AKG partnered with SRX to create and maintain a fully integrated brand and communications across all platforms.
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Make Ogden
brand identity
Visual strategy for Ogden City's downtown revitalization campaign, "Make Ogden", in collaboration with Design Workshop. The project included an updated visual identity and exterior signage for downtown developments.
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LastMile
brand identity / digital
Visual identity, brand and website for Lastmile, a UT based warehousing and logistics company.
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Canyon House Residency
brand identity / digital
Identity and visual system for Canyon House Residency, a landscape architecture residency at Utah State University. Recent #STA100 Award recipient.
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office
Salt Lake City
333 W Pierpont
333 W Pierpont Ave. STE 4
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
801.447.5118

contact@aftonkleingroup.com
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For employment inquiries, contact us at jobs@aftonkleingroup.com. Please include resume and for designers, please include a pdf or link to portfolio.

There are currently no actively open positions.
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Stein Eriksen Estates
editorial / digital / communications
Print, digital, and communications campaign for Stein Eriksen Estates, a new modern home enclave in Deer Valley, Utah. In collaboration with project architects at Wow Atelier.
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Constellation
comprehensive brand strategy
Comprehensive brand strategy and design for Constellation, a home health services organization serving the northeastern states. The project includes brand identity, web development, environmental, icon/illustration style, advertising, and digital marketing.
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Everlane
digital advertising
Digital editorial promotions for customers new to the Everlane experience featuring welcome promotions and exclusive new product launch details.
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GuideCX
brand identity / digital / illustration
Design and development website refresh for GuideCX, a client-facing onboarding and project management software solution. Project included the introduction of a new communication strategy, illustration style, and typographic system.
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Sinclair
brand identity / digital
Brand identity for North Carolina-based public affairs firm, Sinclair. Project included stationery, print materials, digital ads and website.
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Animal Trackers
brand identity / digital
Brand identity for children's subscription box, Animal Trackers Club. Monthly subscribers receive a new box in the mail to explore, including toy animals, art projects, and activities. Each box is designed to encourage imagination and inspire creativity. The visual identity includes a binoculars symbol to represent a child's curiosity, and a playful iconographic system based on animal masks. The rebrand also included new packaging, print materials, art direction, and website design + development.

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Lago Snowboards
branding / snowboard decks
Development of brand identity for Lago Snowboards. Along with branding, project included snowboard deck designs, apparel, collateral, secondary graphics and general schwag. Lago Snowboards is the signature snowboard line of World-class professional athlete and olympic medalist Scotty Lago. Project was in collaboration with SkunkMethod.
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Sorenson Legacy Foundation
print communications
Print collateral and event branding for the grand opening gala of the Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Clinical Excellence.
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Transition
exhibition poster
Posters created in collaboration with Matt Ross. Exhibited in the Tippetts Galleries.
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Billabong
surfboard graphics
Custom surfboard artwork featured in Billabong's flagship retail stores. Project included surfboards for Billabong's stores in Hollywood, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Deerfield Beach, FL, Polo Park, Canada and Panama.

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Hollywood Covered
editorial design
Oversaw launch of Hollywood Covered Magazine. Project included art direction, brand identity, advertising, and complete design and style development for first issue.
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about
Afton Klein Group is a design and communications agency that works with brands in industries including technology, sports, fashion, entertainment, architecture, and the cultural arts. We have a strong belief that design is a way of thinking, and that communication is vision. This is the methodology through which we establish strategies to provide our clients with a clear voice within culture and the market.
Our work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Chicago Society of Typographic Arts (STA), and the University and College Designers Association (UCDA).

AKG members have taught in design and communication disciplines in the US and internationally including Otis College of Art and Design (Los Angeles), the College for Creative Studies (Detroit), University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture, Woodbury University (Los Angeles), Utah State University, the University of Utah and the University of Science and Technology (Hefei, China).

We are collaborative partners with Office DFK, an architecture firm with whom we share both mental and physical space.

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recognition
STA 100 / 2021, 2020, 2018
AIGA SLC 100 Show / 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
AIGA SLC Copper Ingot / 2019, 2018
UCDA Design Competition / 2018, 2015
AIGA Design Re:View 2009
services
Design Consultancy /
Brand Identity + Strategy / Communication + Strategy / Editorial Design /
Print Media /
Web UI + UX Design /
Web Development /
Digital Experience /
Motion Design + Animation /
Mobile Apps /
Environmental Design + Interiors /
Packaging + Product Design /
Illustration
partners
Mike Daines
Jennifer Diehl
Matthew Daines
Brandon Broadstone
studio
Eli Domery
Alexa Finch
Syd Gundersen
Madison Hales
Kaden Hendron
Madi Jackson
Kamber Jensen
Conrad Klooster
Gabriel Malikian
Jeremy Nixon
Brooke Scott
account / admin
Aleena Brinkerhoff
Camille Overmoe
Kendra Reaveley
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Go Fight Win
exhibition posters
Posters created in collaboration with Matt Ross for the Concatenation Exhibition in the Tippetts Galleries.
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Synergy Summit
brand identity
Brand identity for Synergy Summit, an exclusive, executive retreat for leaders in the healthcare industry. Project included a new identity system, event material, wayfinding, and environmental design for the 2019 summit in Newport Beach, CA.
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Roda Development
print communications
Roda Development Group is a team of professionals dedicated to design driven, distinct, and quality development projects.
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Carsten Meier / Dam
book design
Book design collaboration with Carsten Meier for his latest art photograph book published worldwide by Kerber, Europe's largest fine art book publisher. Project included design direction, cover and text layout. Photograph page layouts by artist.
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Hashimoto Seminar
2018-2019 series posters
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Red Bull Creation
poster design
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Hashimoto Seminar
lecture poster
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Red Bull 3style
record sleeves
Record sleeve designs for Red Bull 3Style. Tracks included artists that performed at championship events at SXSW and Pheonix, AZ. Artists included Z-Trip, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Erykah Badu and Designer Drugs.
Agency: Kastner and Partners
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Q Reviews
brand identity
Brand identity for Q Reviews, an end-to-end patient engagement platform. Project included updated communication strategy, digital materials, and website.
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ArtSystem
lecture series posters / identity
Art System was a lecture series at Utah State University that was sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and focused on the overlap between the arts and the sciences. The project entailed the design of a flexible brand identity system that shifted slightly depending on the particular application which gave each visiting artist/scientist a unique mark within the system. The project also commissioned the design of six 19"x30" posters to accompany the event along with a custom foldout takeaway piece.

The poster series was featured in the UCDA design exhibition in Orlando, Florida and received a Gold Award & Judges Award and are now part of the UDCA's permanent design collection.

This project was a collaboration between AKG's Mike Daines and Nick Kuder who is Assistant Professor and Director of the Design Center at Frostic School of Art at Western Michigan University.
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Real Taqueria
branding
Real Taqueria is family-owned and operated taqueria in Salt Lake City. The identity draws from the typographic vernacular of Mexico's vibrant streets. The brand launch included, a new logo, bilingual menus, food truck, environmental design, and interiors.
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Elevate Magazine
magazine / editorial
Commissioned to launch the first issue of Elevate Magazine, a 36-page annual publication for the Caine College of Arts at Utah State University. The design was intended to present a fresh, contemporary visual voice to the institution that would connect with a forward-thinking arts-oriented college demographic while also respecting the donors and alumni that have been an integral part of bringing the college forward to its current state. The inaugural issue also had to function as a consistent stylistic template that could accommodate content and remain relevant with minor modifications over the next several years. AIGA Copper Ingot Award recipient.
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Everlane
portland city guide
Printed foldout piece featuring a guide to recommended hot spots for the Portland Oregon area, along with itinerary for Everlane's yearly retreat.
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Hashimoto Seminar
michelle dougherty posters
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Initial Thoughts
exhibition
Typographic explorations exhibited in Mike Daines solo exhibition at Gallery 102 + Fice Gallery group exhibition.
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Hashimoto Seminar
rick valicenti lecture poster
3d Rick Valicenti model created by Thirst.
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Year of the Arts
event branding
Commissioned by Utah State University to brand the 2017-18 school year as the Year of the Arts. The Year of the arts was a yearlong celebration demonstrating the unique power of the arts to illuminate, transform and inspire. AKG created an integrated branding campaign designed to increase state-wide (as well as local) awareness for the quality of the arts at USU, and draw attention to specific targeted events to be held on campus throughout the year. AIGA 100 Show exhibition, Merit Award recipient.

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American Apparel
print advertising
Print editorial promotions for American Apparel clothing company.
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