01Dead Comics SocietyBrand Identity + Event Identity02Club TattooIllustration03Haystack WinesBrand Identity + Packaging04Museum of FailureExhibition Branding + Experiential052B FarmingBrand Identity + Photography06Rabbit Hole WinesBrand Identity + Packaging07Tame ImpalaPoster Design + Illustration08Ashwood Tattoo StudioBrand Identity09Selected Experiments3D • Sculpture • Fabrication
Index — Selected WorkDEF Studios, Portland OR
Art Director & Designer Portland, Oregon — 45.5°N Open for work

DANEbranding made by handERIK FORST

Scroll Concept → Reality
Dane Forst in the studio
01 — AboutThe beginning

Helping ambitious
ideas find
their form.

From brands and products to stories, experiences, and entirely fictional universes, I help turn abstract ideas into things people can see, feel, and remember.

How deep does your brand go? Anyone can make a logo. I’m interested in building the stories, symbols, worlds, and experiences people carry with them.

01 / 09 — Brand Identity + Event Identity

Dead Comics
Society

Knock knock. Who’s there? Killer Branding

Open case study
02 / 09 — Illustration

Club
Tattoo

ink culture, drawn by hand

Open case study
03 / 09 — Brand Identity + Packaging

Haystack
Wines

The search for the proverbial needle

Open case study
04 / 09 — Exhibition Branding + Experiential

Museum
of Failure

an exhibition built to celebrate the misses

Open case study
05 / 09 — Brand Identity + Photography

2B
Farming

rooted in the land, built to last

Open case study
06 / 09 — Brand Identity + Packaging

Rabbit Hole
Wines

follow it all the way down

Open case study
07 / 09 — Poster Design + Illustration

Tame
Impala

psychedelia, pushed through print

Open case study
08 / 09 — Brand Identity

Ashwood
Tattoo Studio

A meditation on renewal and destruction

Open case study
09 / 09 — 3D • Sculpture • Fabrication

Selected
Experiments

the lab, where the next thing gets made

Open case study
03 — ServicesWhat I do
A

Branding

Identity systems, logos, packaging, and visual direction, built to hold up in print, on shelf, and on screen.

B

Creative Direction

Campaign concepts, product launches, experiential design, and visual storytelling from first sketch to final install.

C

Content Production

Commercial production, photography, video, animation, and social campaigns that carry the brand's voice.