Running on Cargo
THE PORTFOLIO OF DUSTIN MACIAG
CHEER UP! DETROIT 
I teamed up with Nick Moore on this project & it was tons of fun. We have both lived in Detroit for a few years and noticed that while it gets a bad reputation, it...
Wheat Paste, Street Art, Detroit 
ETHICAL ELECTRIC 
I had a lot of fun working on these two pages for Ethical Electric. They are a new startup with a noble mission: to commit to renewable energy by putting the money...
Web, Green, Energy 
FLORA & FAUNA 
This was a fun 'just because' project that I did. I had these wooden medallions lying around from my BRAINDEAD project & decided to put them to good use. It was an...
Crafting, Illustration, Ink 
SAVE USA WIND JOBS! 
I was lucky enough to be the lead designer on this Save USA Wind Jobs Twitter app through my job at Teal Media. I worked with Fission Strategy and with Save USA...
Twitter, App, Save USA Wind Jobs 
URBAN OUTFITTERS 
For an assignment, I was given Urban Outfitters to create a commercial for. As an art student in my twenties, it’s no surprise that i’m familiar with Urban...
Urban, Outfitters, Clothing 
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE 
The Detroit Opera House (DOH) had a lot going for it. The interior was simply breathtaking (and I don't use that term often). It was a real treat just walking...
Detroit, Opera, House 
VOICES FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN 
Voices was an ongoing project that spanned most of my time at Teal Media. While working with Fission Strategy, we we tasked to come up with a weekly infographic....
Voices, Infographic, America 
THE FUTURE PROJECT 
It was such pleasure to work with The Future Project! The founders are so passionate about what they do, and love helping others. My task while working at Teal...
Web, Nonprofit, Progressive 
OCCUPY 
This project was based on an environmental study. I chose my closet fort in my dorm room. This is an undesirable situation to most, but I enjoyed spending time...
Architecture, Model, Decoration 
BELLE ISLE 
Belle Isle is an area of Detroit where nature reigns supreme. I explored the island while utilizing tools such as a bicycle, notebook, camera, plastic bags & stale...
Mixed Media, Poster, Detroit 
SHADOW ART FAIR 2010 
The Shadow Art fair is an amazing event that happens twice a year in Ypsilanti, MI. It only costs two cents to get in & has plenty to offer for any one. There was a...
Shadow, Art, Fair 
ONE CAMPUS 
The ONE Campus app was one of my favorite projects at the start of my time working at Teal Media. Through Fission Strategy, I was tasked to utilize the existing...
Facebook, App, ONE 
ILLUSTRATION & CRAFTS 
As long as I can remember, I have been doing arts & crafts. Painting, drawing, sculpting, whatever I could get my hands on. This is a collection of my favorite...
Illustration, Crafts, Handmade 
AN ESSAY ON TIBOR KALMAN 
Tibor kalman was truly a bad ass of Graphic Design. His devil-may-care attitude about design is kept in check by his unwillingness to fail (more than once) and his...
Tibor, Kalman, Typography 
UARTV 
Despite the strange name (I decided that it was called u-are-tv), UARTV was a great idea that I was given to work on. I figured out that all of the components of...
Television, Motion, Mixed 
HELP! WWF 
Deforestation is a big issue in the world right now. Besides the big perks of having trees (such as creating oxygen so we can breathe), they are also homes to many...
World, Wildlife, Fund 
LAY TO WASTE 
I've always wanted to get one of my designs on a t-shirt. So, when Abby at Brainbow contacted me, I was pretty hyped about it from the start. The best part? She...
T-Shirt, Mythology, God 
RAINIER MARIA RILKE 
This is Rainier Maria Rilke. This famous poet was known for his dreamy imagery & truly had a way with words. When creating this piece, I took several motifs from...
Motion, Portrait, Poet 
PRINT LIVES! 
This project means a lot to me. For a student about to graduate, one of my main concerns was where I was going to be working in the world of graphic design & well,...
Poster, Illustration, Design 
GHOSTS & GOBLINS 
Ghosts, demons, and the occult have intrigued me for as long as I can remember. Growing up catholic, you're basically taught to be scared shitless of Hell, Satan,...
Demon, Mixed Media, Illustration 
THE EYE 
The world is apathetic. No one really cares about anything anymore, especially the younger crowd. With THE EYE, my aim was to get younger people to care about...
Newspaper, Redesign, Print 
TYPEFACES 
'Bellmer' was my very first (official) font that I designed. We could pick anything in the world, and I chose The Machine Gunneress, by Hans Bellmer. It is a creepy...
Font, Typeface, Hans Bellmer 
BRAINDEAD 
While being quite an endeavor, this project did not inspire me at all. I was sitting around grasping for anything to inspire me. It was then that I realized that...
Set-up, Photography, Environmental 
YETI ANNUAL REPORT 
Annual reports can be a bore, but not so much for the best streetwear company on the block. YETI focuses on putting out the coolest fashions while making their...
Annual Report, Typography, Bold 
THE LIFE & DEATH OF LEATHER 
My (faux) leather jacket was a staple in my everyday wardrobe. I knew leather was bad, but I wanted to know more. After researching extensively, I found out the...
Leather, Infographic, Jacket