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Strategic communications and graphic design
Tim Blackburn designs communications for a large variety of clients and audiences. Clients include higher education institutions, arts organizations, corporations, public service providers, publishers, and not-for-profit businesses. Projects encompass graphic identities, collateral/capability publications, and event materials in print and on the web.

Expertise and benefits
Tim provides you with many advantages:
  • comprehending your business, your audience, your messages
  • partnering with your work culture
  • distilling the essence of your communication goals
  • stimulating ideas with curiosity, possibility, and imagination
  • leading design by content and substance
  • designing the appropriate form for your messages
  • expressing the value of your enterprise with a passion for words and images

Design: projects conceived and realized
Tim has over two decades of design experience. This website is only an introduction. Please return soon for more background information, portfolio samples, and updates. Contact Tim now to learn more about his work, to see more examples, and to start a conversation about your next project. While you’re here, please visit a few of Tim’s recent graphic identity and web projects below ...

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology graphic identity
As the Design Manager of the MIT Publishing Services Bureau for seven years, Tim led a team in developing the first graphic identity for the august Institute. His roles included team leader, project manager, as well as design director. He was also the key conceptualizer, key content developer, and designer of the online style guide. Tim’s designs for MIT’s official business papers and presentation tools are on view here too. Visit >
  MIT IS&T graphic identity
Building on the values and mission of the newly named and restructured MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) department, Tim designed the logo and online style guide. Visit >
  MIT News Office
Taking the opportunity of new database technology and dynamic publishing, the MIT News Office looked for a new design for its website to match its evolving publishing practices. Tim designed the News Office website to work with the MIT graphic identity and top level pages of the MIT website. Visit >
  Stuart Darsch Photography
Tim designed Stuart Darsch’s website to showcase the photographer’s well-designed images. Visit >
  MIT Spectroscopy Lab
Tim created the conceptual design and art directed the final execution of this site for the researchers who explore the world through light. Stuart Darsch made the inspirational photographs. Visit >
  MIT Publishing Services Bureau
As a founding member of the MIT Publishing Services Bureau (PSB), and Design Manager, Tim designed many print and web publications for MIT, including the PSB graphic identity, the conceptual design for the PSB website, and art directed its final execution. Visit >
  Visiting MIT
Building on the style guide for the top level MIT web pages, Tim designed a much-needed guide for visitors getting around the Institute. Visit >


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Contact
Please contact Tim Blackburn to learn more about these websites, to see projects in print and in person, or to discuss communications possibilities to be determined ...

Here’s how to reach him:

 
email : tbd (at) timblackburndesign (dot) com    phone : 617 . 983 . 8366
address : 30 Boylston Street . Jamaica Plain . Massachusetts . 02130 - 2117 . USA