john christopher burns DESIGN

Welcome to a small, well-meaning place where handcrafted design is done...
  • for television (in any standard, any definition),
  • for user interfaces large and small,
  • for the world wide web,
  • for print, for CD covers, for menus down the street so we get free food,
  • for non-profits we’re friends with,
  • for passers-by who flash large denominations of cash our way,
  • for friends of friends,
  • against our better judgement,
  • and so on.

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Graphic design. For television, and more.

  • CNN Headline News bumper, part of the 1989 redesign.
    ’Ahead’ bumper for News 14 Carolina, twin 24 hour newschannels in Raleigh and Charlotte.
    The freeway-sign-inspired menu for Atlanta’s American Roadhouse. Mmm...good burgers.
    A series of factsheets on Atlanta’s diverse population, created for Georgia State University.
    Interactive design for the set-top: AT&T Interactive tried to make a video interface easy for users who wanted to order a pizza, read their mail, and oh yeah, watch TV.
  • Not every archaeological site gets its own website, but when dozens of visitors ask the question “What’cha doing out there...”
    Bay News 9’s Breaking News animation, trying to get viewers’ attention without all the usual clichés.
    An unsuccessful proposed redesign for the NBC Owned stations. It’s hard to resist making the NBC peacock colors something less electric, but I try and play by the rules.
    WFSB 3 Hartford’s Eyewitness News redesign, the second channel I designed after leaving TBS.
    Design for a 24 hour Traffic and Weather channel in the UK, Belgium, and Germany for WeatherPlus.
  • WTMJ 4 Milwaukee became ‘Today’s TMJ 4’ in a logo that has stood the test of time.
    Logo design for a company that consults on how to get bits from point a to point b.
    Eights are my specialty! part of a complete redesign of KCCI Des Moines.
    Bill Tullis has long been a legend in Atlanta sound. Now his website reflects that stature.
    WYFF 4 Greenville is (or was) Carolina’s News Channel. We tried to make that point elegantly.
  • Scott Jones is an expert at lithics—stone tools. He'd prefer, however, to leave his web design to me.
    With "one-man-band" crews out on the streets of D.C., PushPause tries to capture the hyperlocal heart of the district.
    Pro bono (that meant free) redesign of Atlanta’s PBS station. The Emmy and PBS awards we won were icing on the cake.
    Logo design as part of complete package for WSAV 3 Savannah.
    A big ol’ poster for Georgia’s Archaeology Week celebration.
  • In a strong city built on the history of steel, WKBN and its sister stations now communicate with a clear new voice.
    I believe in TV stations looking like their environment, so the colors and terrain of the Southwest are a big part of my KOAT Albuquerque design work.
    Design for Capital News 9’s live trucks. Considered ‘not flashy enough’ by the promotion director.
    Complete original design for News 24 Houston, a 24 hour news channel launched by Time Warner and Belo in 2002, and brought to a crashing halt in July 2004.
    News 24 Houston’s animated two box live, or double-box, or split box, or whatever you call it..
  • Logo design for a satellite-delivered network from Barbados.
    When KOIN became KOIN Local 6, it was important that it was steeped deeply in all things Portland.
    News 24 Houston’s Traffic Center open.
    A frame from the News 8 Austin open. Boy, that logo is as big as all of Texas.
    WXIA wasted no time in tying its identity to the Atlanta Olympics, and this ID links the two together.
  • Seven day forecast page for News 24 Houston, pushing the limits of how much weather data can be crammed on one page.
    Good Morning America promo tag for ABC’s popular morning show.
    Bill Balleza ID for KPRC 2 Houston, part of my long-lived (but alas, departed) KPRC design.
    Body & Health host Samantha Shatzky on a set that isn’t there.
    WSTE Ponce San Juan became ‘superSiete’, and my logo design tried to reflect the island’s character.
  • Dynamic logo design for ESPN’s MotoWorld, bringing unneeded elegance to the world of motorcycle racing.
    Virtual set for Bay News 9 En Español, in Tampa/St. Petersburg.
    Capital News 9 ‘Breaking news’ open. We also created a ‘Just in’ open so the 24 hour channel wouldn’t be crying ‘wolf’ at every car crash.
    Logo as part of a complete package for WAFF 48 Huntsville.
    WIS News (Columbia, SC) redesign that emphasized the call letters over the channel number.