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
01Album ArtCovers in motion02Key ArtCampaign key frames03Show PostersGig + event prints
Index — All GalleriesDEF Studios, Portland OR
Art Director & Designer Portland, Oregon — 45.5°N

DANEbranding made by handERIK FORST

Scroll Concept → Reality
Dane Forst in the studio
01 — The WorkFive ways in

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.

One practice, five bodies of work. Start with the one you came for.

Marks · Logos · Identity systems

Brand + Design

The marks I keep coming back to.

See the marks
UX/UI · Product · Interactive

Web +
Digital

Marketplaces, apps, and product systems. Art direction and UX/UI, from the first wireframe to the last pixel.

  • 15Projects
  • 14Industries
  • UX/UI+ Product
Open the digital archive
Wine · Beer · Spirits · Food

Packaging

Labels, bottles, and boxes worth keeping long after they’re empty

See the packaging
03 galleries · 63 pieces

Art + Culture

Posters, album art, key art, illustration, and the things made by hand.

Enter the galleries
Characters · Objects · Turned in the round

Sculpture

Seventeen pieces with no front to hide behind.

Walk the collection
New

AI + Experiments

The lab, where the next thing gets made.

Enter the lab
Same hand, five surfaces. The categories are for you, not for me.
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
02 — ServicesWhat I do
A

Branding

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

B

Web + Product Design

UX and UI for marketplaces, apps, and marketing sites. Information architecture, wireframes, design systems, and responsive layouts, art directed end to end.

C

Packaging

Labels, bottles, cans, and boxes, from first concept and dielines through print production and the press check.

D

Creative Direction

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

E

Content Production

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

03 — GalleriesMoving image
Album Art

Covers in motion

Visual encapsulations of sound

Open the gallery
Key Art

The Focal Point

A singular image. An endless impact

Open the gallery
Show Posters

Immortalizing moments

Gig and show posters worth stealing

Open the gallery
All galleries