https://builtbybobvilla.com/work 2026-10-21T20:43:16+00:00 always 0.5 https://builtbybobvilla.com 2026-10-21T20:43:14+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1710068730954142055630695758123/Disc_Tour_small.jpg Print, packaging, and handcrafted items Things made https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1729167989639935598960538745131/IMG_8524_small.jpg Spaces Events and workshops https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1732282746818717354416056236331/SYP.jpg SYPartners: A greatness odyssey A movie I co-created with a coworker. A mocumentary about what SYPartners does as a company. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1842453142314394137187244243243/String-wall.jpg End-to-end design Projects from conception to completion https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1842453142295947393113534691627/Stirngs2.jpg End-to-end design Projects from conception to completion https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1920462930383815106762939234603/Pink_Flamingoes_card_box_mechanical_V4.jpg Personal work Some of my personal creative endeavors https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2654945776174872350343179467051/Dark-Horse-Front-Cover-copy.jpg One-off designs My freelance design work with 710LABS https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S3192058248588584335697820711211/Animations.png Video and animations https://builtbybobvilla.com/end-to-end-design 2026-10-21T19:33:13+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1842453142332840881260953794859/Strings_3.jpg Interactive voting/Q&A Employees ran string through eyelets below their answer to the question above it. I built this onsite. I had the boards printed directly onto by a local printer and I brought all of the needed hardware—eyelets, bolts, string, and scissors. I had made a much smaller prototype in my garage to test it out. While I was breaking down this setup, a Smashburger employee came over to tell me how much he enjoyed this activity. It’s one of those moments that makes it all worthwhile. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D1842453142277500649039825140011/Innovation_Press.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1842453142240607160892406036779/Innovation-origins.jpg Smashburger museum/gallery We designed a gallery experience which I assembled onsite along with the help of the in-house event team. We had physical items representing the history of Smashburger and a few videos playing on iPads that I helped edit. I ordered and assembled stands. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K1842453142259053904966115588395/Innovation_ipads.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1842453142295947393113534691627/Stirngs2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B1842483958965428330447725590827/Lenticular 2 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1842484366933620264608169130283/Lenticular 1 Lenticular boards https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1907805607618504493019971909931/IMG_6939.jpg Technology test run for live-streamed tea ceremony from Japan https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1907805607563164260798843255083/DSC06895_cc.jpg Workshop https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1907805607673844725241100564779/IMG_6967.jpg Farewell book recommendations table https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1907805607544717516725133703467/DSC06700_cc.jpg One of eight breakout sessions I ordered audio equioment in order to simultaneously record all breakout sessions. After the event I created transcripts to shre out with attendees. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1907805607636951237093681461547/IMG_6963.jpg The live-stream https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B1907805607655397981167391013163/IMG_6964.jpg Attendees enjoying the tea ceremony https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1907805607692291469314810116395/L1000290.JPG Conference notebooks https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2242435918650140666721390754091/Map-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2242435918594800434500262099243/Cover2-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2242435918576353690426552547627/Cover-logo-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2242435918668587410795100305707/Pocket-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2242435918613247178573971650859/IBC-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2242445766592038369155197368619/IFC-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2621504299575650028520233433387/710-Tropicanna-Flyer.jpg https://builtbybobvilla.com/print-et-al 2026-10-21T19:33:13+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1641566623040322157039878863147/IMG_5989_v2ba-small.jpg Starbucks CEO gift I created the interior of the gift box to hold an iPad for a chat-bot another designer created. I adhered book cloth to the interior just as I did the Nike kit on the top of the page. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1693821107561526580589199554859/Kaiser_collage_small.jpg Kaiser Permanente sprint kit prototype This was a multi-month project in which I created all of the physical pieces involved. I worked with another designer on this. We iterated frequently. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1693855975523387730088825911595/Nike_collage_small-copy.jpg Kit for Nike I lasercut the &NIKE logo, created foam cutouts for the interior and applied book cloth to it, created the cards, buttons, and posters. This started only with the exterior box that had book cloth on it. I chatted in-person and at-length with a book cloth expert at his Berkeley store, where I purchased the cloth. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1709970703332820884586967791915/chatbot_demo_fast_720.mp4 Starbucks CEO gift I recorded the video of the use of the chatbot for an internal shareout. I set up an overhead camera rig and edited the video. It’s purposely blurred. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1710068730954142055630695758123/Disc_Tour_small.jpg Starbucks leadership seeing tour guidebook I worked with two other designers to create maps, notebooks, and buttons in-house for six different teams engaging in a small-business seeing tour in San Francisco. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1710087815863326995164249913643/Nike_CLT-041_small.jpg Nike poster kit This was my first project at SYPartners. I made the notched envelope and the folded posters. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F1710096043000503405182013339947/Nike_CLT-042_small.jpg Poster unfolded https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1711331402100485200532417214763/Nike_team_The_Verb_Mockup1_small.mp4 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V1711337802382809014798445902123/Nike_Team_The_Verb_Mockup2_small.mp4 A notebook prototype I created this prototype in-house to send to an external vendor. Final prototype on the left; prototype template with measurements on the right. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1732320262533989123816173795627/SDJ_Journey.jpg Starbucks leadership seeing tour guidebook Notebook interior https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3191985374633887425745613945131/Plaque_Certificate.jpg Laser-etched graduation plaque Because a piece of paper wouldn’t be as impactful or special. I laser etched this text onto black acrylic and filled the etching with white ink. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3191985374670780913893033048363/Starbucks_Box_Cover.png Starbucks CEO gift Box exterior with logo 3x UV clear print https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z3191985374596993937598194841899/labels.jpg Fruit packaging Designs I translated from Figma to be stickers cut on a Cricut. This was created for an in-store photoshoot. https://builtbybobvilla.com/spaces 2026-10-21T20:56:04+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1641457182566016534486242490667/IMG_6192_small.jpg Meditative ringside https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1641460417755992181667404904747/IMG_6221_small.jpg Meditative ringside in action https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1641582009432660550029462665515/IMG_0767-small.jpg Interactive workshop in action Clients prioritizing https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1641582009395767061882043562283/IMG_0753-small.jpg Interactive workshop Prints on assembled cardboard boxes. I printed and assembled all of them.. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1710064654795550832104784722219/IMG_9381_small.jpg Basic workshop setup An example of one of many quick setups I’ve worked on https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1729167989639935598960538745131/IMG_8524_small.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1729167989603042110813119641899/IMG_8488_small.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1729167989621488854886829193515/IMG_8489_small.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1729168453335741379797537716523/IMG_8476_bv_small.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1729168453372634867944956819755/IMG_8492_bv_small.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O1732320262718456564553269311787/SDJ_team.jpg Seeing tour Team challenge is revealed https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F1842461101309698691762965379371/Stirngs2.jpg Meditative ringside https://builtbybobvilla.com/one-off-designs-1 2026-10-21T20:08:32+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2654914096677384109318421281067/710-LABS-Product-Guide-NOV2025_spreads-1.jpg March Hashness 2026 A design made to parody a Playstation video game. The box contained 16 jars of hash. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2654960188505336675173599738155/710_Van-Wrap-Fall_Win-2025-Finalv2-2.jpg Van Wrap A van wrap I designed. Dimensions shown. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B3191985374541653705377066187051/Dark-Horse-Back-Cover-Robbie-v4-face.jpg Parody of Darkhorse album back cover The original headshot of this employee had too many highlights and shadows on it. I supplied 710 with a sheet of specifications to get the lighting right. It worked out great. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3191985374504760217229647083819/710-x-Tropicanna_SA-Wall-Wrap_Triptech.jpg Wall wrap I was given the image on the left with only the width and height. I estimated the location of all other obstacles. The middle photo is my design and the right photo is of the final piece. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3191985374652334169819323496747/Smoking-Stonehenge-Lighter_FINAL_1-13-copy.png Emoji-emulating lighter design https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3191985374615440681671904393515/March-Hashness-Bracket-Postcard_v3.jpg March Hashness 2026 Interior card in which customers could vote bracket-style on their favorite hash found inside. I had to redesign the bracket to accommodate the size and dimensions, allowing for enough room to write the names. I’m very happy with what I came up with. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3191985374578547193524485290283/Jesus-Mushrrom-enamel-pin_FINAL-Press-Quality-copy.png Enamel pin Originally a patch I had to translate and alter to be a pin https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W3191985374523206961303356635435/Close_Friends-book-copy.jpg An art/zine book showing off select jar art I designed the cover and belly-band and layed out the interior https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3191985374449419985008518428971/710-LABS-Box-Design-Dieline-copy.png March Hashness 2026 A design made to parody a Playstation video game. The box contained 16 jars of hash. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3191985374689227657966742599979/Trilobite-Multiple_Trilobite-Thumbnails_2.png Trilobite vector art This was a labor of love. I recreated this trilobite art (left) from a textbook. It is all vector art created in Adobe Illustrator. I created various versions using 710LABS colors. All edges fade to clear. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D3192111072352872417043056359723/Dark-Horse-Front-Cover_FINAL_1920.jpg Parody of Darkhorse album cover 710 had a photoshoot of their warehouse employess. I then placed them onto the album cover matching the original album artwork style. https://builtbybobvilla.com/video 2026-10-21T20:12:50+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1710032041265623162870590011691/Animations_grid.mp4 Animations I created these in After Effects for a wall display at a Kaiser Permanente event. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q1729263504501119281510274234667/SYP Gameshow Promo 3 A Friendly Reminder One of three videos that I created to create a buzz for the company Game Show that I created with a coworker. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1732081767992507786659597580587/2018 SYP Client Portfolio 2018 projects portfolio The design team gathered to have a look at what each person worked on that year. Rather then presenting, I made this video to show what I had worked on. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y1752931495334575281547054610731/Alissa.jpg Leader interviews Set up, recorded, and edited interviews with department leaders for the website. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1752931495353022025620764162347/Ellie.jpg Leader interviews Set up, recorded, and edited interviews with department leaders for the website. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1752931495371468769694473713963/Kerns.jpg Leader interviews This particular video I setup entirely on my own at the Godfrey Daditch office in San Francisco. <a href="https://vimeo.com/1062890395?share=copy#t=0" style="color: rgb(255, 106, 7);" target="_blank">View this video</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1907865173557071050764065896747/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-6.19.09PM.png A Friendly Reminder One of three videos that I created to create a buzz for the company Game Show that I created with a coworker. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1907880292729874791997084989739/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-6.33.04PM.png 2018 projects portfolio The design team gathered to have a look at what each person worked on that year. Rather then presenting, I made this video to show what I had worked on. https://builtbybobvilla.com/personal-work 2026-10-21T20:55:03+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P1907900701857029806844511451435/Velocity_Music_logo Velocity music Animated logo I made for a friend’s <a href="https://www.velocitymusicnyc.com/" style="color: rgb(255, 119, 0);" target="_blank">website</a>. An in-kind donation. He gives me free beats all the time. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1907904907105936058189864696107/High_Seas Ship in storm I don’t know why but I dreamed this up and had to make it. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1907915917543198541725904599339/Buildings Car to city One of the first animations using After Effects https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A1907922416331135709600938916139/Screenshot-2024-08-06-at-7.10.23PM.png Collage of final flamingos https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L1920429770147733324998763280683/Flamboyance_collage_web.jpg Collage of final flamingos https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z1920462930383815106762939234603/Pink_Flamingoes_card_box_mechanical_V4.jpg Flamboyance card deck and box I created a deck of cards with each flamingo on it and gave one to everybody who participated. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1950854862530990866326435592491/Sound Mask Animated audio https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1950870449088949203138363980075/Kitchen_projection Daytime kitchen projected into nighttime kitchen Why did I make this? I don’t know if I know why. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I1953739333895617109081007782187/Flamongoes_square-copy.jpg Flamboyance card deck A few of the cards shown here. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2185258579466355902728569289003/Flamboyance.jpg The fashion show Each flamingo was placed atop an electric lazy susan and had it’s own lighting, music, list of hobbies, and script. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2331672003151062959008901953835/Frames_1.jpg Acrylic Frames I laser cut two layers of acrylic—one colored and one clear—then layered them to frame my wife’s grandfather’s artwork. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2331672003114169470861482850603/Frame_green.jpg Acrylic Frames https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3192114961000310131311375218987/Flamingos_2.jpg Light well flamingo display We had originally asked for 7 flamingos from a friend to spruce up the ugliness of the light well. The original vision realized. https://builtbybobvilla.com/sypartners-a-greatness-odyssey 2026-10-21T20:43:32+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1732282746449782472941865204011/420.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F1732282746523569449236703410475/eye.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1732282746781823866268637133099/Rachel.jpg Green screen magic https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V1732282746542016193310412962091/Greatness_Knights.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U1732282746486675961089284307243/Crawl.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T1732282746818717354416056236331/SYP.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N1732282746597356425531541616939/HAL_Daisy.jpg Had to sneak in some Kubrick https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S1732282746800270610342346684715/Sophie.jpg One of many interviews Everyone was a huge sport. A British coworker did 14 takes trying to imitate an American accent. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1732282746744930378121218029867/poster_2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R1732282746689590145900089375019/matrix.jpg The Matrix https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M1732282746763377122194927581483/Present_day.jpg Opening scene Homage to Star Wars https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J1732282746505122705162993858859/DD.jpg Behind the scenes https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1732282746652696657752670271787/Liz.jpg Matrix inspired scene https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W1732282746634249913678960720171/KEITH.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1732282746615803169605251168555/Katie.jpg Our amused stand-in While filming our A Clockwork Orange / 2001: A Space Odyssey mashup scene. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X1732282746726483634047508478251/Poster_1.jpg Posters https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H1751179497406324131320192497963/IMG_0791_1-1-1-1.jpg Good ‘ol 1-1-1-1 My co-creator hiding behind it https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G1890282523859645849876071119147/Swoll_Patrol Production house video https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2331687232026653706592624507179/SB_9-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2331687231952866730297786300715/SB_1-copy.jpg Story boards https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2331687232008206962518914955563/SB_4-copy.jpg https://builtbybobvilla.com/about-2 2026-10-21T20:43:32+00:00 always 0.5 https://builtbybobvilla.com/page-nav-1 2026-10-21T20:43:16+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C1950815829017616712104411068715/back_arrow.png https://builtbybobvilla.com/header-desktop 2026-10-21T21:06:42+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3192048279728279230097903253803/Film-Countdown-screen.jpg https://builtbybobvilla.com/header-mobile 2026-10-21T20:43:16+00:00 always 0.5 https://builtbybobvilla.com/hidden 2026-10-21T20:43:16+00:00 always 0.5