Nick Daniels

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The Daniels, Walters, & Irwin Law Firm

The Daniels, Walters and Irwin Law Firm (DWI for short) is a fake law firm I created for a gallery showing called 'The Museum of Lies and Future Truths' where we were tasked with using design skills to create a believable 'Hoax'

I made two fake degrees (a bachelors degree and a law certificate) that lined up with moments in my life when I could have feasibly attained those degrees. Those along with a fake poster, courtroom photos, and a 30 second advertisement created enough data to make it believably seem as though I was a lawyer.

Photography by: MT Comerate

Product Advertising: 64-1 Snake Oil

Dr. Daniels' All Purpose All Natural Synthetic Snake Oil is a fictional 64-1 hygiene and household cleaning product.

Meant to be a parody of modern hygiene products that combine so many different uses that cannot possibly be combined together without diminishing returns.

Photos attached include all logo designs involved, lifestyle photos, packaging design, product mock-ups, and selected pages from the Snake Oil style guide.

WARNING: Do NOT get this product in your eyes

New Era Design-athon 1st Place Prize

New Era hosts a design-athon every year at Buffalo State. Students are split into groups (3 fashion majors and 1 graphic design major) and have 24 hrs to make a sculpture out of recycled New Era clothes.

Winners of The Design-athon receive a cash prize and a paid summer internship at New Era.

Our groups creation: 'FOUNDATION' was a physical representation of New Eras 3 biggest clients; The MLB, NBA, and NFL with a nod to the NHL in the helmet.

The internship went from May-Aug 2025 and was extended to Feb 2026 after which I was offered a full time position as a Jr Headwear Designer.

New Era Cap Design: 「THE HAT」

During my Internship at New Era I had the opportunity to design a cap for myself amidst all the projects I worked on for the company.

I chose to base my design off of a character from an anime that inspired me to become an artist. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. The character is Okuyasu Nijimura and his stand 「THE HAND」.

I won't bore you with all the details of the anime, but a stand is a representation of the users soul and the user can summon a stand in the heat of battle to fight with.

I wanted to create a design where the pallette and graphics are inspired by and allude to a character or theme without just putting the logo on the hat.

*I do not own the drawings or images attached, only the cap and images of cap.

American Museum of Natural History Redesign

In the attempt to create a type system and put some typography skills to the test I decided to re design the American Museum of Natural Histories logo and make some posters for the new brand design.

The following includes 3 posters for The Butterfly Vivarium at The AMNH along with new logos and all variations of them as well as mock ups and selected images from the style guide.