One of my good buddies who I worked with at DW Turner recently started his own company and asked for my help with his logo and website to which I gladly obliged. Best of luck Rob and I look forward to seeing your progress!
I might take some heat from fellow Mac lovers for this one, but holy cow, it feels like the front edge of the MacBook Pro is trying to slit my wrists it’s so sharp sometimes. It’s better when I prop it up on a laptop cooler (i.e. usually a stack of books or my laptop case since I have yet to spring for a “real” laptop cooler) but it’s starting to annoy me. Senor Jobs, if you are reading this maybe you should consider rounding the front just a bit the next time around.
In the process of packing this week, of which, my wife has been doing the VAST majority of, I came across a brochure that my grandfather designed for a nursing home in California back in the 50’s. For those of you who don’t know my grandfather was a very talented artist and served as an Art Director in Portland for several years. When I found the brochure I remembered the afternoon he walked me through the process of how he created it with a combination of typesetting, screen printing and illustrating to which I replied “Wow, I can’t believe you did all that without a computer or layout programs”. (Haha, to which he probably thought, “Dumb kid”.)
Anyway, I’ll snap a photo of it and upload it later. If you’re interested, here’s some links to other stuff my grandpa did:
- Elijah: The Man Who Went To Heaven - lots of cool pen illustrations in here.
- Various paintings my grandfather did.
You know when the judges on American Idol tell contestants that the song got away from them? That’s how I feel when I design sometimes. Trying to reel it in is fun, challenging and sometimes flat out exasperating.
Brad Cockrell has got quite the eye for capturing some beautiful photographs. Brad, if you don’t object, the next time I need a photo shoot done I’ll be contacting you first.
This photo is my favorite.
I think this was in a James Bond movie a few years ago, and at the time I thought it was completely fake. But the History Channel ran a special on it last night. Brrrrrrrrrr, but cool.
I haven’t been to Dubai yet but from everything I’ve heard there is some really cool stuff happening there. The logo for the Dubai International Airport makes me think what I’m hearing is true. The logo was done by Cato Purnell Partners who specialize in “identity management and design.”
That’s what a new startup called Shoeboxed is promising. Very simple idea and sounds very useful. Especially if you’re like me and accidentally send a pile of stashed receipts through the wash every couple of months.
UPDATE: My friend Austin could have used this when he was running his landscaping business The Cutting Edge. I’ll always remember one particular April 14th when I went to his house only to find him sorting through a 50 gallon hefty bag of receipts in preparation of his tax return. Hilarious. Hmmm, now that I think about it, I probably owe him 50 bucks for busting a lawn light fixture at one of his clients houses during one of my freelance lawn mowing stints.
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Newsweek has an interesting mini-feature questioning the efficacy of shock ad tactics. AdRant founder Steve Hall told Newsweek these ads are “like a sledgehammer to the face.”
Thoughts?
