May 2010
7 posts
Who needs a boring old executive summary? This...
One of our longtime clients, the Colorado Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention (COAPPP) —now called Colorado Youth Matter— asked us to design a booklet that summarizes their snapshot of HIV prevention and sexuality education in Colorado’s classrooms. The content included summaries of survey information and analysis collected throughout the state, as...
Brothers typeface, FTW
I recently acquired the Brothers typeface from Emigre—a lovely face designed by a bona-fide sign-painter; I’ve since been looking for appropriate applications for it. In designing the identity for this year’s iteration of an annual fundraiser (you may recognize the surname in the organization), I found one:
When dealing with designs that have to convey a lot of typeset...
It's 4:58PM and I have to get ready to throw my...
Funny funny FUNNAY user crash reports for Adobe Photoshop CS4, over at Garrett Murray’s bloggything. I never thought of using a crash report as a vehicle for self-expression, but then maybe if I did I wouldn’t carry all this suppressed rage around….
via BoingBoing
What is an idea?
Sometimes it comes to us in a flash; at other times it forms slowly, aggregating one element upon another until a cohesive concept arises. Sometimes, it doesn’t come at all—not when you really need it, anyway.
Ideas are what drives the creative industry, not to mention engineers, scientists, teachers, and others. What makes good ideas happen? And how can we prime the pump to encourage...
This map of Colorado is quite Flashy
One of my longtime clients, Colorado Youth Matter (formerly COAPPP) asked us to create an interactive map of Colorado, showing statistical data related to teen fertility rates, health center locations, and more. I made this for them, using a base map created by cartographer (and friend) Nick Trotter and myself. Here’s a screenshot showing the map with one of the counties highlighted:
The...
Commenting anonymously means never having to say...
I like the things that The Denver Egotist does. It pokes and prods the Denver ad/design/marketing world to suck less. But I’ve always had a problem with their policy to allow anonymous comments when people are showing work on the site, or posting an opinion on some aspect of the biz. As “Felix” (a TDE commentator who, while pseudonymous, has a lot of good things to say),...
Sean Adams brings the world (or at least Disney's...
Sean Adams (he of Adams Morioka fame) is “on vacation” at “Disney World”. Which means, he’s been told by Noreen and others to stop trying to be such a designer and just go have some fun. But, being a designer, he can’t help himself, and his blog at Burning Settlers’ Cabin has a little micro-photographic story of his journey through Disney’s ultimate...
