Thursday, November 5, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
POPular Design
Im proud to share one of the sites that we have been working on for one of our clients CaringBridge. It is a real time interactive site which feeds off of twitter feeds and right off the site itself. I also designed every colorful piece of it, I just love my job!! Check the site out!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
POPular Design
Like I said before, I just love a well designed business card more so when it is functional and different.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Watch this!
Dan Pink Talks about motivation and rewards systems, it is a really good tedtalk and he says things that apply across the board to all walks of life and careers! loved it!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Watch this!
Wieden + kennedy created these videos for Nokia's world conference and played them inbetween the keynote speeches. I like the cookies!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Evolution of the PSA
Granted these are 2 different subjects but check out the drastic difference in the shock value. Holy Crap I WILL NEVER TEXT AND DRIVE! I think the creativity gone into creating a message has always been around but the executable possibilities that have evolved over time have really made things happen. Maybe in another 20 years we have the technology to implant a filter into our brains and turn the dumbshit switch off making the need for PSAs unnecessary.
POPular Design
These are cool uses of negative space, we could create mind blowing things if seeing and using negative space came naturally to everyone.
POPular Design
likecool.com
This is a great idea for parties or give away for brands like KFC, monopoly, or Planters!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
pikpic
Getting to know me and my toes from Joseph Mann
Every photographer takes photos of their feet and i think every artist eventually draws their own feet. If I had attempted to create this video my soldiers would have looked like they had a form of leotardation. (I know thats not a word, leotard!)
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
POPular words
So interviews are exciting things to get, I feel like the more I go to them, the more confident I am in myself and what exactly is going on. I feel like when I had my first interview I wanted it so bad and couldn't think straight. My answers were stuttered and clumsy, my brain froze on questions and I had such a hard time. But now, when someone makes a reference to a small local agency or creative or ad, I know what the heck they are talking about, I feel like I'm doing things right and it really restores confidence in me. I remember reading an article in business week that had some really helpful questions to be prepared for and I share it here:
| Why are you interested in working with us? This will demonstrate whether the candidate has done his research, has a clear understanding of your company's mission and product, and his expectations of design's contributions. |
| What do you have to offer us? This question will elicit the candidates' understanding of the aggregate of her education, experience, and passions. It should also tell you what the candidate would feel empowered to accomplish within your organization, as it allows them to demonstrate their understanding of your needs and desires. |
| What project in your portfolio are you most proud of and why? It almost doesn't matter which project they select, it's the "why" that's important. You want to hear their business reasons for selecting a particular project—metrics about brand building, lower cost, new materials, new vendors, profits, innovations enabled—as well as how customer focused it is and how well it enhances customer experience. You do not want to hear: "It looks cool," although whatever it is should look great—beautiful if possible. You also want to hear the story of the project—the ability to tell stories about the work is a very important part of explaining and convincing. |
| How do you learn about consumers (or customers)? Recent graduates can speak to watching people select and buy things and asking buyers why they made the selection they did, or asking customers coming out of a movie theater about their comfort during the experience, or watching people trying to insert their credit card in an airport ticket kiosk and following them through the process of seat selection, baggage check, and so on. Designers with 3 to 5 years of experience, depending on where they worked previously, will be able to speak to working with ethnographers and other research specialists and to participating in observing consumers and getting their input in the design process or sharing design concepts with them. |
| How do you stay on top of trends? You want to hear about the dozens of magazines they subscribe to personally, that are available to them at work, or that they look at online; the conferences they attend; the sites and blogs they look at; the trade shows they attend; the people in their network who are experts in another field. You also want to know about interests from outside the design world. |
| If we asked the people you work with what it's like to work with you, what would they tell us? You want to hear insightful observations of how they are perceived by co-workers and managers, perhaps, "It would depend on who you ask. X would tell you that I am very difficult because I am so demanding. Y would tell you that he loves to work with me because I stay focused on what needs to be done," and so on. You don't want to hear: "I never asked." |
| What would you do if your recommendation for a solution was rejected? You want to hear: "That would never happen because I keep everyone in the loop throughout the process." Or, that they would seek to realign the thinking of the decision-makers through presentations on how they arrived at the recommendation and subsequent discussions. |
Origionally posted in Businessweek Playbook: Best Practices By RitaSue Siegel
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
POPular Persona
Do you know what your online persona is? Here is mine, check out yours! I don't know how accurate it all is because my largest color is management but I'm pretty sure it's referring to Art Director and the fact that there is even a sports section totally makes me question it! But still fun, and I have noticed it changes when you do it a second time!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Watch this!!
I hope you guys take the time to listen to this TED talk with Sir Ken Robinson. He addresses creativity and our education system. He makes the most interesting points. I can't imagine how my life and my peers would be different if art was held on the same level as math.
Monday, August 17, 2009
POPular design
I'm working on a website design assignment with a similar look and feel as these examples and I thought i would share some of my inspiration and studies for it... enjoy!
Happy Monday!
Well I'm back in the office and I'm happy to be here and definitely on a mental cruise from my weekend. Wade was in California and I worked my other thankless job which at times makes me want to flip out. I think people who have never worked in the service industry should never be allowed to eat out. There must be something in the water or moon cycle to cause people to treat servers like sh*t lately. It's just awful!
On a positive and productive note, I was able to update my website, add a 404 page, hem my shorts, work on our save the dates, bake some banana bran muffins, home made apple sauce, get my bike tuned up, and buy some panniers for my bike which may have been one of my best purchases lately! No more heavy bags hanging on me making me sweaty and uncomfortable while trying to ride! I LOVE IT!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Practice makes perfect!
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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