Wednesday, April 29, 2009

tshirt color variation!


COLOR!
Post by designboom.
These tshirts designed for Tokyo Art Beat.

They come in two different color schemes. It's cool to see how the different themes affect the mood and design of the shirt. Personally, I believe the cyan magenta shirt has a more playful look to it.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Funny Garbage Draft

Funny Garbage


From it’s name to it’s website, Funny Garbage stands out as a leader among web and interactive media design.

For the past ten years, Funny Garbage has specialized in digital business, entertainment, websites, and applications. Their clients range from ABC News to Comedy Central. The company was started by John Carlin and Peter Girardi; veterans of the art and design world. They were eventually joined by Kristin Ellington, who brought with her a production process that is the current standard in the interactive industry.

Funny Garbage concentrates in web sites, applications, digital business, and entertainment. They have had much success with a variety of clients in each of these areas.

Within the entertainment section, Funny Garbage has worked to co-direct and produce TV shows on channels from PBS to Comedy Central to ESPN. “Imagining America is a three-part PBS documentary exploring the transformation of 20th-century America, told through the words and work of some of the century's most significant artists” and was co-directed by the president of Funny Garbage, John Carlin in addition to Jonathan Fineberg and Hart Perry.

Funny Garbage has created websites for over one hundred successful companies. VH1, YAHOO!, Nickelodeon, Disney, IFC, AIGA, The N, and Fox News are just a few clients on Funny Garbage’s impressive list.

Creating applications for the web, devices, and on-air is another specialty of Funny Garbage.

Lastly, Funny Garbage works with companies to create multimedia projects that will enhance the clients’ visibility.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Value of Wisdom

A Thousand Tomorrows tributes this entry to a fantastic new documentary piece.


See it here.

time time time

Seth Godin types an entry about using time wisely. Basically, if you have the information available, why not just START? This is a good question. I know I am a slave to procrastination myself. This blog is an example. There are a million and one things to write about, but sometimes I just avoid it. And what does this cause? Anxiety.. and stress!

Something to work on.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Wow. I really like this!

Design Boom features Matt Green.

I've recently been playing with mixed media, myself, and with the idea in my head.
Matt Green "drawing and photography are both used atop textured surfaces that have been coated
with thick layers of varnish."

I like the gritty, unplanned feel mixed with specific intentions (lines creating perspective)

What will they come up with next??


CORE77 speaks of how marketers are not only coming up with ads and such, but are now designing products to promote their movies.

The above is a skateboard. The marketers for this movie "invited artists around the world to re-interpet the U.S.S. Starship Enterprise to promote the upcoming movie."

It's an interesting concept. Will the marketers eventually sell these products? Curious...

Monday, April 20, 2009

It's a Smart Idea, so Stop being SNEAKY!

Seth Godin posts a sweet little link in this entry. Cookies track your web activity, and some companies are secretly tracking what you do and where you are going to get you more specific ads. For instance, google mail and facebook does this. THIS link let's you clear yourself from some of these companies grips!

I agree with Seth, that personalized ads are not a terrible idea, and I'd rather see ads for things I actually may want to buy! Sirius Satellite Radio has just copyrighted a way to do something similar, on air.

These things are ok, as long as they aren't done without us knowing. Let us give you PERMISSION.
Seth wrote a whole book on that. Good stuff.

Monday, April 13, 2009

The cactuses continue!


There was a different post from designboom with products inspired by cactuses. This design was feature in Core77. I love the detail in the cushion. I just wonder if the things that are sticking out would be easily pulled out or get worn quickly. Either way, it's an absurd design, but it's still great!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Crafty Eh??



My friend are always calling me crafty, but I don't believe I could be as crafty as these people!
Design Boom showcases this result in the "Craft Punk Design" contest in Miami.

The turntable starts the motion and sets off a series of small machines. Basically, it looks like a music video, to whatever song is on the turntable.
AWESOME!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Be GOOD at least.

In Seth Godin's entry he talks about how because there are so many tools for learning graphic design that are readily available / cheap / free, so everyone should be decent at it, at least! Better yet, good.

Obviously, studying to be a graphic designer I want to be GREAT. But the above is how I feel about web design / ccs. I feel like I should be at least decent. And I'm getting there, with trying to learn the band myspaces. Problem is there are so many tutorials and what not, it's hard to decide which to trust and whatnot. But it is true that everyone should use their time wisely to take advantage of these things.

I'm working on it!

List of places to learn about graphic basics from Seth.

Garbage Art!


So, this guy, Alejandro S. Ceron, makes stuff that sort of looks like garbage! If you saw this stuff just out in someone's yard, you'd probably think, man, they should leave that inside until garbage day!

But it's cool. It's called beautyfull mess. I'm a big fan actually.

here are his sketches.