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Shameless Promotion Vol6: Euclid Gray
2008-01-17 14:30:00 2008’s starting off with a bang! We just finished this album cover for Gospel artist, Euclid Gray that used some new skills learned from the blogosphere. The circular swirly shapes I learned from Go Media’s video tutorial on Intricate Illustrator Patterns The photo retouching and color treatment effect I learned from this tutorial from PSDTuts. and the grunge ... More About: Promotion , Graphic Design , Mele
Shameless Promotion Vol6: Euclid Gray
2008-01-17 14:30:00 2008’s starting off with a bang! We just finished this album cover for Gospel artist, Euclid Gray that used some new skills learned from the blogosphere. The circular swirly shapes I learned from Go Media’s video tutorial on Intricate Illustrator Patterns The photo retouching and color treatment effect I learned from this tutorial from PSDTuts. and the grunge ... More About: Promotion , Graphic Design
Same Logo?
2008-01-16 14:30:00 On vacation in Vegas this Christmas I spotted this sign (a) at a CVS near our hotel which bears a striking resemblance to the Battery Plus logo (b). Both of them are national brands so the questions I have are… Is this just a case of great minds think alike? Could this be a simple cautionary tale ... More About: Logo
Same Logo?
2008-01-16 14:30:00 On vacation in Vegas this Christmas I spotted this sign (a) at a CVS near our hotel which bears a striking resemblance to the Battery Plus logo (b). Both of them are national brands so the questions I have are… Is this just a case of great minds think alike? Could this be a simple cautionary tale ... More About: Logo
Coming Attractions: IxDA Interaction 08
2008-01-15 14:30:00 More events happening in Savannah for the design-inclined; this time for those of us who design or build interaction experiences. The 1st annual IxDA conference; Interaction 08 will be held in Savannah this February 8-10, hosted in part by our Alma Mater, The Savannah College of Art and Design. Unfortunately because of the high ... More About: Events , Attractions
Coming Attractions: IxDA Interaction 08
2008-01-15 14:30:00 More events happening in Savannah for the design-inclined; this time for those of us who design or build interaction experiences. The 1st annual IxDA conference; Interact ion 08 will be held in Savannah this February 8-10, hosted in part by our Alma Mater, The Savannah College of Art and Design. Unfortunately because of the high ... More About: Events , Attractions
A Lil? Post Xmas Recycling
2008-01-14 14:30:00 Christmas is usually a time of traditions, and none more wasteful than the annual post-Christmas throwing away of the Christmas cards. This year, in line with the our efforts to be a more sustainable family, my wife came up with a brilliantly simple replacement for that tradition. She made these Christmas ornaments out of the ... More About: Recycling , Post , Xmas
A Lil? Post Xmas Recycling
2008-01-14 14:30:00 Christmas is usually a time of traditions, and none more wasteful than the annual post-Christmas throwing away of the Christmas cards. This year, in line with the our efforts to be a more sustainable family, my wife came up with a brilliantly simple replacement for that tradition. She made these Christmas ornaments out of the ... More About: Recycling , Post , Xmas
Coming Attractions: UnCon ?08
2008-01-08 14:30:00 It would be remiss for us to not mention the return of the event that brought about the Paragon Muse 1 year ago. That’s right, BlogSavannah’s UnConference 2008 is just around the corner. It was at last year’s event that the 3 of us discovered the wonderous blogosphere and inspired us to jump in head ... More About: Attractions
Coming Attractions: UnCon ?08
2008-01-08 14:30:00 It would be remiss for us to not mention the return of the event that brought about the Paragon Muse 1 year ago. That’s right, BlogSavannah ’s UnConference 2008 is just around the corner. It was at last year’s event that the 3 of us discovered the wonderous blogosphere and inspired us to jump in head ... More About: Attractions , Blogging
Coming Attractions: New Views 2
2008-01-08 05:12:00 Happy New Year everyone! Thought I’d start the new year with some info on an interesting upcoming event, namely New Views 2, an international symposium dealing with the future of our fair profession being held in London this July. There’s an open call for papers for the wordsmiths among us, as well as an accompanying poster competition. ... More About: Events , Attractions , Graphic Design
Coming Attractions: New Views 2
2008-01-08 05:12:00 Happy New Year everyone! Thought I’d start the new year with some info on an interesting upcoming event, namely New Views 2, an international symposium dealing with the future of our fair profession being held in London this July. There’s an open call for papers for the wordsmiths among us, as well as an accompanying poster competition. ... More About: Events , Attractions , Graphic Design
How do you eat a ?Green? elephant?
2007-12-20 18:56:00 image courtesy of stock.xchng This old adage seems fitting right now as it pertains to my attempt to fill my head with information and inspiration on becoming a “green” designer. It’s not just the feeling of helplessness I got when I thought “what can one designer do?” But it’s close. As I read more and interact ... More About: Green , Elephant
?Sustainability - Hands-On? Recap
2007-12-14 18:14:00 Yesterday, Susan and I participating in the latest PaperSpecs webinar called “Sustainability - Hands On”. It was an incredibly informative session especially for someone like me who’s new to the world of green design, and who better to lead the session than the guy who wrote the book… literally… on Green Design Brian Dougherty of ... More About: Graphic Design , Recap , Hands On
Shameless Promotion Vol5: Design Case Study
2007-12-12 16:14:00 Tara over at Graphic Design Blog has a series going on called Design Case Studies where designers can share the process behind some of their projects. I just submitted a branding project I did a while back, when I was at MadGENIUS Inc. Besides the free exposure, it’s a great feeling to be a part of ... More About: Study , Promotion , Graphic Design
Joining the BandWagon: Sustainable Design
2007-11-27 19:41:00 Some time ago we made the decision to begin the journey of “greenify-ing” our design practice. Obviously we’re by no means trendsetters where this is concerned, (not only are there lots of other studios doing much more on the sus-design front, but conferences, groups and resources to forward the cause) but we’d like to think ... More About: Design , Sustainable
Photoshop Tidbit 3: Smart Object Use
2007-11-15 15:00:00 I remember learning about this one from the Photosho p Guys some time ago, but recently I’ve been using it a lot in some web designs so I figured I’d share it in case you could find it useful as well. It involves using smart objects within Photoshop to keep a layer’s resolution intact even after ... More About: Smart , Object
The RenGen Manifesto
2007-11-12 14:30:00 I just got the latest ChangeThis newsletter and immediately read Patricia Martin’s peice on what she’s calling the Renaissance Generation (or RenGen). She has a whole book on the subject but this quick read perfectly encapsulates a lot of the social media trends we’ve been seeing or feeling around us over the last couple of ... More About: Business , Manifesto
The Power of One Word: Dude!
2007-11-07 15:00:00 In light of the writer’s strike in Hollywood, it’s nice to know that our vocabulary is rich enough to be able sustain an entire commercial with one word. More About: Power , Word , Dude
The Cure for all Design ails: Make the Logo Bigger Cream!
2007-11-06 16:10:00 Found this hilarious video on Bittbox. An ingenious marketing campaign by Agency Fusion that shows they understand the trials of being a designer. Some of you might remember the song of the same name. well, click below for the infommercial. Make the Logo Bigger Cream » More About: Design , The Cure
The Orange Step - Interview
2007-10-26 19:41:00 As promised, here is an interview with Kiril Jeliazkov where he talks about the inspiration for The Orange Step , why he chosen to bring the project to Savannah, and what went into installing it in Forsyth Park. The show will remain up until October 30th, so if you haven’t seen it yet or you’d like ... More About: Interview , The O
The Orange Step
2007-10-18 21:06:00 Kudos to our buddy from College, Kiril Jeliazkov who has brought his amazing outdoor contemporary art exhibition entitled The Orange Step , to Savannah. This unique art project that consists of 128 canvases each 20ft tall and 10ft wide, is designed to be displayed in natural settings, creating a juxtaposition between the art ... More About: The O
Some things make obvious sense?
2007-10-15 19:27:00 I’m sure we can all agree that packing peanuts are an awful necessity. If you’re like me you probably hate having to dispose of annoying styrofoam peanuts, and feel guilty that they may end up sitting in a landfill forever or killing animals. I was blown away one day when I received a product I’d purchased ... More About: Sense , Make , Things , Obvious , Some
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 18
2007-10-10 18:51:00 They know how to pull out the Welcome Wagon We had the pleasure of going to the launch/ welcome-to-the-neighborhood party for one of the newest creative businesses moving to our area, Oddpodz. A social networking site for creative professionals. Part of why I love it here is that you’re constantly reminded that you do business with people ... More About: Living , Love , Reason , Savannah , Sava
Shameless Promotion Vol4: Home ECOnomics Open
2007-10-09 15:00:00 We recently had the opportunity to work with some neighbors of ours, Farmers Almanac TV on one of their new show segments. Since we’ve begun the process of “greening” our practice, the theme of this particular segment, Home ECOnomics, was quite close to our hearts. It’s hosted by Melaver, Inc.’s Head of Sustainable Initiatives, Tommy ... More About: Economics , Promotion , Open , Romo
Photoshop Tidbit: Alt Dragging
2007-10-08 15:50:00 I discovered this little gem of a time saver completely by accident. Thanks to a former co-worker of mine I knew about the benefits of Alt+ dragging a layer’s layer effect icon to copy that layer’s style onto another layer. But what I didn’t know was that you could do the same for the layer’s mask. ... More About: Photoshop , Photosho
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 5
2007-10-07 04:19:00 You get to go to Artsy Shing-Dings like the Design Show House Since Paragon was given the opportunity to design the website for it, this past Thursday night the wife and I got to attend the preview party for SCAD’s Alumni Show House. For those of you who live near Sava nnah , and are into interior design, ... More About: Living , Love , Reason
Shameless Promotion Vol3: MS Mass Choir
2007-09-14 15:05:00 Christmas came early for us at Paragon since we recently designed a Christmas album for the Mississippi Mass Choir. It’s hopefully one in a long line of albums we’ll get to do for the Malaco Gospel Label. More About: Promotion , Graphic Design , Romo , Sham
Shameless Promotion Vol2, Episode 2: TCCi web facelift
2007-09-03 16:00:00 After giving their blog a facelift. The Creative Coast Initiative graciously gave us the opportunity to do some cosmetic surgery on their website as well. They even wrote a blog post about it, like to read it hear it goes… More About: Episode , Promotion , Facelift , Episode 2 , Romo
Advertising 101: Beware of Placement
More articles from this author:2007-09-01 05:51:00 Phil’s wife sent us this link to Oddees which has some interesting examples of why location is so important. My favorites are below. More About: Advertising , Beware , Vert 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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