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Local Design: Judge Realty
2008-03-31 15:30:00 We went out to lunch last Friday on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and walked past what I thought were band gig posters. On closer inspection it turned out to be a bit of clever advertising for a local realtor Judge Realty. The property’s for lease and they decided to stand out from the crowd. (I apologize ... More About: Design , Advertising , Local , Savannah
WHERE?VE WE BEEN?
2008-03-28 14:49:00 I know it’s been 23 days since we last posted and it seemed like things were like a ghost town over here, but we have a good excuse… well several actually. We’ll give more details as soon as we can but with expanding our staff, taking on huge projects in each of our service areas, ... More About: Blogging
Make that 5 Silvers and a Gold? sort of
2008-03-05 18:39:00 Woops, Our ADDY certificates just came in the mail and to our surprise our award tally increased by 2. We got a gold for our SEDA Thanksgiving Day card, and our design work forTCCa’s Myspace page got another silver. Congrats to Fitz, Angel, Leigh and the crew at TCCa and Nicasio for your win guys! More About: Gold , Graphic Design , Make , Sort
Shameless Promotion: 4 Silver ADDYs
2008-02-28 23:29:00 Coming from our surprise 2 silver awards at last year’s ADDYs we were delighted to receive 4 this year. The awarded projects were as follows: Savannah Economic Development Authority - Corporate Collateral Secrets in Lace - Web design Ditalia - Web design “Turn Your Life Around” - 0:30 TV spot for Hourglass Fitness & Weightloss More About: Advertising , Promotion , Graphic Design , Silver
Savannah Ad Fed Presentation
2008-02-13 20:26:00 We just came from a little presentation we did for the Savannah Advertising Federation about the Graphics Designer’s role in designing ads. It was a tonne of fun and the participants were really receptive and interactive. We promised to include a pdf of our slide show, which isn’t as informative without the schpeel that goes along with ... More About: Events , Graphic Design , Presentation
Savannah Ad Fed Presentation
2008-02-13 20:26:00 We just came from a little presentation we did for the Savannah Advertising Federation about the Graphics Designer’s role in designing ads. It was a tonne of fun and the participants were really receptive and interactive. We promised to include a pdf of our slide show, which isn’t as informative without the schpeel that goes along with ... More About: Events , Graphic Design , Presentation
The World?s First ?Energy Plus? + ?Carbon Zero? Office Building
2008-01-28 21:29:00 I know we’ve been doing quite a number of “green” themed posts lately, and hopefully you’re just as interested as we are in the conservation and longevity of our natural resources. If you’ve been reading the blog you’d of course recall our mentioning some of the things we are doing to be greener graphic designers. For ... More About: Building , Office , Architecture , World , Energy
The World?s First ?Energy Plus? + ?Carbon Zero? Office Building
2008-01-28 21:29:00 I know we’ve been doing quite a number of “green” themed posts lately, and hopefully you’re just as interested as we are in the conservation and longevity of our natural resources. If you’ve been reading the blog you’d of course recall our mentioning some of the things we are doing to be greener graphic designers. For ... More About: Building , Office , Architecture , World , Energy
Coming Attractions: Dell Green Computing Technology Design Competition
2008-01-20 14:30:00 It’s a mouthful of a name but from the sounds of it, a very cool competition that asks the question: “What does it mean to be a truly green product when thinking about computing technology?” Dell ’s opened an invitation to students, professionals and design educators to share their ideas about cutting edge environmentally friendly computer technology ... More About: Design , Technology , Competition , Attractions
Coming Attractions: Dell Green Computing Technology Design Competition
2008-01-20 14:30:00 It’s a mouthful of a name but from the sounds of it, a very cool competition that asks the question: “What does it mean to be a truly green product when thinking about computing technology?” Dell ’s opened an invitation to students, professionals and design educators to share their ideas about cutting edge environmentally friendly computer technology ... More About: Design , Technology , Competition , Attractions
Coming Attractions: Sustainable Package Design Workshop
2008-01-18 14:30:00 For the Environmentally conscious Package Design ers among us there’s a Sustainable Package Design Workshop and Designerâ??s Resource Expo January 29 â?? 31, 2008 just a couple of hours away from us in St. Petersburg, Florida. from the website: “The workshop will provide structural and graphic designers with actionable answers, tools, and resources. It will go well beyond speakers simply ... More About: Events , Attractions , Graphic Design
Coming Attractions: Sustainable Package Design Workshop
2008-01-18 14:30:00 For the Environmentally conscious Package Design ers among us there’s a Sustainable Package Design Workshop and Designer’s Resource Expo January 29 – 31, 2008 just a couple of hours away from us in St. Petersburg, Florida. from the website: “The workshop will provide structural and graphic designers with actionable answers, tools, and resources. It will go well beyond speakers simply ... More About: Attractions
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
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
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; 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
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
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 , Blogging
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: 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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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