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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
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
Motion Graphics in Music Videos: Love Stoned
2007-08-28 07:23:00 I know I’m late but I just saw this Justin Timberlake video and was floored by the sleek use of a simple visual device: The audio waveform in black space. This literally gives you an idea of what the song looks and feels like and it managed to keep my attention all the ... More About: Videos , Graphics , Music , Love , Music Videos
Books We Recommend: Alpha Dogs
2007-08-10 14:29:00 Alpha Dogs by Donna Fenn. The thought (or maybe fantasy) of opening your own studio has probably crossed your mind a time or two. Maybe you’ve even bitten the bullet like my friends and I actually followed through on that fantasy. If so then you’ve probably experienced what I call “artists’ brain freeze” when you try ... More About: Books , Branding , Book Reviews , Alpha
Read anything GOOD lately?
2007-08-03 04:00:00 Just found this magazine’s site while perusing Inc.com’s best 30 under 30 list. In a media landscape saturated with all that’s bad in the world, it’s refreshing to find an outlet that’s out to project the Good News. I especially liked this piece of motion graphics on the U.N. Millenium Declaration. Subtle and informative, played over an ... More About: Read , Anything
Local Design: @Home
2007-08-02 05:04:00 I was having lunch with the wife yesterday at a local bakery and this little item caught my eye. It’s for a local home accessories store called @home. Taking a cue from Elbow Room and their Design around Calgary series, I thought it was worth giving props for a bit of local Savannah design work. (Or ... More About: Home , Local , Loca
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 20
2007-07-29 20:08:00 Where else could you go Kayaking in the morning and then preview the new Shakespeare movie in the evening of the same day? Drifting along the Ogeechee river with some friends in the morning… …then it’s off to an evening of Shakespeare Thanks to the Savannah Film Society, Savannah was one of 3 other cities that got to ... More About: Living , Love , Reason , Ving
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reasons 215a-c
2007-07-23 21:13:00 a) Where else would you get this kind of reception for a Power Point Presentation about an economic study? Last week I had the pleasure of sitting in on the presentation by Randy Cohen of Americans for the Arts on the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture on Savannah . It was held in the beautiful ... More About: Living , Love , Reasons , Ving
Shameless Promotion Vol2: TCCi Blog Design
2007-07-19 20:56:00 How busy do you have to be to have another blog post about your own project before you do? Thankfully, pretty darn busy. But it was a great opportunity to offer our services to The Creative Coast Initiative by designing their blog’s new theme. Coding expertly done by Chris from the shiny new Nicasio Design . More About: Promotion , Blogging , Blog , Romo
Favourite Spots Review: His Potential
2007-07-09 16:04:00 Just found this one on 30gms More About: Review , Spots , Commercials , Tent
Favourite Spots Review: Microsoft, Condoms and Beer
2007-07-05 16:15:00 Just curious about what’re some of your favorite TV spots. here are 3 of mine. Microsoft Condoms Carlton Beer More About: Review , Spots
Books We Recommend: ?Why We Buy?
2007-07-02 15:25:00 Every marketer, merchandiser, brand specialist or anyone involved in the art (or science) of convincing people to part with their money needs to read this book by Paco Underhill. Mr. Underhill’s the founder, CEO and President of Envirosell, a company that basically watches people shop and then makes recommendations on fine-tuning the retail experience around ... More About: Books , Branding , Book Reviews , Comm
?My Ninety Days? - A Friend?s Journey
2007-06-29 16:19:00 One of my favorite of Craig’s photos: “Drying in the Souks” (Marrakech, Morocco) This is just a quick shout-out to my good friend Craig who has just embarked on a 90 day journey around the world (well mostly Asia anyway) and decided to blog (myninetydays.com) about it. We’ve been friends for quite a number ... More About: Journey , Friend , Days , Inet
God Bless Horatio Caine
2007-06-28 21:47:00 Around here, we have a deep and abiding love/respect/admiration for the TV show CSI:Miami, not because of the action, crime solving techniques or orangey-blue glow of every scene, but because of the sweet genius that is every word that falls from the lips of David Caruso’s character, Horatio Caine . Horatio is a man, nay a legend, ... More About: God Bless
The Great Ice Cream Run: Savannah recap
2007-06-25 21:39:00 June 9th was the perfect day for eating ice cream…and by perfect I mean it was 102 degrees here in Savannah . It was also a fun day to find yourself in the vicinity of Leopold’s Ice Cream on Broughton street, for the arrival of around 40 Mini’s as they participated in The Great Ice Cream ... More About: Recap
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 85
2007-06-25 02:17:00 The Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah THE place to watch the films, documentaries and fringe movies you wouldn’t otherwise see in the theaters. A Couple nights ago the wife and I saw “Ralph Nader:An Unreasonable Man”, a bio doc on the man on whom a lot of people seem to have a lot of strong opinions. ... More About: Living , Love , Reason , Ving
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 68
2007-06-18 17:52:00 The annual Savannah Asian Festival , held this past weekend at the Civic Center. As a designer I’ve often thought that inspiration’s everywhere but sometimes it doesn’t jump out and bite you, you have to go looking for it. For those of us who don’t have the luxury of a travel budget it’s always ... More About: Living , Love , Reason , Ving
Why I Love Living in Savannah: Reason 32
2007-06-14 15:59:00 Where else could you see a 30 Mini motorcade, eat home-made ice cream and get the skinny on the upcoming Star Trek movie all on the same day. We were fortunate enough to witness the opening leg of the Great Ice Cream run here in Savannah , an event important enough to draw, producer of MI:3,Stratton ... More About: Living , Love , Reason , Ving
Corporate Culture
2007-06-13 18:10:00 It’s disappointing how many examples of corrupt corporate culture appear to be in the world. I know nothing can be perfect, and god knows I certainly don’t claim to be the perfect at what I do, but it means a lot to me that my 2 business partners are the same folks that I love ... More About: Business , Culture , Corporate , Corporate Culture , Rate
Battle Fatigue through Motion Graphics
More articles from this author:2007-06-12 17:14:00 Here’s a great example of the power of motion. The ability to transform sketches and prose into a reenactment so vivid you understand the emotions of the text more clearly. Found via adgoodness and zinzi_linkz The text was written by Colby Buzzell, the drawings by Christopher Koelle and the amazing animation by The Law of Few. More About: Graphics , Motion , Battle , Graph 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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