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Shiny Suds do a Shintastic Job!
2009-11-20 18:25:00 We found this awesome spot dealing with the proposed Household Product Labeling Act. Instead of the usual, “call your senator” approach, Droga5 and method took a more humorous (and I dare say effective) direction. Here’s the post from fastcompany. And enjoy! More About: Sustainability , Commercials
Free Font Friday: CHUNK
2009-11-20 14:00:00 Another Free font for you all. Chunk is an ultra-bold slab serif typeface that is reminiscent of old American Western woodcuts, broadsides, and newspaper headlines. Used mainly for display, the fat block lettering is unreserved yet refined for contemporary use. It is featured by the League of Movable Type. » Download Chunk More About: James , Paragon
Free Font Friday: COLDI
2009-11-13 14:00:00 The free font Coldi is a personal project by Alessio Avventuroso, a young designer from Italy. COLDI is a modular typeface applicable for print, brand identity, posters, invites, t-shirt, motion-graphic and perfect for title in the book and magazine. » Download Coldi Here More About: Free , Friday , Font , James , Paragon
3D Modeling Reel?done right.
2009-11-12 18:17:00 Yeah…so we see a lot of 3D reels. Mostly, they suck. There are only so many times you can watch the disproportionate model of a sci-fi character with ridiculously long limbs, executing a slow 360 degree spin. Usually we don’t even make it through to the end. And then there’s this guy…incredible models, exciting camera angles, ... More About: Inspiration , Modeling , Reel
Kickstarter - A New Way To Fund Ideas and Endeavors
2009-11-12 14:00:00 There’s a common theme that seems to apply to more than one conversation we’re having around the office of late: community funded projects. You’ll be hearing quite a bit about this from us in the coming weeks.* Right now though, I thought I’d share a recent discovery, Kickstarter. I love the way they introduce themselves: We believe ... More About: Ideas , Innovation , Fund
Design Inspiration Starter List
2009-11-11 14:00:00 During our panel discussion this past Geekend we promised a list of sources of inspiration for the parched designer running out of creative juice. A complete list is impossible but here are a few of the places the team here uses for a bit of brain caffeine, categorized by our different interests for your browsing ... More About: Design , Branding , Advertising , Inspiration , Graphic Design
Geekend09 Unconference Mini-Recap: ?Managing, WTF??
2009-11-10 14:00:00 For those of you unfortunate enough to miss the Geekend Unconference on Sunday, you missed out on some of the most informative and engaging sessions of the entire conference. Hopefully other participants will share what they got from the many sessions but here’s a recap of one of the break out sessions I personally found ... More About: Events , Mini , Recap , Corporate Culture , Savannah
Savannah Soundstage: Meddin Cuts the Ribbon
2009-11-07 14:00:00 Our friends Nick, Stacy and John at Meddin Studios took some time out of their hectic construction schedule to hold a ribbon cutting yesterday. Some of Savannah ’s production-centric Who’s Who were there to support this new venture. Furniture and equipment still needs to be moved in but the excitement in the air about all that potential ...
Free Font Friday: PUBLIC GOTHIC
2009-11-06 14:00:00 Check out the cool* and free font by the minimalists at Antrepo Design Product. They have crafted a font that is a little industrial, little vintage, little condensed, and little bold. My favorite is the square version, but with 4 styles you can pick your own. The font works on both Windows and Mac, and is only ... More About: Public , Free , Friday , Font
Geek
2009-11-04 14:00:00 Just in time for Geek end here in Savannah, check out the “I Be Au Sm“ T-Shirt over at Threadless by designer Lawrence Villanueva. NES. Xbox 360. Aliens. Robots. USB. Test tubes. Protractors. If it’s geeky, you can bet you’ll find it hidden on the front. Enjoy, and see you at Geekend. »Check out the Shirt »Check out Geekend
Arcane: Interview with Jason Brubalow at Ellusionist
2009-11-03 14:30:00 Last week the creative team over at Ellusionist released something simple and beautiful. A deck of cards that is the product of three top designers who have been working late into the night for the past 5 years. The deck is called Arcane, and it is the first in Ellusionist’s new line of Signature playing ... More About: Interview , James
Featured Artist: Tom Whalen
2009-10-29 14:00:00 With Halloween fast approaching, I thought everyone would really enjoy the work of Tom Whalen. He has recently revamped several classic horror movie posters, mixing vintage elements with modern techniques. To see more of what he can do, check out his portfolio. More About: Artist , Featured , James , Paragon
Guitar Duet: Another Video to Blow your Mind
2009-10-24 16:00:00 Just a little amazing guitar work for your Saturday morning enjoyment. More About: Video , Guitar , Mind
TCCa Innovation Awards 09: a Biased and Brief Recap
2009-10-24 00:23:00 So last night is still ringing in my ears, but in a good way. Not only does it warm the heart to see how the city I’ve chosen to call home awards and encourages innovation, but 2 of our friends, Music Intelligence and Structured Green won in their respective categories; Small Business and Sustainability. I’d ... More About: Events , Awards , Innovation , Recap , Savannah
EcoDesktop
2009-10-22 15:34:00 By using as many dark colors on our standard monitors as possible we can reduce energy consumption by 20%, and while this may not be noticeable for a single user it can really add up when dealing with numerous computer terminals. According to Stephen at Stephen’s Lighthouse: “White and bright colors (especially in backgrounds) can ...
Featured Artist: Si Scott
2009-10-21 16:00:00 Si Scott is one of the artists that I have been following for a long time. His work is iconic and elaborate and has inspired specific pieces in my portfolio. Si Scott is from the UK, he left school at 16 and went to Leeds College of Art & Design. He has worked ... More About: Artist , Featured
The New Face of Lexington
2009-10-20 14:59:00 Known as the “Thoroughbred City” and the “Horse Capital of the World,” Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky. Before moving to Savannah and joining the Paragon team I lived in a loft apartment in downtown Lexington, which gave me instant access to everything this beautiful bluegrass location had to offer. It ... More About: Face
The Fun Theory
2009-10-16 17:40:00 I can’t take credit for finding this (a friend emailed it), but it’s too good not to share. The Fun Theory (
Shameless Promotion: 4 New Websites Launched
2009-10-15 15:30:00 Since we haven’t done this in a while, and because we have a few sites to announce, we thought it was time to blow our own horn a bit with some of our latest web launches. 1. Tasty eCommerce: Coffaros Baking Co. Through our friends at CommerceV3, we redesigned the online storefront for Auburn Washington based Coffaros ... More About: Promotion , Websites
Mind-Numbingly Easy Waterfall effect in After Effects
2009-09-24 16:00:00 Whenever you see the Paragon blog go quiet for a while you know it’s because we’re really busy. But I wanted to share a quick tutorial that came in handy last week for one of the projects that’s been keeping us busy. We needed to create several natural effects like snow, sand, fog and a waterfall ... More About: Tutorials , Mind , Effect , After Effects
MINI?s Minimalism
2009-09-08 15:00:00 A few months back our MINI-enthusiast friend sent me a link to MINI’s new commercial. The concept of the ad was “minimalism” and was communicated in a simple metaphor using markers. The MINI, played by a fine tipped, precision marker was being chased by (but easily out-running) a host of heavy-tipped ink-guzzling markers that ... More About: Advertising , Mini , Commercials
Eight Year Shout-Out
2009-09-01 15:55:00 We took this pic for our first press release, trying to look professional. Also in the pic is our buddy Eric who was with us for a while in the very beginning. About a week and a half ago, we celebrated eight years of Paragon-ness. I couldn’t let the occasion go by without mentioning it, ...
Local Design: Midnight Garden Ride flyer
2009-08-19 15:00:00 I was passing by the bulletin board at one of the local Ys and saw this little gem for the upcoming Midnight Garden Ride . The simplicity of the layout, and tasful choice of fonts and illustrations caught my eye amidst all of the usual home-made looking flyers that populate a public bulletin board. I’m not ... More About: Design , Advertising , Graphic Design
How to be a MensHealth Guy
2009-08-10 15:00:00 I’ve been an avid MensHealth reader for a while now and have been religiously following their workouts in hopes of becoming a MensHealth Guy (or at least looking like one). But it’s only after my wife noticed a certain trend based on their cover designs that I realized what I’ve been doing wrong… it’s all ...
Unreasonably Easy Action Movie 3D Text in Cinema 4D
2009-07-13 16:00:00 (Beginner’s Level ) Some time back I had the opportunity to create some artwork for an indie film shot by Epic Image Entertainment’s, Justin Lutsky. The idea was to create something that looked big budget Hollywood circa 1990’s Action movie, but the director needed us to turn things around REALLY quickly. So, of course, I turned ... More About: Movie , Tutorials , Cinema , Graphic Design
5 Reasons you?re probably scared of Social Media
2009-07-06 21:00:00 (Image from sxc.hu.com) The game has changed for marketers. I know, I know, that’s become a cliche statement by now, but it bears repeating since the rate at which the game is changing (or has changed depending on how you look at it) hasn’t really allowed some of us the time to stop and take a ... More About: Social , Media , Blogging , Reasons , Scared
Guess this website
2009-07-03 18:55:00 This isn’t a trick question. This is either an example of a company’s superb confidence in the public’s awareness of their brand, or a lil’ slip up due to arrogance. When I asked a few friends to guess the site, some guessed right away which lead me to think this company had a really good ... More About: Website , Branding , Guess
Rick Smolan Tells The Story of a Girl
2009-07-01 15:00:00 With a number of close photographer friends I have a real respect for their ability to tell engaging stories with their work. While on TED not long ago, I came across this beautiful story told by photographer Rick Smolan, of an Amerasian girl he photographed, and her resulting journey to a better life. We all have ... More About: Story , Girl , The Story , Tells
Learning From Our Mistakes - A Cautionary Tale
2009-06-30 15:00:00 Today I’m giving you a peak at the sort of thing designers would rather not point out: sometimes we make mistakes. Gasp! Unfortunately it’s true, and with the permission of one of our fav clients, I thought I’d share one of our mistakes from a few weeks back…and what we did to fix it. More than ... More About: Business , Architecture , Graphic Design , Learning , Tale
Artists That Inspire Me: Andy Goldsworthy
More articles from this author:2009-06-29 15:00:00 Hopefully you already know who Andy Goldsworthy is, but if not, consider this your introduction to a profound and unique artist who was a source of inspiration to just about every artist friend I ever met in college. His work is breathtaking yet intentionally temporary, and considering this time of environmental awareness, I find him ... More About: Artists , Inspire 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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