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Product design initiatives for Humanity, Habitats, Health, and Happiness
2008-05-05 20:46:00 As a newbie to the world of design, it blows my mind how much of a social impact the design industry can have. One of the many examples is this awesome charitable organization called Project H Design founded by San Francisco designer/entrepreneur Emily Pilloton. She started this organization to apply product design solutions to social ... More About: Health , Inspiration , Product , Happiness
Why I love Living in Savannah: Reason 89
2008-04-28 19:16:00 The SCAD Annual Sidewalk Arts Festival This past weekend, The Savannah College of Art and Design held its annual Sidewalk Arts Festival in Forsyth Park. It’s an event I enjoy every year (and not just because I get a nifty free T-Shirt for being an alumnus). The event is always extremely well attended, both by students ... More About: Living , Events , Love , Reason
Dear Mama, You are appreciated?
2008-04-23 18:10:00 That’s right guys, Mother’s Day will soon be here. What are you going to get the woman who endured the painstaking stresses of giving birth to you, made sure your nose was snot-free, that boo-boos and ouchies were kissed and cared for, and forced you to eat brussel sprouts and carrots to keep your colon ... More About: Mama , Sustainability
An Evening with Chip Kidd
2008-04-22 16:00:00 Between around 7:45 and 9:00 last Wednesday night, The Trustees Theater was filled with riotous laughter. The culprit wasn’t a visiting comedian but a Graphic Design er. Actually, Designer/Art Director/Editor/Musician/Novelist is more accurate. Seeing Chip Kidd ’s performance that night gave me, to some extent, a sense of reassurance that I’m not crazy for being in ... More About: Inspiration , Evening
Design to Change Their Minds
2008-04-02 15:36:00 As a consumer, I can spot an “organic” or “green” product from a mile away. The packaging is usually plain, some off-beige color - just falling short of being wrapped in a brown paper bag - with a green colored font (or even a leaf, I guess to signify its friendliness to the environment). This ... More About: Design , Branding , Graphic Design , Change , Minds
Why I love Living in Savannah: Reason 3
2008-04-01 15:30:00 Where else can you see these 3 Divas in one weekend? This past weekend the wife and I had the pleasure of seeing Audra McDonald, Anna Moura and Angelique Kidjo at the Savannah Music Festival, all in the space of 24 hours. Each year I’m amazed at the quantity and quality of acts the SMF brings ... More About: Living , Events , Love , Reason
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 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
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
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 , 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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3 |
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