PopSlice is an online portfolio building application built by the folks at SemiBig Creative Industries, whom I’ve been working on and off with for a while now. I was excited when they asked me for some branding ideas as I’ve found I appreciate more and more the foundation of process in problem-solving challenges that are inherent in branding projects.
I’ve admired Appetite Engineers (Martin Venezky) work for a while, and it’s great to see some new work.
While enjoying the freedom of being a freelance designer, I have and as of late, experience the pitfalls of having what are normally two different mindsetsof ones life meld together and sometimes uncomfortably overlap. When I began to analyze what my ideal work/live conditions would be, I was pleasantly surprised to see the folks at the Herman Miller blog Lifework asked the members of Chicago’s Post Family to share concepts for their ideal live/work situations on the HM Lifework blog.
In the wake of the 2008 presidential campaign, the Obama campaign’s Design Director Scott Thomas has spent a significant amount of his time putting together this book, documenting all of the hard work that went into building the Obama brand. Having just received the book, I’ve only had the chance to quickly look through it and I can say that it covers everything; process, design, art, it’s all there. Kudos and thanks Scott!
Awesome instrumental hip-hop out of Brooklyn from The Stuyvesants. You can pick up their album “Brooklyn’s Finest” for free from their website. I’m positive this is going into heavy rotation this summer.
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These prints from Fountain Studios are beautiful. I appreciate this kind of ingenious approach to an old school printing method, it’s like a new way to experience letterpress process. It’s way too tempting to pick one up on their Etsy store.
The latest album from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo, came out last Tuesday which coincidentally was when they played at Slim’s here in San Francisco. I’m glad I finally got to see this band live, and I’ve been listening to this new album a ton since picking it up at the show.
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As part of their series on infrastructure in the country, PBS ran a segment concerning the transportation troubles of my hometown, Detroit. I can say first hand that its really hard to get around metro Detroit without an automobile, and moving to a city that has a vast public transportation system (San Francisco), I think Detroit could stand to benefit in a huge way with a better transit system. The video brings up a good point, at least in my mind, the importance of how Detroit comes through this tough time. How the issues are addressed in Detroit, and ultimately, how they are solved will be indicative of how we as a country measure what is important to rebuild cities like Detroit, and use it as a shining example of rebuilding urban areas efficiently and effectively for the benefit of the people in them.
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A Retronaut is someone who goes back in time using just perception. Its a trick they pull on themselves, a psychological ruse. But – it works.
