February 2010
9 posts
We have to design for trillions.
Trillions from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.
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My two favorite quotes from designers. Currently.
“The design field is shifting. Collaboration is the new competition.”
- Frank Chimero.
“The collaborators shall inherit the Earth.”
- Aaron Rayburn.
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Split Fountain Mountains
Finally got some time in this weekend to print the posters I designed with Santiago for Finn Riggins’ 2010 tour. I spent saturday night printing the background which was a pretty intense split fountain that transitioned from red to blue, but after I got going I decided to phase out the blue, and eventually the green too. Printing a 5 color blend like this is nice and challenging - ask my...
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The commons
I have been scouring the commons a ton lately. So much awesome! Here’s two that just close-lined me. HARD.
Man. The type on that guy has got some guts. POW.
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New Ad Platform for Uvumi - Anti Ads
So in order to generate some revenue, Uvumi is launching an ad platform for the site. But the requirements of the ads are unusual and seek to blend into the site and remain minimal. So I put together a few ads to get the system rollin’ and set the bar in terms of the aesthetic approach.
It’s unique and unusual in terms of advertising, but that’s what the Uvumi folks are after....
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Haiti
I really wanted to do something for Haiti. My pal Katie invited me to contribute a print to this event at W+K. If you missed the first thursday event, you can still help out and get a poster online at the W+K shop and W+K will match that to boot. How’s that for collaboration? This Lloyd + Santiago + W+K + Haiti joint.
I wanted to get lots of process shots while printing, but I was alone in...
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Let's Start a Design Tribe
via NOTCOT
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Kevin Francis Gray
It’s been a while since a sculpture caught my eye. Wicked figurative stuff with overtones of the occult. Right up my alley. This makes me want to listen to something slow, heavy, dark, and repetitive.
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A Community's Refuge in Usability
Last year I was brought in to do the branding and website design for a new social internet radio type startup called Uvumi, much in the vein of last.fm and virb and dare I say myspace. Something really interesting happened over at the Uvumi headquarters last week as a similar site called The Sixty One launched a dramatic redesign of their site literally overnight, without notice, and with little...