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fuckyournoguchicoffeetable: TERRARIUM TUESDAY Fuck your...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:10:53 -0800

fuckyournoguchicoffeetable:

TERRARIUM TUESDAY

Fuck your terrarium lamp.

One of my new favorite photographers. Also a babe.

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:04:49 -0800

One of my new favorite photographers. Also a babe.

Another one from Carmen. A video portrait? Heck yeah. This makes...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:00:20 -0800

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

Another one from Carmen. A video portrait? Heck yeah. This makes me think of holograms and the future, but is delightfully low tech. All her effects here are done analogue, in camera.

seeingacameravomit:

Video Test // Doris

January 5, 2012 4:55 P.M.

This girl is amazing. You’ve gotta check out camera jockey...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:28:00 -0800

This girl is amazing. You’ve gotta check out camera jockey Carmen Daneshmandi.

Her pictures and videos were so accessible, somehow so un-special, that the unusual or artistic forms seemed plausible. I was transported, disbelief suspended, to the place that you see when you take those photos. I don’t know. There’s just this confidence and elegance that is somehow simultaneously humble and hip.

seeingacameravomit:

Kirsten And Her Galaxy.

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A shout out to old school prints with new school thought. Looking forward to this weekend away from Seattle, I need a change of scenery and to gain back some of my creative focus.

Thanks for being a part of Design by...

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:51:55 -0800

Thanks for being a part of Design by Seeing’s inaugural year! I’m looking forward to a new year an adventure, growth, and great design, and I hope you’ll be a part of it.

Enjoy your holiday!

– Brooks

New Wainwright Images Identity

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:40:00 -0800

Eric Wainwright runs Wainwright Images, a photography studio out of Portland, OR that focuses of weddings, fashion and personal shoots.

As a Christmas present, I decided to spruce up his identity system. The new logo’s purpose was to be a stamp that let his excellent photos shine. Many photographers plaster their photos with their logo. And let’s be honest, most of them are great at what they do, and not so great at having a logo.

I gave Eric a system for logo placement that will work for different contexts to create a cohesive feel across his work.

Furthermore, have you done any hunting for photographer logos? The ones that make the cut on the lists of design inspiration blogs reek of cliche camera imagery and cute visual puns. I wanted Wainwright Images to get something a little better than that. The mark is simple, a geometric pattern that has the opportunity to sit in the corner of traditional wedding photos and flashy fashion shoots alike.

The type is Baskerville SemiBold. It had to be refined, but I really wanted the mark to be the hero, so I left the type as is. I wanted the type to practically disappear at small sizes and just exist as background noise so as not to detract from the photo.

It’s feels nice to help a friend out, and even nicer when a holiday can justify it. Here’s hoping that your holidays are full of friends, family, and a little design help.

Merry Christmas!

Branson Anderson has started a mini series of TIny Kyles in...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:13:38 -0800

Branson Anderson has started a mini series of TIny Kyles in varying styles and situations. Worth a look. Every Day.

thedailykyle:

Duchamp Kyle

Lock Load Aim Fire. A short photo series inspired by biking in...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:38:59 -0800

Lock Load Aim Fire. A short photo series inspired by biking in San Francisco. Visit the project’s micro site.

New Board Crafting Identity

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:58:00 -0800

Board Crafting is a successful Kickstarter campaign by Shandy Brown to produce custom, handmade, wooden Settler’s of Catan boards. His boards solve some important issues of the standard board, as well as look damn amazing. With the overwhelming success of his product, Shandy came to us for a new identity.

The new Board Crafting identity takes its inspiration from Middle Ages crafts guilds and reimagines it in the modern context. We looked at what Shandy was doing, crafting these fine pieces of art with lasers and modern technology, and saw an interesting story to tell.

Board Crafting is rooted in playfulness and story, it’s about creating thought-out and beautiful frameworks for your imagination to roam in. So we wanted the identity to have that same quality as well. The shield and symbols harkens back to a time when trades were regularly defined by their tools. Drawing imagery from this period imbues the identity with cultural authority, communicating establishment and authenticity. This inspiration is also a nod to Board Crafting’s roots in Settler’s of Catan, which takes place in a time of similar feeling.

But there’s a sense of playfulness, too, as this historical language is juxtaposed with a laser and unusual typesetting. Choosing the type was difficult – it had to be premium and speak to refined yet hand crafted quality. We chose Brothers, a typeface that feels hand made itself, and embodies a certain working class ethic. The asymmetrical composition breaks from the strength of the shield to be more exciting, ownable and artistic. It is a reserved, engineered, yet expressive flourish.

We’re honored to have been able to create this identity for Shandy, who’s passion for quality and capacity for imagination show through his inspired work. We would gladly trade sheep for a wood with him any day.

Search your feelings, you know it to be #thingsorganizedneatly

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:36:43 -0800

Search your feelings, you know it to be #thingsorganizedneatly

Mmmm, symmetry.

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:26:38 -0800

Mmmm, symmetry.

Sketch: You gotta break it to make it (Taken with...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:31:00 -0800

Sketch: You gotta break it to make it (Taken with instagram)

Edit: Yes, I can’t spell. You got me.

Sketching scrolls and trolls (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:02:53 -0800

Sketching scrolls and trolls (Taken with instagram)

Pixel Art – After working on several tiny icons for projects,...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:38:24 -0800

Pixel Art – After working on several tiny icons for projects, I’m realizing how much I dig little pixel art. Check out this zombie hand icon. Yummy, no?

A little inspiration for doing. (Taken with Instagram at...

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:32:10 -0700

A little inspiration for doing. (Taken with Instagram at Samovar Tea Lounge)

Hella featured in Elefint Design’s video for Desgn.It – a...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:52:58 -0700

Hella featured in Elefint Design’s video for Desgn.It – a Day of Design for Good

Interfacing (Taken with Instagram at Design by Seeing)

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:30:04 -0700

Interfacing (Taken with Instagram at Design by Seeing)

BrowolfAnimated with Loopcam for iPhone.

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:26:54 -0700

Browolf
Animated with Loopcam for iPhone.

"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to..."

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:15:36 -0700

““Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.””

- Steve Jobs, Commencement speech at Stanford University, 2005

We came across the facebook user’s profile picture, and it...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:14:22 -0700

We came across the facebook user’s profile picture, and it JUST SO HAPPENED to look exactly like what was happening here at the office.