Another Use for Cardboard

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I tend to hoard cardboard. I have made posters, postcards, and even a chair from corrugated cardboard. Today I was looking for a recyclable binder, when I found ReBinder. A company who specializes in recycled office supplies, including a plethora of cardboard binders and folders. They are even … Continued

The Fun Theory

Exercise. Eat Right. Give to others. Pay attention.Why?A. Because I said so. B. Because you should. C. Because its fun.Always pick C. I like to think we use the fun theory in our designs. Like the SJCS Caterpillar or the Marqsmen Stay Fresh display.

Are you procrastinating right now?

We currently are working on redesigning our own website, which means I have been fighting the procrastination bug. Now, I didn’t go looking for something like 43 folders, a link just showed up in my inbox. As if Trendcentral, just knew how often I was checking my email instead of working. 43Folders is Merlin Mann’s … Continued

NPCA’s vision for our national parks…

The exhibit encourages visitors to the Park Information Center at NPCA’s Regional Office to to take action, explore and help restore our national parks. An icon was created for each of NPCA’s leading goals; exploration, restoration, expansion, and protecting native species. The expansion panel drawing (pictured above) is of the sea stacks at Shi Shi … Continued

Seattle’s Tzedakah Caterpillar

This caterpillar was created for the Seattle Jewish Community School. It will house information about the students work of loving kindness (G’milut Hasadim) and charity (Tzedakah) throughout the year. Each body segment represents a month, and will grow each month throughout the year. The tail houses two Tzedakah boxes for the students to use each … Continued

Frigid Ire

Another terrible classic logo redesign. This time the victim is Frigidaire. They took their script signature that is recognized ’round the world and turned it into a blocky, boring, sterile mess. The most unfortunate mistake is that the ‘traingle A’ splits the world Frigidaire into Frigid Ire, not the best message. At least they didn’t … Continued

Mount St. Helens

New work in this week. We are designing a logo for Friends for Mount St. Helens National Park an organization dedicated to getting legislation passed to make Mount St. Helens a national park. Riley and I had our first camping trip together there. What a beautiful mountain.