Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Gatorade are redesigning their logos and bottles. I’m interested to see where this new direction takes the company.
http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pepsi_new_bottles.php
If you haven’t been to Brand New before, it’s an excellent blog that documents companies who are rebranding, by giving before and after shots of old and new logos. Great source of inspiration.
Now playing: Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation
Seriously can’t wait to get my hands on this album. Judging from the previews on MySpace, it has the potential to return the Streets to the great lyrical work and sentimentality of Original Pirate Material and A Grand Don’t Come For Free. Haven’t stopped listening to the preview songs since they were posted last week!
Album comes out October 7th.
Remember back in the day…say 2000…when every morning you would go to check out your favorite design sites, among them being Surfstation? Somehow tonight I drifted over to surfstation.lu after years since I last checked in and found myself redirected to surfstation.com. After some 4 or 5 years (lost track actually) of no real meaty content updates, I was surprised to see they’ve scaled back the site to what they did best—pulling some great design portfolios out of the web and giving us all a one stop shop for inspiration.
Gone are the self-important collages and obnoxious patters in the background. In scaling the site back, it seems they’ve even squeezed out the pretentiousness (including that .lu address!), of which the last site reeked. Its been replaced with a very eye-pleasing, gentle blog format that feels very graceful to read through. Another great feature they’ve included are photos of the sites featured, so you know what you’re getting into before clicking.
After that inital rush of nostalgia washed over me, I decided to check out another old favorite, Design is Kinky. Yes, I have been lackadaisical about keeping up with all of these Web 2.0 redesigns, thank you. It’s what happens when you get a full time job. Again, another good redesign that focuses on the talent, cutting all the fat of the old site. After a good portion of the evening spent with these two sites, I’m glad to have checked back in to get refreshed with a look at some up and coming design.
Guys, its good to be back.
www.surfstation.com
www.designiskinky.com
Now listening to: No Age - Weirdo Rippers
After my recent move (hence the lack of updates to this site), I’ve made some large purges of my clutter that I’ve collected over the years, some of it dating back to the college years. After painstakingly going through it all, I’ve been able to whittle it down to minimum keepsakes and possessions (ok, I still have a lot of stuff, but I feel like I’ve really trimmed some of the fat). I have to say, it feels pretty darn satisfying to get rid of all that stuff I’ve been keeping in boxes and closets for years. To add to the happy feeling, almost none of it was literally thrown out, I’ve been able to either donate usable things to Goodwill or recycle it. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t done this in awhile.
I’m in the mindset that I need to do some new paintings. I’ve had some ideas bouncing around for the past few months for some abstract pieces and I’ve just unearthed rather large planks of particle board from my closet that are begging to become canvases. More on that soon, hopefully.
Currently listening to: Blonde Redhead - 23
Sapitot Creative is proud to announce the launch of the Semmering Studios website, version 1.0. Semmering is a photography studio based in Kansas City, run by Sionnie LaFollette, wife of another Sapitot client, Mr. Khorky Custer Khrusty himself (pictured above in all his gold glory)! Granted, this version is a very small mini-site at the moment, but further development into a full portfolio site will occur in the near future. Many thanks to Brian Schilt for his outstanding coding work, excellent job as always!
You can check out the beginnings of the site here, www.semmeringstudios.com
Currently listening to: Sigur Rós - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Kyle is currently selling his CD, Build Yourself A Boat, for the ridiculously low price of 5 bucks plus shipping for a limited time. Same price for his Stargazer T-Shirts. Gotta make room for the new merch in the works…coming soon.
Grab the deal here –> www.kylemoreland.com
I’ve had the distinct pleasure of being able to sit with Arms’ new record, Kids Aflame, for the past couple of months ahead of its release in late June, and I can hardly thank Todd Goldstein enough. I feel like I’ve had a good amount of time to digest the complete work of art and I can honestly say that this is perhaps one of my favorite records of recent memory. I’m not just saying this because Todd is a friend, or that I’m trying to hype a record from a client. It is simply a great indie pop album, with hooks galore and enough quirks to keep things from getting too saccharine sweet. Take a listen to the classic guitar hook in Whirring (how has that riff never been written before?) and the slow build of a lone guitar to a symphony of synths and disco beats on Shitty Little Disco. One of my favorite tracks, Pocket, starts out as a typical indie rock song before climaxing midway with a chorus of barn burning, jazzy horns.
I can’t imagine a better musical companion for the come-down drive home after a night out in the big city. The combination of sentimentality, sadness and hopefulness that the lyrics and music manage to juggle is exquisite. Arms soundtracked my summer back in 2005 when I first randomly happened upon his music on myspace, and I have no doubt that the expanded songs on this debut will continue that tradition. I absolutely cannot wait to hear what Todd does next…which should be the new Harlem Shakes disc, so thankfully the wait will not be long.
Apparently the album is already available on iTunes, so cheggit out.
June 3rd, 2008. What a wonderful day for our country and our history. Thank you America.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/03/obamas-nomination-victory_n_105028.html
I just posted one of the last projects I worked on at Discovery, an ekit design for Planet Green’s new show Greensburg, into the web portfolio of the Sapitot site. The show, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, documents the rebuilding of Greensburg, KS after being completely destroyed by an F5 tornado into a totally “green” city. The premise seems pretty interesting. Make sure to tune in, the show starts in mid June.
Now Playing: PlayRadioPlay! - Texas
After only 8 months at the Discovery Channel, I’ve been presented with a new opportunity that I’m extremely excited to take. I will be joining the Travel Channel in a couple of weeks as the only designer (except for the 2 creative directors, of course).
For those of you confused, yes, the Travel Channel used to be owned by Discovery, and yes, I used to be assigned to that account. In the past 4 months it has been in the process of branching off as its own company (owned by Cox Communications), while I’ve been working on a variety of other accounts within Discovery.
Looking forward to a broad new range of projects, challenges, and opportunities for the future. Wish me luck!
Currently listening to: Frightened Rabbit - Sing the Greys
