15 December 2009
Every once in a while I have to do a post about shoes. They are my favorite kind of design artifact. Below are a couple pairs that I picked up recently…
The shoe above is called “6 Rings” because the shoe design is a composite of the six different shoes MJ wore during his 6 championship years. They then did a series of releases where the same mold was stylized with details pertinent to each of the teams the Bulls beat to win those championships. The ones I got, of course, are designed with the Seattle SuperSonics in mind. You can see (barely) the Space Needle jutting out from behind the strap and the glove graphic for Gary Payton—nicknamed “The Glove” for his stifling defense. These came out the first year the Sonics no longer existed as a team in Seattle. I picked them up as a relic, of sorts, to keep their story alive in my life.
The shoes below are a re-release of the Jordan XIIs, stylized to accentuate out the Japanese Rising sun that originally inspired the design. I love the simplicity and cleanliness of the design and the way that it allows the strap and the “23” on the back to pop. Played in these last week and my shot was falling at an abnormally high percentage… Gotta be the shoes, right?
10 December 2009
In February, I was contacted by a company here in Provo called InsideSales.com. They create software (dialer type software and crazy efficiency-boosting applications) for sales people that kind of help change and redefine the paradigm of what sales is and how it is done. While not the job I would have sought out on my own—in-house was never really my thing—their story and product was really compelling and I felt that there was a lot of potential to do some great design work and help grow the company.
We’re about 9 months into this experiment and we’re starting to see some of the fruits of our labors blossom and hit the public. I figured this would be an appropriate time to show a bit more of the brand than what I have in the past. So here are a few more finished pieces to take a look at. I’d love to hear any feedback, as it’s a very foreign design style to me.
Main homepage… We did a photoshoot with Jonathan Canlas a couple months ago and the banner here features an amazingly talented Rhyan Atrice, from Urban Talent up in Salt Lake.
This is a report engine application (sitting within the black frame) designed a few months back. I’m pretty pleased with the outcome, considering the incredible amount of data that needs to be displayed and the constraints of html programming.
I have a few more pieces I’ll show after the jump. (more…)