http://colenielsen.com/blog colenielsen.com/blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Obviously, this video has been seen my almost everyone in the world—and rightfully so. It executes such a fresh, fun, and unique way to telling a story. I’ve been wanting to tip my hat to it’s excellence since Super Bowl Sunday, and since I was on the subject of storytelling, ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/03/life-in-type%e2%80%a6-2-stories/ A good story gets me… gets me excited, teaches me, inspires me, motivates me, makes me a better person. Life to me is all about stories. Are we living a good story? One worth telling? One worth remembering? And what of the people, organizations, and companies that we associate ourselves with? What makes them ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/03/storytelling/ 70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo. This is a really fun video with an impressive mass of fun allusions to famous pieces in art history. Sadly enough, I can hardly remember what the song is like because I was so taken by the visuals. http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/03/70-million/ I 100% feel this. There have been jobs where my employer has said something along the lines of “Just knock this one out quick—we don’t need it to look great—but it will make a huge difference in (fill in the blank).” Or they’ve said things like, “Don’t you think it’s cool ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/03/beauty%e2%80%a6/ In the next week or two, expect to see a fair bit of new work on the website and on here—both have been sadly lacking in substantial content recently. but, that is because I’ve been busy actually creating the new work. So check back soon. Thanks. http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/02/a-little-update%e2%80%a6/ confession: I’d say a good 5 years ago my good friend Bardhi Haliti tried to get me into Joanna Newsom. She’s this crazy woodland sprite with a squeaky soprano (I tried to find what was higher than soprano, but couldn’t get a clear answer from Google and Wikipedia) that plays the ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/02/joanna-newsom/ Recently, it seems that one of the hottest new clients in Utah county is BYU Broadcasting. While their full rebrand and overhaul is not 100% complete, a few projects have begun to sneak out into the public. I’ve heard and seen a small sampling of some of this new work ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2010/02/kbyu-byu-tv/ 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 ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2009/12/jays%e2%80%a6/ 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 ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2009/12/insidesalescom/ Earlier this year, the super-talented Joshua James called me up asking for some help designing the booklet for his upcoming album, Build Me This. The booklet was based on an old publication from the late 1800s and would be very typographic-driven. Right up my alley, right? So I gladly accepted. ... http://colenielsen.com/blog/2009/09/joshua-james%e2%80%94build-me-this/