31 May 2009
The company I work at was a key sponsor of Saturday’s “Glenn Beck at the Capitol” fund raising gala in SLC. Thursday night, my boss called to tell me that they (the coordinators) granted us permission to play a quick little video at the event—something none of the other sponsors received, so it was a pretty big deal. Problem was: we had no such video to show.
So Friday morning at 7:30, my boss, Dave, Joe (from Children Kids), and myself met up and ran over ground rules and a few basic concepts. By about 8:30, we knew we needed our stand-by musician extraordinaire, Micah (of Typophile and Children Kids fame… to name but a few) in order to pull anything even remotely ok off. He was there within the hour and we got down to business. With some help from Ashley Mackay (also of Typophile fame) and a few rolls of sushi from Demae here in Provo, we completed the piece from conception to final render in one day—done by 2:30 am.
Now, I know it’s not the world’s most perfect piece, but I think there’s some good foundational work in there. And, honestly, I’m pretty impressed with us for getting it done—period. Especially since I haven’t used After Effects since said Typophile fame…
31 May 2009
Over the past few weeks, we’ve finally begun to see some of the new branding come to life. These cards, I think, are one of my favorites so far. I love the simplicity of the design because it gets out of the way of the receiver’s experience with the card. Business cards are a tactile experience and these are great to hold—the two kinds of paper, the letter press print, the stiff sturdiness of card… even the audible tone—a hefty smack—with which they land on a desk is really enjoyable.
They’re constructed of a sheet of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and a French Speckltone Black sheet glued together, with black ink on the front and silver on the back (finally got to try this out… worked perfectly). Beautiful print work—as always—by Bryce at Bjorn Press.
A couple of guys from work took them to a convention back in Boston last week and amidst the various bright, big, and bold design that we did, feedback was that these cards made the most impact. I love that.
02 February 2009
It’s been almost a year and a half since I started working with Jonathan Canlas—a renowned film photographer from Utah. After admiring his images from afar for some time, it was a great opportunity to get in and work with them. Since then, we’ve produced the Film is Not Dead website, the Film is Not Dead workbook (images coming soon both here and on my site), we’ve rebranded him, created an updated portfolio site, and another promotional book (again, I’ll have images of that up here soon)—not to mention various collateral and pdfs and so on and on.
Today, information on Jon’s Film is Not Dead 3 workshop was announced and will be held in beautiful San Francisco this coming July. If you’re into photography and you want to learn a TON—check it out.
And, Jon— thanks for letting me explore my creative vision along side yours.
26 November 2008
In spite of not publishing anything in a while, I’ve been relatively busy here at SquatterStudios. All my summer projects have wrapped up and I should have photos to post in the coming days/weeks.
Also, my website is up. It’s been up for quite a while (you may have noticed) but with no content. I’m actually working on changing that right now—as opposed to saying I’m doing it online, but really not even thinking about it. Currently, I have a good portion of three different projects up there. It may not be hot-off-the-press new work, but at least something is there.
And, last—for today—Jonathan Canlas has finally launched his updated site, wrapping up a summer-plus of grueling work for him, which we’re both very excited about. I hope to have some pictures of the books I designed for him by late next week. As for today, though, Just the website. Take a gander. Dane Hansen—as always—did the masterful flash work.
02 September 2008
Finally finished a rough book of my stuff. Here are a few samples.