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Behind the Design: Amazing Designs, Projects & Designers
Behind the Design: Quite Appropriate
The campaign surrounding the book "How to be Inappropriate" grew into a fun-loving, elaborate project.
Sidelines: OMFGCO
Three Wieden + Kennedy alumni hang out a shingle as the Original Manufacturing Company (OMFGCO), making prints and T-shirts—and sharing ownership of a bar in their hometown—in addition to client work.
Sidelines: Hero Design Studio
Beth Manos Brickey and Mark Brickey subdivide their time among several enterprises: a healthy client business creating concert and event posters and local organizations; a screen-printing shop; two online outlets for their greeting cards and fi ne-art prints; and a bricks-and-mortar store selling not only their own goods but also products
from Kidrobot and other designers.
Sidelines: 2010love
Sisters Tiffany Handshoe Bachman and Leslie Handshoe Suter created 2010love as a way to encourage others to spread the love … this year and beyond. Read how their sideline gig generated some online buzz that’s helped their design studio.
Sports Logos for Special Events
Sports teams don’t ever stop at just one logo. There are always anniversaries, special events and commemorative moments that can be celebrated with an individual, one-time use logo.
Behind the Design: Grow A Stache
Minneapolis design firm Colle + McVoy took a clever approach for spreading the word on a Monopoly-themed state lottery project.
Designing the Winter Olympics
The in-house team behind the graphic design of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games blazed new creative trails, adopting an innovative palette and illustration style for this epic event.
Stop Motion Wedding Invite
Sure, creatives are famous for their memorable holiday cards or party invitations. But when it comes to creating for their own major life events, expect something truly extraordinary. Check out how one couple made a video invitation produced in stop-motion animation to invite their guests to hear them say “I do.” The groom-to-be patiently photographed each frame of the movie, totaling about 5,500 photos.
Behind the Design: More for Less
Faced with budget shortfalls, The Salvation Army asked The VIA Group to help them increase yearround donations. Of course, they didn’t have money for a fancy campaign. See how they overcame such a big challenge.
My Best Work: Andrew Blauvelt
My Best Work takes a look at pet projects by a particular designer. Check out what Andrew Blauvelt, design director and curator at the Walker Art Center, said was his.
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