I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the roll design has played in history. I think about this subject fairly often. But this time I started thinking about it because WW1 occured a century ago. Why does that have to do with design? I’m not sure, but design is all around us in many obvious ways by also in many subtle ways we hardly ever think about.
Look at tanks, steam engines, posters, propaganda and numerous other objects. These things have surounded us for centuries, and we seldom think about them, they flow into our lives with out us even knowing, yet they are able to infulence us.
There a documentary coming out in a few week called objecified center around industrial design. I looking forward to seeing it and find out how it treats the subject. Where might it start, the coopers, the cobblers, maybe with A jewler?
Intelligent Graphic Design
I recently finished the web site for Hopkins Design Group, a Durham based graphic design company. They tend to only do print design, and hence their site is very simple yet easy to navigate, and very clean. One of the things I like about the site, is the navigation. There are several ways to make your way through the site. We built a tour function, that allows straight forward movement, or clickable blocks for a freeform perusal.
Take a look at their new site
Welcome to my blog, I’ve been building a lot of these themes lately, and spouting off about how useful blogs are, so I figured it was about time I bite the bullet. I’m not the most verbose person you will ever run into so don’t expect good grammar or too much witty banter, you wont find it. You also wont find me talking about philosophy or economics, I’m just not that smart.
I will probably spend a lot of time chronicling my experiences as a freelance graphic designer and web designer. You might even find that I’m posting illustrations or drawings (this would be a long shot), or even photos of my latest cooking endeavors.
I suspect that I’ll often have links to my latest completed projects. I recently finished redesigning Ken Gasch’s website, he is a local realtor, who is doing a great job revitalizing down town durham. I also finished building a blog for Dunrite Home Maintenance.
The big project that I’ve been working on with Right Brain Studio has been SoBe Sober. SoBe Sober is an anti-underage drinking initiative in South Beach Florida. We were responsible for all of the street banners, bus wraps, t-shirts, and poster for 2009. It was pretty exciting seeing my work on the back of a bus. I also put some finishing touches on the web site as well.
