You know when you are working on one thing but you start playing around and all of a sudden you have something completely different, and random… and kind of awesome? That’s what happened when working on some coffee icons tonight. I present to you a brand identity for a fictional company, Java Monkey! Americanos and [...]
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After about a year of dilly-dallying, thinking, poking, and cataloging I have finally launched mortarandpencil.com. The project began when I started noticing all these ad-hoc games, riddles, and contests were happening all over the web from 4chan, Reddit, and Facebook. It was inspiring and funny to see the way people would submit variations to games [...]
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I have been sitting on this logotype for the climbers festival for over a year now. I keep revisiting it, trying to figure out how to take it from cool concept to polished and professional. I feel like I am starting to make strides in it, and wanted to share the latest draft (finished?). What [...]
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While working on some design projects this weekend, I stumbled upon 8tracks.com. I listened to the first mix, from The Denver Egotist. Once the mix was finished a new one started, with music I hadn’t heard before. Oh sweet nectar of the gods. Well now I’m hooked. Here is my first mix called wet feet [...]
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You have just completed THE LAUNDRY! Congratulations, you are now a level 15 Laundry Master! Imagine for a moment if every time you did a chore, you were rewarded for it. What if you could visibly get smarted every time you sat down to study? Why can’t remedial everyday tasks be fun? Enter EpicWin. This [...]
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I had the opportunity to get out into some powder this weekend with Brian and Aaron, two NOLS coworkers and friends. We drove up to Togwotee Pass (near Dubois, Wyoming) and skied West Angle Mountain. There were avalanche warnings due to the foot of snow that had fallen in the last two days, but we took every precaution and had an amazing day of skiing.
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