When it comes to gaming, I like a good plethora of variety in the types of games that I personally gravitate to.  Whether it is a good Team Deathmatch in Modern Warfare 2, or more obscure gems that have artistic flare and varying strategy like Ico, I am more impressed by games that require my brain cells, not just a bunch of button-mashing. Call me a lover of the classics.  I am referring to the real beginnings of computer gaming.  The point-and-click adventure.  Whether.. || Continue Reading →

Creative artist Julia Icenogle can best be known for her charming and quirky illustrations.  But her creativity doesn’t just lie with her skills with pencil and inks. I recently stumbled upon Julia’s website portfolio and came across her section of photography.  What I found in one particular series titled “Lauren the Tyrant” was a brillance in the use of light and shadow to portray the charm of a child’s mind at play.  What do you get when cross.. || Continue Reading →

Let me clarify.  I am all about facial hair.  While I have been known to wear a pretty consistant soul patch for the last 5 or 6 years, I have always strayed from the beard or mustache. Not because I am one of those guys that can’t accomplish these manly items, but I choose not to because I have a higher calling in life:  to receive an abundance of love and kisses from my beautiful wife, who rightfully so, would rather not get lost in a face-ful of hair to get to my supple.. || Continue Reading →

You have to hand it to fine artists. They use pen and ink, pigment and bristle, clay and stone to help define how they view the world and the creation around them.  It is a personal form of expression of one human being and a delight for the rest of us to see glimpses of their mind’s eye captured onto canvas. But what makes some artists stand out from others and really make a name for themselves in the Art Community is sometimes not just how they do it, but what they portray.. || Continue Reading →

I recently came across a blog entry from designer Jon Klassen about his collaboration with Studio AKA on their Winter Olympics ad for the BBC. What makes this ad truly remarkable and stand out is the approach.  Wonderfully dark and dangerous animation fills the screen in stark comparison to the usual colorful flare used to advertise the Olympic games.  The musical score, the storyboard, and the animation style all lend to give a strong marketing plug that takes a different.. || Continue Reading →

Design 7 Studio just put the finishing touches on a project that was in the works over the holiday. The Cambria Historical Society, led by client Susan McDonald, approached Design 7 Studio to take on the task of redesigning the organizations website back in the Fall of 2009. The project launched and went live on the servers on January 28, 2010. It was decided in the beginning that the website needed an antique, vintage look to help promote the Society’s purpose of presenting.. || Continue Reading →

I stumbled across this website that basically helps place medical personal into remote areas like Nepal, Namibia, and Tanzania. For such a humanitarian organization, Gap Medics method they chose to present the information in the form of a website is fresh, inventive, and unique. With the use of washed out colors, and sort of vintage duo-tone look, and obscure typography throughout, the site has a very innovative approach to its design. http://www.gapmedics.co.uk/

There is a now common web-term referred to the “page fold”. This is the line on a web-page where the typical browser window cuts off the content at the bottom. When designing elements or content that you want to be prominent to the viewer, it is referred to as desiring it to be “above the page fold”. What is funny is that we are a people that have come to ignore the page fold. We are so used to scrolling that it has become second nature. We scroll through.. || Continue Reading →

I love lists and I love editorial photographs.  If you have ever picked up a LIFE Magazine “The Year Was…” coffee table books you would know what I mean.  There is something about great editorial photographs that capture the moment, a feeling, the human condition and can tell the whole story or just enough that you crave to know the rest. As usual, Time has unveiled what it considers to be the Top Ten Photographs of 2009. In summary, I would have to agree. #1:.. || Continue Reading →

I love nothing more than when the power of creative minds can be utilized for the greater good of mankind or for social awareness. This is where the San Francisco-based design agency Altitude steps in. Charged with creating an awareness campaign for the areas thriving homeless population, Brian Singer and Altitude came up with a very simple campaign that draws the attention of passersby and causes them to see that for so many people, the streets are their home. These “posters”.. || Continue Reading →