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I love Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Robbie
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Sneak Peek
Robbie
Our new signage is being installed at Methodist Charlton Medical Center. Given the demographics of the area, we used both bilingual messaging and Hablamos Juntos symbols to aide those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).We’ll post more to our Flickr page soon!
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Follow that guy!
Robbie
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is one of the most fastest expanding light rail systems in the country. As part of the masterplan, DART has budgeted money for artwork at each new station.Deep Ellum, still the creative heart and soul of the city, wins big time with the “The Traveling Man” series designed by local creatives Brandon Oldenburg and Brad Oldham. The duo’s piece is inspired and worthy of the site where it now sits. It acts as a beacon, a symbol of pride and a destination for an area that is so deeply ingrained in the hearts of natives (including yours truly). In addition to the “Traveling Man”, the station incorporates a number of other graphic elements to cleverly aide in wayfinding and placemaking. Have a look at some photos I took over the weekend:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42104265@N03/sets/72157622368045236/
Read the duo’s inspired creative rationale here: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/05/in_deep_ellum_meet_the_traveli.php
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New in Graphic Novels
Robbie
Anyone else a fan of graphic novels?If so, be sure and check out this new gem from Josh Neufeld.
Obviously, Katrina was a devastating event and we all saw the damage that it caused: the pictures of the flooded streets, the “X”s on the dilipidated houses and of course the Superdome, packed with people whose homes were under water.
These images were all important, but I don’t think they effectively communicate the loss of human rights that these people suffered. “A.D.” attempts to connect us with the New Orleanian’s perspective.
It tells the stories of five individuals with five very different tales. Neufeld never loses focus of his aim and the frames he illustrates have a way of ingraining themselves in your mind and truly allowing you to step into the shoes of these people (all of whom are real).
As someone who has a deep affection for New Orleans (I got engaged there) it truly breaks my heart to know what some people went through, just to call it home. “A.D.” is an inspiration.
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Current Project: University of North Texas' New Stadium
J.B.
We found this promotional video online for the University of North Texas’ new football stadium. We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on and help the Mean Green set the stage for a national audience. We are excited to be given the opportunity to work on a great project such as this.
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Dallas Design District Photos Up On Flickr
J.B.
We have updated our Flickr Stream to include photos from the recently completed Dallas Design District project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/focusegd/sets/72157622029340997/
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WPA Art Posters
J.B.
Currently doing research on the WPA art program for a project. Here is an interesting collection of posters from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html
You can also find great high resolution photographs on the main site.
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Arrows & Icons Goes Live
J.B.
Bam! New EGD Resource!
There is a new resource for EGD and Wayfinding on the net and it is known as Arrows & Icons Magazine. It is still being populated with content but its a great start.
Check it out today: http://www.arrowsandicons.com/
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Freshjive to go Logoless and Brandless
J.B.
The New FreshJive
Back in the day (I think it was a Wednesday), I wanted to be a skater and I had more than a few Freshjive clothing pieces. I can also remember their ads in Thrasher magazine that were very risque for the time. Well it seems that the current backlash in consumerism and brand application is continuing – Freshjive will remove all branding and logos from their clothing. Designer & owner Rick Klotz stated the lack of individualism as his decision. In an interview with “The Hundreds” fashion blog he said:Throughout the years I’ve become uncomfortable with this business of branding and brand identity. I’m not the type of person that buys something for the brand name…. when I see kids wearing company logos it reminds of people who are trying to be a part of a “tribe” or “gang”, as if they need to be part of something, which seems to go against the idea of individualism in style.
How will this experience go? Hard to say. The idea that you cannot have a brand image by removing a logo is a concept I cannot truly get behind. As you can see above, a visual identity is still there, and it will become very recognizable.
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It takes vision.
Robbie
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
