Straw Dog Design is a hub for designer and blue sky day-dreamer Josiah DePaoli. It contains a blog, and a link to a portfolio and resume (you can find those above under "My Stuff"). It will change your life.
My work mines the debris of memory through the creation of intricate worlds sculpted in 1:43 scale and smaller. Often sealed under glass, the works depict the remnants of things past—whether major, transformational experiences, or the quieter moments that resonate loudly throughout a life. In much the way the mind recalls events through the fog of time, the works distort reality through a warped and dreamlike lens.
I kind of wish all of Doyle’s work has concept statements attached to them, but I suppose it’s also interesting to conceptualize your own narrative for them.
Pretty darn cool: backyard inventor Jon Bohmer spends $5 building a cardboard solar cooker and wins $75,000 from Forum for the Future, which he plans to use manufacturing these from his Kenyan-based business. Although why is this oven maybe not cool? Hit the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
Behold the awesomeness of Cubeecraft. Be sure to check out the Pop Culture area, it contains everyone from MGS4’s Old Snake to Mario to the Rocketeer. It’s like a pop-culture cubist parade. Get on over there and check em out…or make your own. If you make your own, link that sucker to the comments post haste.
I’m not really sure what you could use this for…seems a little complex for mass-production…but it’s mind-blowingly complex and awesome. Check out the site for templates so you can actually fold your own.
Jeff Fisher of the PDX-based Logo Motives made a great post the other day about creating a personalized Media Kit for yourself. The topic of the personal media kit was part of his larger talk at the recent HOW Conference entitled Planning, packaging and promoting yourself as the product. It’s like a personal-branding project on speed. Seems almost like a portable website at some level. Jeff suggests including things such as multiple business cards, a bio sheet, examples of logo design, an estimate sheet, and more. Check out the full article for the whole lowdown.
Caught wind of this from @pdxschroeder this morning. I was debating whether I should post this, but I sense it’s quickly becoming an underground design meme…so, enjoy. Kind of a cool card in some respects, but this guy takes the idea of a unique business card and runs with it…right into a brick wall. I would love to see Billy Mays wail on this guy, perpetually yelling as he dishes out his own brand of pitch-man justice.
It’s foil stamped! It’s embossed! It contains my entire life story! It juliennes potatoes! It tracks down your soul mate! It can synthesize plant matter from thin air!
I was one of the many who jumped on the Save Jon bandwagon. However, I held off from emailing stockart.com, donating to defense funds, etc. till I saw how it all shook down, instead electing to raise awareness of the issue. Now that the initial hubbub has boiled down (including a front page Digg story that went to number 1, and netted over 3000 diggs and 300 comments), some counter-arguments are starting to surface from the design community. ISO50 Blog has a good roundup (with some tasty edits and double-edits) of the new evidence. By far the most interesting one to be is the one found on The Logo Factory. Why? Hit the jump to read on. Read the rest of this entry »
Welcome to the wonderful world of Scott C., art director at Double Fine Productions (makers of the amazing Psychonauts and presumed-amazing Brutal Legend). His latest pieces are for a gallery exhibition entitled “Home Slice,” which is an incredible work of detail and divergent thinking. (Be sure to hit the “listen” link at the top to hear Scott talk about the show.) Hit the jump for some more work and for what I think may be the best picture ever taken. Read the rest of this entry »
Smashing Mag has an interesting article up that gives a brief overview of a few key typographical issues, AND includes code for how to address them on the net. Totally worthy of a read and a bookmarking.
Straw Dog Design is a hub for designer and blue sky day-dreamer Josiah DePaoli. It contains a blog, and a link to a portfolio and resume (you can find those above under "My Stuff"). It will change your life. For more info about this site, check out my About page.
Thomas Doyle is an artist that creates tiny dioramas. From his artist’s statement: 
