Badge Hunting: Fishing
Now you guys already know how much I like to fish. Well, this weekend I was over at my folks house and found a killer fishing collectables book as well as my grandpa’s tackle box. Obviously I obsessively took photos of all the good stuff and posted it for you to see. Hopefully you...
Angie’s Kettle Corn Redesign by Sam Soulek
You’ve probably already seen this new packaging in the stores but it’s great to see the whole project documented so well. Sam did a great job of holding on to the brand heritage while elevating it to a modern place by simplifying the color palette and visual language. Check out the rest of Sam’s...
Philip Eggleston: Letterer
My buddy Philip who’ve I’ve posted about before has been building a lettering portfolio on the side, and he’s so damn good at it. Hire this guy for a lettering project stat.
ESPN: Digital & Print Media Logo
My buddy John over at ESPN asked me to redesign their in-house logo. It needed to match the brand feeling as well as the brand color pallette and it needed to integrate the ESPN logo. I created a modular system that can work in any format from a business card to the side of...
The CVA Legacy a post by Kelly Munson
This Friday, the College of Visual Arts will graduate its last class. The St. Paul institution can claim more than 65 years of educating designers, painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers and fashion designers in a rigorous blend of liberal and fine arts. CVA is closing, and it isn’t because the teachers didn’t teach well enough...
Ryan Bren
Ryan Bren just launched a new portfolio and is looking for some tasty work to fill his days with. Have a gander at his book and hit him up with some freelance opps. I really dig the glam dolls donut shop branding he did with Carly Wright. ...
Fame Designed an Augmented Reality Cover for How
Fame killed it in How international this year getting 5 campaigns in the book including My Burger for best of show. Because of their best of show selection, they were given the option to design the cover of this year’s design annual. It looks pretty nice right? Even better, it’s designed with an...
Ian Davies: ACD / Total Design Badass
I’ve know Ian for years, and for years I’ve been telling him “dude you need to get a site up so I can show share your work on the blog”! After about 6-8 years of pestering him, he finally broke down an put up a cargo site – and it’s AWESOME. There’s a piece...
Portfolio 1 on 1 + Some Great Student Books
AIGA Portfolio 1 on 1 was this last weekend. I had the pleasure of speaking on the panel Friday night as well as a chance to review books on Saturday. It was a great experience and I hope the advice I gave will help some of you to find jobs in the field. I...
A peek at my 2013 Artcrank Poster
Artcrank MPLS is this Saturday and it’s gonna be rad. If you like bikes or design or both, this is one of the most fun parties of the year. Stop by to look at art and drink some brews. Here’s a link to all of the deets. I’ve attached a few shots of...
Sam Soulek: Free Agent
Samuel “SoulSeven” Soulek is a free agent. I’ve known this man since 1999 and he’s consistently inspired me to be a better designer, father and Christian. He has a way with custom typography, color pairings and geometric illustration that’s like no other. My advice to agencies is to scoop this guy quick because he’s...
How 2013 International Design Awards Annual
I was lucky enough to have the Target 50th Anniversary Windows I designed featured in the newest How design annual. It’s pretty exciting, but what’s more exciting is how amazing all of my friends did. My buddy Nick Smasal won best of show – for the whole world! He won for his My Burger...
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