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Richmond’s Station Domination

Maya — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:52:43 +0000

Brilliance

Maya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:05:10 +0000

For the past couple of years, we’ve been designing St. Catherine’s School’s catalog for their popular summer program, Cat’s CAP. This year, things are a bit different as Cat’s CAP is now part of an expanded summer program called Brilliant Summer. It will continue to offer all of the greatness the community has come to expect, but now with even more offerings from sports and dance to academic enrichment courses. As always, it was a pleasure working with the folks over at St. Catherine’s School and the result was a beautiful and newly designed catalog (with spot gloss varnished cover!).

Beyond Borders

Maya — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:31:46 +0000

We had the exciting opportunity to work with Rutherfoord on their 2009 Year in Review. Rutherfoord continues to grow as one of the nation’s largest insurance brokerage and risk management firms. The theme for the publication was “beyond borders” and our objective was to highlight Rutherfoord’s strength in venturing beyond the familiar – removing barriers, uncovering opportunities, opening possibilities and taming risk on behalf of their clients.

J H I Sock Hop of ‘52

Maya — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:48 +0000

For Halloween this year, we decided to carry on the theme of school dances (last year was J H I Prom of ‘85) and throw a sock hop! Our kitchen area was transformed into a 50’s diner complete with jukebox and… ELVIS. Enough said.

Summer Celebrations

Maya — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:15 +0000

Celebrations is St. Catherine’s annual newsletter which highlights the various achievements of the graduating class and celebrates the end of the school year. More pics after the jump, enjoy!

Trucks that literally deliver the message.

Maya — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:25:33 +0000

I absolutely adore this fun and clever campaign promoting a library in Kansas City, MO. Nothing makes me happier than beautiful, smart design paired with a good story.

For more information go here. For more pictures go here.

Design Ranch ‘09

Maya — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:00:31 +0000

For a moment, I thought I was dreaming on the 2.5 hour car ride from Austin airport to Waldemar ranch. The desert was expansive and the landscape idyllic even if it was composed of mainly dirt, rocks, and cacti. I appreciated the calming effect it had on me, in a way foreshadowing what would be a relaxed and rustic experience during the next 4 days.

AIGA Austin’s Design Ranch is not your typical slide and lecture conference. In total there were about 125 people in attendance including the staff and workshop leaders, which provided a level of intimacy that is difficult to achieve at the more “popular” conferences. No, here the opening remarks were with an old transparency machine and throughout the next 4 days no laptops or cellphones were in sight. The food was great and definitely lived up to, if not exceeded, their statement – “This isn’t cafeteria food”. The nights were lively with music, drinks and dancing. Then, there were the afternoon workshops, all away from the computer, which we all as designers have formed a love/hate relationship with. You found yourself in the woods looking for materials to build a boat, in a room deconstructing sweaters to make something new, slicing book covers to bring them life in awesome 3-D scenes, experimenting with polaroids, or using nature and some sort of rainmaker type contraption to build your own printing press! There were other workshops too that i wish i could have taken as i saw the fruit of their work produced in the form of watercolor paintings, screen prints, markered t-shirts, and abstract lamps.

It’s hard to sum up the whole experience in a blog post but in all, this experience further proved that often times it’s good to get away from the computer, get your hands dirty, and seek creativity through nature and other materials you lost touch with. It also reminded me that being in a relaxed environment that nurtures and encourages spontaneous creativity and thinking is so important and good for the design soul.

Super Bowl XLIII Commercials

Maya — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:25:29 +0000

Whether you’re a fan of the Cardinals, Steelers, or simply didn’t care to pick sides, if you watched Sunday’s game you probably experienced a barrage of commercials. In my opinion, many of the commercials this year were not as successful as I hoped and failed to grab my attention, but there were a few (very few) that stood out and made me laugh out loud. These were simple and humorous. It takes smarts to be funny.

Jemie liked the 3-D commericals. Here’s a before and after shot. Partying can take its toll.

Great Partners

Maya — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:28:12 +0000

We just completed a brand new website for our friends at Lewis Media Partners. We work closely with them on a variety of projects but this time they became our client! They are a very friendly and professional team and it was a pleasure creating this fresh new site for them. Check them out at www.LewisMediaPartners.com!

Are you in?

Maya — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:41:21 +0000

RichmondInsideOut.com is a great website we designed for the Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau to help promote our lovely city. It’s a place where locals can share their insider insights on the best places to go, best places to eat and best things about living, working and hanging out in RVA. So check it out and more importantly, post, post, post!