All In A Day’s Work
Let’s All Band Together!
You know that drawer where you have that unsightly spaghetti-like glob of rubber bands that you just can’t seem to throw out because it seems wasteful? The ones that you are sure you will need someday…Today is the day!
Send them to us…we are always in a growth mode and we don’t want to leave our pet rubber band ball behind…
J H I
2016 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
Shanghai World Expo
A stunning collection of architecture, environmental graphic design, interior design, industrial design and more from Shanghai’s World Expo. Click here to see more.
A Peek Into the Future…Well, Actually, It’s Here…
iPad Magazine Art Direction from Brad Colbow on Vimeo.
Creativity No Matter Where You Work
We have had the pleasure of working with the Visual Arts Center of Richmond for several years. Recently they introduced an amazing new program, Creativity at Work. It’s a twice yearly, intensive workshop that brings together artists and business leaders (present and future) to explore the creative process and apply it to workplace challenges. In today’s global marketplace, the ability to bring fresh thinking and innovative ideas to the table will be critical for success. As one of the area’s leading creative resources, VisArts is helping to shape business leaders – and the future of our community. Pretty cool, huh? To learn more about it, go to www.visarts.org.
Branding ideas…from squid?
Needless to say, technology has changed the landscape of marketing and design. We’ve all had to re-evaluate existing brands and rethink new ones, beyond print, beyond web, and beyond social media. So when Jo brought in a great article about Google’s brand last week it really got me thinking. Their logo, which is fairly unremarkable in itself from a design standpoint, has completely bucked brand tradition. Last year, Aol jumped on board and rebranded with a logo that not only changes color, but also changes texture and imagery. So what, or who, is next? All of this was fresh in my mind when I came across this article that uses squid (of all things) to bring up some really interesting ideas on the future of branding and marketing. Good food for thought!
Worth a Thousand Words
Great photography is such an important part of any finished piece, printed or online. And usually, we focus on the finished product of our work, the brochures, magazines, and advertisements that we complete for our clients. However, in recent weeks we’ve been given the opportunity to capture the right photo to speak for our clients. Here are a few photos from behind the view finder of our latest photo shoots at Randolph Macon College and Carpenter Co. Finished products coming soon!
J H I Goes to Washington!
We recently completed an exciting project in collaboration with Virginia Tourism Corporation and our friends at Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitor’s Bureau (RMCVB) and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. With the main goal to promote the Grand Opening of the VMFA museum expansion on May 1, we created a special edition of the “History” campaign that will be installed in the Gallery Place station in the DC Metro.
Brilliance
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!).
