We had the great opportunity to work with the Chicago chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design. This set of pieces served both as art prints, and also marketing pieces for AIGA Chicago. Take a look for more details on the project.
Writing For HOW: Writing and Designers
Some designers seem to conveniently disappear when writing and copy are discussed, and I think this relates to our overall visual natures. Many designers think, relate, and communicate in images — it’s one of the skills that leads to great design and better designers. But while a picture is supposedly worth a thousand words, text isn’t going away anytime soon. So, it’s up to us, as designers, to wrangle the written word and to make the work we do even greater by engaging with the copy.
That’s a snippet from an article I wrote for HOW Magazine, about the fear that many designers and creative types have when it comes to writing. We find it’s a common issue among peers and others we rub elbows with, and I believe I’ve got some helpful thoughts to consider. Check it out and comment either here, or at HOW directly.
Logo Work Included in LogoLounge 7
We’ve grown up as designers with the LogoLounge book series. It’s great to see the beautifully-redesigned, newest volume. Also awesome to see that we’re part of it, with work from projects like BevReview and Plastic Highway. Our work was chosen from 34,000 selections, which is an honor.
Our Work Included in LogoLounge Master Library Book 4
We always mention how much we love the LogoLounge wesbite and book series. So, it’s always a great honor for us to have our work included in another volume of the excellent and popular series. Some of our conceptual work for Mesí and final identity for Ignite are included in this volume.
A Colorful Night of Paper With Gruppo Cordenons
We had an amazing time at the “Color In Chicago” party hosted by our clients and friends at Gruppo Cordenons, and it’s not just because we designed the invitations and materials for the event. It was a great night filled with premium paper, good friends, and paper dresses, at the beautiful Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. You can get a glimpse of the festivities thanks to amazing photographer Steven E. Gross, and even purchase mementos – the next-best thing to owning a paper dress! All photos courtesy and © Steven E. Gross & Associates.
New work: Gruppo Cordenons and Golden Apple
We’re continuing to post new work, so here are more of the projects we’re bringing out from behind the curtain. These are event and invitation design work for fine paper maker Gruppo Cordenons, as well as a direct mail campaign for local Chicago nonprofit, Golden Apple Foundation. Click for more details on the fruits of these great client partnerships.
New work: YMCA and pipopipo
It’s been busy around here, and we’re finally about to slow down a moment to talk about some of the work that has kept us so engrossed.
We’ve posted some new projects in our portfolio, including some fun, family-centered work for YMCA of the USA, as well as the interactive brand presence for new children’s apparel maker pipopipo. Check out the linked project descriptions and drop us a line if you’d like to discuss how we might partner with your organization for similarly awesome results.
Student Spotlight: Logo Redesigns
No matter how much Design and our industry changes, at Hexanine, we never feel far from our roots. It’s not hard to remember where we started — as young, hungry students. We like to stoke our creative fires and also remember those foundational days by working with the next generation of talent out there. Teaching is one avenue for that.
From time to time, we like to showcase the work of our students like those below. It’s the impressive output of Tim’s students from Chicago Portfolio School, as part of their strategic identity redesigns in Brand Standards class.
Hexanine Interview on HOW’s Design TV
At Hexanine, we are passionate about design and communicating. So, mixing the two makes a lot of sense. We’ll be speaking at this year’s HOW Design Live and are continuing an ongoing discussion about issues around the work we do as designers. We talk at more length about this and other sundry in an interview “workshop” that has just been posted at HOW Design TV. Check the link for a short excerpt, and make sure you join us this summer in Boston!
Birth of a Brand: pipopipo
We just wanted to give a congrats to our great client and friend on the birth of his brand-new line of childrens’ clothing, pipopipo. The line is debuting this week at the MAGIC show, and will be available very soon. We partnered with pipopipo to craft the brand’s online experience and assisted with illustration and brand strategy. More to come on that soon, but until then, here’s a fun shot of Matt Sanders, CEO, at the launch.
