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we’re making some posters that look something like this: they’ll start poppin’ up around town soon.
if you’re travels take you down graham ave. between metropolitan and grand st. in brooklyn today, you should pop in at bitmap creative labs and a.) stick around and work there a little. and trust me, on a day like today, their AC is feelin’ super-sweet– b.) check out our lil’ display in the front [...]
then, on to the printing!
until next year!
so that’s just what i did.
about a week ago i attended an event called “reflect.” it was organized by a friend of my, nathan troester. the basic format was this; a group of artists gathered to hear a short theological reflection. it was about 10 minutes. the topic was the transcendance/eminence of God. then we discussed the ideas that were [...]
this set of cards includes the “dashing dad” father’s day card (view the full set). and to be sure that you get your cards in time to send one to your pops, we’ll be announcing the winner on wednesday, june 8th. to enter, all you have to do is be signed up for our newsletter, [...]
alls you gotta do is subscribe to the newsletter. just scroll down a bit and you’ll see the sign up field below. type in a valid email address (it’s the address we’ll use to notify you if you’ve won, so use a good one) click “go!” and you’ll be entered. we’ll randomly select a winner [...]
thanks to apartment therapy for featuring our williamsbuildings prints! it’s a great on honor.
it’s shocking, i know. what individual or company doesn’t want the ability to manage their web content when they please without having to hire an extra employee or pay an outside developer to update simple content? well, i can think of two: a person without the web savvyness to learn a new system, and someone [...]
being the disrupters that we are (or are trying to be) in the design community, we appreciated this recent article by jason fried, co-founder of 37signals. they’re disrupting the web-based app community’s pricing structure…and it’s fun to watch.
is this weekend in williamsburg brooklyn! give blood save lives! details here.
the fella with the moustache is james victore, of james victore inc. fame. i spotted him from across the way on the 6 train a few days ago and said hi to him. nyc is awesome like that. i’m going to visit him at his studio this thursday, so i’ll post any wisdom and insights [...]
i know, “what?” but the terminology is not literally. it’s nominal. goose grease is the name of the company that paid the bills in a major way whilst lfb was getting of the ground. now that we are in a good rhythm and experiencing strong growth, we must take a moment to honor those who [...]
love it. via swiss-miss
below is the newly completed logo for an architecture/furniture and home decor fabrication shop in brooklyn. they wanted to convey the idea of collaboration producing great ideas. they also wanted to have a very distinctive image and word mark, so we custom designed the typeface as well. more work is being done for datf, and [...]
just want to announce that since we updated our site, we’ve updated our blog with proper permalinks, so if you’ve linked to any specific post on our blog in the past, you may want to update that link.
the full interview is now online. you can see it here. thanks to rachel goldberg who works at gd usa and is also co-owner of the brooklyn collective.
the official offices of live from bklyn, originally uploaded by cdaileycrafton. dave and i have moved out our home offices (which i truly did love) and into a joint office. live from bklyn has an official home.
i look back on most if not all of my work from school and think, “this is pretty bad.” not that i didn’t learn, or that my professors were inept. infact, i’d like to take this moment to thank them for being as gracious to me as they were, poor as my work was. but [...]
if you subscribe to graphic design usa magazine, be on the look out for this mug shot, as i’ll be featured as a designer to watch in 2010 (see preview here). i’ll try not to disappoint.
chinese bird paintings, originally uploaded by cdaileycrafton. i never thought i would find myself drawn to this kind of thing, but i really like this calendar that was a special gift that was stashed in our last order from our local chinese restaurant. and while the design of the actual calendar leaves a (whole) lot [...]
this is truly an inspiring piece of design. it’s simple in it’s color palette, but rich in pattern, and i’m a sucker for pattern. i’m just gonna sit here and stare and this for a few minutes, maybe soak up some of the awesomeness.
and the photo above is just a sample of the goodness to be had at NOAA’s photo library. from the site; Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. There is no fee for downloading any images on the NOAA Photo Library. Educational use is encouraged as the primary [...]
best. beer packaging. ever. make sure to click here to see all of the beautiful design that chaos concept mfg. did for shiner.
wednesday night the lfb boys went bowling at brooklyn bowl at the request of a client. brooklyn bowl is hands down the most beautiful bowling alley i’ve ever been to. everybody, do yourselves a favor and go view and download this most excellently designed menu.
just wanna take a second to thank amy cook for this shout out over at graphicdesigndegrees.org (we’re number 27).
incase you’re still checking here for content, that i’m now blogging at daileycrafton.tumblr.com. new on the blog, an interview with designer jesse kirsch.
because of the higher level of connectivity, i will now be doing all my posting on tumblr. the new url is daileycrafton.tumblr.com. i will leave this blog active as an archive.