Friday, July 13, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Summer time for Schmizza!
It's summer time and Pizza Schmizza is teaming up with Jones Soda to kick off Free Soda Fridays. Here is the Facebook cover photo I designed to promote the deal!
Schmizza's summer is already off to a good start with a visit from Saturday Night Live/Portlandia actor Fred Armisen!
Check out Schmizza on Facebook for more details on the free soda!
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Land of the Fearless!
Zzoom Media's newest client, Fearless Brewing was in need of a facebook cover photo and twitter background. The idea we came up with was to display Fearless' viking theme and communicate that it is an Oregon-based brewery. To convey this, I created a map of the Portland area in the style of an old viking map.
Before working on the computer, I illustrated the map by hand using prismacolor markers, colored pencils, and rapidograph on illustration board.
I Printed a map(above) of the region to use as a reference, then I used tracing paper to create the rivers and boundaries.
I used the prismacolor to create a base color (above), and then used colored pencils(below) to add details.
After scanning the illustration, it was time to finish the map on the computer.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
How well do you know your typefaces?
Here's a fun game to test your knowledge of fonts. I'm currently ranked #4 for daily high score (not all time).
http://www.deep.co.uk/games/font_game/
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Don't Give Up
"Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. "-Agent K, Men In Black (1997 movie)
Don't Give Up.
Sometimes people are just wrong.
Taken from James Robert Watson's design blog:
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
-Drillers who Edwin Drake tried to enlist in 1859
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication."
-Western Union internal memo, 1876
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
-President, Royal Society, 1895
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
-Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
-Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-Response to Sarnoff's urging for radio investment, 1920s
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
- HM Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."
- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the lead role in 'Gone With The Wind.'
"The problem with television is that the people must sit and keep their eyes glued to a screen: the average American family hasn't time for it."
-New York Times, 1939
"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this."
-Spencer Silver on the work that led to the adhesive for 3-M Post-It notepads.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
-Manager of the Grand Ole Opry, firing Elvis Presley, 1954
"I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
-Editor, Prentice Hall Business Books, 1957
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
-Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles, 1962
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible."
-Yale professor commenting on a paper by Fred Smith (who later founded FedEx) proposing overnight delivery service
"But what . . . is it good for?"
-IBM executive commenting on the microchip, 1968
"So we went to Atari, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' They said, 'No.' So we went to Hewlett-Packard, they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'"
-Steve Jobs, trying to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak's Apple personal computer.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
-Bill Gates, 1981
Don't Give Up.
Sometimes people are just wrong.
Taken from James Robert Watson's design blog:
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
-Drillers who Edwin Drake tried to enlist in 1859
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication."
-Western Union internal memo, 1876
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
-President, Royal Society, 1895
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
-Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
-Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-Response to Sarnoff's urging for radio investment, 1920s
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
- HM Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."
- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the lead role in 'Gone With The Wind.'
"The problem with television is that the people must sit and keep their eyes glued to a screen: the average American family hasn't time for it."
-New York Times, 1939
"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this."
-Spencer Silver on the work that led to the adhesive for 3-M Post-It notepads.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
-Manager of the Grand Ole Opry, firing Elvis Presley, 1954
"I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
-Editor, Prentice Hall Business Books, 1957
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
-Decca Records, rejecting the Beatles, 1962
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible."
-Yale professor commenting on a paper by Fred Smith (who later founded FedEx) proposing overnight delivery service
"But what . . . is it good for?"
-IBM executive commenting on the microchip, 1968
"So we went to Atari, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' They said, 'No.' So we went to Hewlett-Packard, they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'"
-Steve Jobs, trying to get Atari and HP interested in his and Steve Wozniak's Apple personal computer.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
-Bill Gates, 1981
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Stop. Grammar time!
for this entry i'm going to be a rebel and refrain from capital letters.
capitalizing the first word of a sentence seems like a dumb grammatical rule. one knows a word is the beginning of a sentence because it is following a punctuation mark. the capital letter is unnecessary.
the purpose of most rules in grammar is to make a sentence or paragraph more easy to read and to limit confusion.
while i'm at it, here's another thing people do that is not only unnecessary, but also considered bad typography: double spaces after a period. here's a great article about why one should never do it.
edit: my mother brought up a possible purpose for capitalizing the first word of a paragraph. it does distinguish between punctuation marks used for things such as an abbreviation and punctuation that symbolizes the end of a thought. for example: "Meet me on Burnside St. before dark." capitalizing the beginnings of sentences does prevent one from thinking that "before dark" is a new sentence. while i'm talking about abbreviations, why in the hell is "abbreviation", which means shortening a word, such a long word?
capitalizing the first word of a sentence seems like a dumb grammatical rule. one knows a word is the beginning of a sentence because it is following a punctuation mark. the capital letter is unnecessary.
the purpose of most rules in grammar is to make a sentence or paragraph more easy to read and to limit confusion.
edit: my mother brought up a possible purpose for capitalizing the first word of a paragraph. it does distinguish between punctuation marks used for things such as an abbreviation and punctuation that symbolizes the end of a thought. for example: "Meet me on Burnside St. before dark." capitalizing the beginnings of sentences does prevent one from thinking that "before dark" is a new sentence. while i'm talking about abbreviations, why in the hell is "abbreviation", which means shortening a word, such a long word?
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Coolest door ever?
I never thought I'd be advocating an award for "best door ever", but this is surely deserving.
It is, however, smaller than a legit ping pong table. Perhaps it can find its niche amongst college students as a beer pong table?
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ping-pong-door/
It is, however, smaller than a legit ping pong table. Perhaps it can find its niche amongst college students as a beer pong table?
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ping-pong-door/
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Imagine what you'll know tomorrow
"1500 years ago, everybody knew that the earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody knew that the earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."--Kay (Men In Black)
Friday, January 6, 2012
Better Soda Fountain Design
Below is a photo of the soda fountain at Panda Express.
The Problem
People often have their hands full and have only one hand available to both hold the cup and fill the soda. This is especially likely at a place like Panda Express where a plate of food and cup is handed to you at once and the soda fountain is located before seating. The customer thus is carrying a plate of food in one hand, and a cup in the other. As a result, one must set the cup down beneath the soda nozzle and aim the soda. This particular fountain's nozzles are too high and it is difficult to accurately place the cup below.
A Better Solution
One solution is to design the fountain where nozzles are lower and it is easier to place the cup directly beneath the nozzles, but an even better design is shown below:
One doesn't have to set the cup down. The user can simply fill the drink by pressing the cup against the buttons. It is a far more convenient design for the user.
The Problem
People often have their hands full and have only one hand available to both hold the cup and fill the soda. This is especially likely at a place like Panda Express where a plate of food and cup is handed to you at once and the soda fountain is located before seating. The customer thus is carrying a plate of food in one hand, and a cup in the other. As a result, one must set the cup down beneath the soda nozzle and aim the soda. This particular fountain's nozzles are too high and it is difficult to accurately place the cup below.
A Better Solution
One solution is to design the fountain where nozzles are lower and it is easier to place the cup directly beneath the nozzles, but an even better design is shown below:
One doesn't have to set the cup down. The user can simply fill the drink by pressing the cup against the buttons. It is a far more convenient design for the user.
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