Launched theredtwist.com over the weekend, a simple ecommerce site selling cashmere wraps.
I built the site on wordpress 3 and built the theme on thematic using Will Hornaday’s design.
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Red Twist Site Build
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Sinolynx.com
Launched Sinolynx.com, an informational site for business to business company involved in Chinese trading.
I built the site on wordpress 3, designed the layout and graphics, and built the theme on thematic.
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Limacinternational.com
Launched the Limac International, LLC site this week for the international effort of the Limac Corporation.
I built the site on wordpress 3, designed the layout and graphics, and built the theme on thematic.
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SINOLYNX logo design
I was contracted to make a logo for a new company focused in international trade with China. The founders formed the name SinoLynx, LLC and asked me to come up with whatever came to mind. Here are the four original choices I sent them.
There was a unanimous choice for 3, with the small revision of adding an actual “lynx” to the image. Which can be seen in the final version here :
I’ll be developing the site as well, and will post links to that as it get’s completed.
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Moving On and Out and Starting Something Somewhere Else
And 2009 is finally over, was it a weird year for you too?
With the welcoming of 2010, I have left my positions at Impulse One & 15 Rose, and have moved to Austin, TX. A better opportunity had presented itself to me in the time of searching, and I couldn’t resist, in fact, an overwhelming sense of purpose led me to my move, and keeps me excited and enthusiastic about the future of my being, and the future of my work.
To all of those at Impulse One and 15 Rose, I hope for the best, and know you will do well with what you’re trying to do, and I am always available for help if you ever need it.
Stay tuned for more, now reporting from Austin, TX, in the year 2010…and beyond….
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My New Cards, And How You Can DO IT YOURSELF!
When I ordered my latest pair of Pirate Sandals, Kevin threw in a few CardHippie business cards as well, and I thought it was an awesome idea when I saw it, after a little more searching, I found this helpful DIY thanks to Eco Etsy. So I went about the following steps sand now have a fresh new recycled card, I feel good about using my trash for something useful, I have a hard time throwing anything away, so it helps if I can make use of some of the things I keep around.
Step 1: Make Design
Obviously you need to start with you design, you want to remember that you’re making a stamp, so you can focus on clearer letters, thicker lines, making sure it’s a very clean and legible, because the stamp can leave a thick blob of ink on too fine of a design, smudging your design and leaving you upset.Step 2: Order Stamp
You can do your own research if you want, I went with Ideal 300 from Rubber Stamp Champ because for some reason or another I thought I needed a self inking stamp, upon receiving my stamp and making my first round of cards, I can say that I will order a HandStamp once this one dries up on me, the self inking is nice for doing a lot of cards at once, but its hard to control the precision of the stamp and how much ink is being transfered, also you can’t change the color of the ink. So I would recommend going with a traditional hand stamp for something that will last longer, then again, if you plan on changing you card design every so often then it doesn’t really matter either way, order what you think is easiest for what you have in mind.
Step 3:Draw, Stamp, Cut
Draw your outlines, stamp within those outlines, and cut according to those outlines.
You’re done, in 3 steps you have a never ending supply of business cards(as long as you have some form of thin cardboard material lying around).
Let me know how it works for you, and if you know any place I should be ordering my stamps from.
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15RoseAve.com is feeling better now
Some minor visual fixes and suddenly a site can turn feel so much better. I finally got back to cleaning up the visual flaws that were bothering me on 15roseave.com, and added some new functionality as well.
Re-worked the header,
added a global translation plug-in,
polished the social sidebar and now it includes the recent tweets,
Made the reservation button a fixed tab, and easy to understand,
and did a complete overall to the Rooms & Rates page, as well as the room pages themselves.
The wall is getting some action,
and I was finally able to write a few posts for the experiences.
And using the wonderful Twitter Tools plugin I have a tweet digest reporting all the tweets of the day, which is actually quite useful as I’m using the 15 rose twitter to RT any and all awesome things happening in the Venice/Santa Monica Area, so follow us if that’s your thing.
Head over and check out 15roseave.com sometime, let me know what you think. And if your looking for a place to stay in California, well, you know where you can go…
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15 Rose Logo Re-Visited
A small touch up, made the ‘1’ more like a ‘1’, fattened some of the limbs, and took away the “ave” in place of a rose. The change came about when making the clients business card, and he asked if I could change the logo and make the ‘1’ look more like a ‘1’…
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15 Rose Logo Featured
Reading reddit this morning caused me to click on the follow up to an article I had commented on a week or so ago from the graphic design blog about Logos with Hidden Messages. Then while reading the sequel, “30 more Hidden Logos” I noticed my 15 Rose Ave logo made the list.
