How’s it Hanging?
Crooked penises are not that gross to look at. Trust me, I am now an expert. The boss and I did pitched some work for Xiaflex. They make a drug that cures Dupuytren’s disease (bent fingers), but is now suggested for the use of Peyronies Disease (crooked penises). We created an illustrated character called Herman who had Peyronies Disease. Everywhere he looked, all he could see was things that reminded him of his bent you-know-what.
Sam Talbot website
The website I designed for my friend, the very talented, Top Chef fan favorite, Sam Talbot, launched a few months ago! Please check it out, follow him on twitter and go and eat in his amazing new restaurant Imperial No.9 at the Mondrian Soho. I was brought on three-quarters of the way through the project to come up with a design that truly felt like the essence of Brand Sam. I was already working on Sam’s cookbook so we had a body of photography to pull from. Joe Termini and I shot most of the photos on the site. We had so many great images to choose from I decided to do a CHEF. slideshow on the homepage – snapshots into all the different sides of Sam’s life. The background images are also on rotation. I also did a refresh of his logo and a little tagline graphic (cook nice.) that we’re using on the website, stationary, invites, and when he needs a logo for a step and repeat graphics etc.
The Early Bird Catches The Sperm
Karen and Neil have been dreaming of starting a family, and the time has finally come to fill the nest. But the truth is sometimes even Birds and Bees have trouble making babies — 1 in 8 couples have difficulty conceiving…
Our client EMD SERONO came to us to create a follow-up video for their successful Birds and Bees campaign, http://www.increaseyourchances.org. This video was going to live in the social media space rather than on the campaign website, so we decided on a comedy RnB music video would be much more fun and shareable. Shot over two days in Brooklyn, the cast included lots of mummy extras (including me but I got left on the cutting room floor as I didn’t look like an authentic ‘mum’,) dolls as babies, a dog, a few cute babies and three really annoying toddlers.
Credits// Director: Isaac Rentz, DP: Aaron Phillips, Executive producer: Stephen Buchanan, Producer: Ashlea Hartz, Audio Producer: Drew Campbell, Production designer: Uriah Herr, Editor: Mandy Brown, Creative directors: Trip Hosmer (who also wrote the song lyrics!), Scott Schindler, Art director: Emily Anderson
Kanye West is my inspiration for every project I do. No kidding, ask the boss.
This is me in the denim. I got booted out of the crowd scene for not looking like a mum. Good.
My crew. I was booted out of this photo for not adhering to the creative uniform…
Another lost summer
Loyal reader. Sorry I fell out of the blogosphere for a minute. It’s been a crazy summer and I think the two snaps below sum it up. I started a magazine in Montauk, did a lot of surfing, managed to not be fired by my full-time job, fell in love, fell out of love, got a certificate and champagne for being such an amazing worker, art directed a cookbook, designed a few websites, fell in love, fell out of love, art directed a comedy hip hop video, did a lot more surfing, turned thirty. That’s it. Enjoy all the updates that are coming over the next few days.
The Usual No.1
At the beginning of the summer, before it got warm enough for us to consider surfing, my best friend Yasha and I decided to pitch the idea of a magazine, to our favorite Montauk hangout, The Surf Lodge. Long story short, they said yes, gave us complete editorial and creative control, and agreed to be our publishers. In July we launched our first issue of The Usual, a short-run, limited-edition “love letter to Montauk.” The publication highlighted the people and places that make the Easternmost tip of Long Island so brilliant, through interviews, profiles, photography and illustration. Printed in nostalgic tabloid format, the design and content reflected the spirit of this seaside community.
Who are you and what do you do around here?
A while ago I created a series of graphics for the company I work for. The playbook, given to all employees, was titled ‘Who are you and what do you do around here?’ It’s goal is to show how the company is evolving from PR to encompass booming social media, interactive and creative departments, and how, in turn, it affects everyone’s job descriptions.
Using vector images in brand colors, I illustrated the statements ‘We are all creative,’ ‘We are all digital,’ ‘We are all interactive,’ and ‘We are all collaborators.’ The funny thing was, I never thought these little graphics that would ever see the light of day. Turns out I was totally wrong; they were used in the playbook, the CEO’s presentation at this years creative conference, the company video (00:30) and now they’re plastered all over the walls of the office too.
140 pages in three days a.k.a the Freight + Volume Magazine Issue 3
The Freight + Volume magazine launched at Pulse Art Fair in May. I wasn’t there celebrating however. I was in bed sleeping seeing I had just created a 100 page magazine from scratch in under a week! The mag had a great response, sold out, and a new batch is being printed. About the magazine: Freight + Volume magazine gives four artists represented by its namesake Freight + Volume gallery, an opportunity to showcase their new work and interview four other people expose readers to their work too.
MORE IMAGES COMING SOON!
The Office
One of the bosses at my job wrote a book on social media and everyone in the office got one to read. I was stoked on it and learnt a lot, as the extent of my understanding of social media was limited to stalking ex-boyfriends on facebook and tweaking my twitter background graphic. The book has a lovely yellow cover and I very much enjoy going round to everyone’s desk and photographing it in location.
More images after the jump
sneak peak: Honest John
Don’t tell my business partner but here is a sneak peak of the samples for our ‘honest john’ reading glasses.
More news to come soon!
