ORK Posters

My girlfriend and I visited ORK Posters last night at their main headquarters:

3759 N. Ravenswood Ave, Suite 133
Chicago IL 60613

They are open for the holiday season (Until Wednesday Dec. 23).

Their hours are: Tues-Fri 2-7pm ; Sat + Sun 12-5pm

I highly suggest checking it out! And they have prints with minor problems that are 3 for $20.

Here is a link with more information: http://www.orkposters.com/stores.html

Tools of the Trade III - Designing New Roles

Come out to the AIGA event tonight: Tools of the Trade III - Designing New Roles 

@ The McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT

3201 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60616

6pm Reception

6:30-8pm Presentation

I will be at the registration table, come and say hi! 

Here is a link with more information:

http://www.aigachicago.org/node/14148

I hope to see you there! 

A Virtual Walkthrough of our studio!

Here is a virtual look at our studio since we weren't able to cut out walls from our actual studio.

This is our main entrance where you can see models to help visualize the size of 

this loft.

This is our client meet and greet. We discuss business, make drinks, and go over

ideas that range from interior design to photography to logo/branding.

This is a look at our bathroom. The artwork that we currently have

up in our current bathroom isn't on the walls but they are stunning prints 

by Ray Caesar. 

Upstairs is where we get our hands dirty and our eyes strained

from working on long projects. Our Love Sac's were custom made with 

back support so that we aren't in pain every time we try and get up. We

also have really great desk chairs that aren't pictured in this photo. 

The Love Sacs were found to be wonderful for laptop usage, not so much with

desktops.

This is another look at our space we have for client meetings.

I wanted to show our custom accordion-style camera piece in the 

corner by our sofa as well as our vintage fridge and table to the left of the 

fridge. That table is used for showcasing larger projects and showing 3D models

of interior spaces to clients. It moves easily and we couldn't be happier with 

it.

We would love for you to come and visit us. Our studio is located in Wicker Park.

Possibly the best gift ever!

The Facebank!

Please watch as these faces eat your money =D

Can be purchased here 

Give the gift of nerdiness!

I saw this on my facebook this morning. Thank you Photoshop for telling me about these awesome magnets! 

As if staring at the computer screen wasn't enough, now you can stare at the lovely photoshop tools on your fridge as they can hold up your menus, bills, photos... etc.

They can be found at ThinkGeek.com

Oh and I found these really great scarves and coasters for the typography lover!

They can be found at LittleFactory.com

There are no words. Just listen.

His name is Sam Tsui and the guitarist is Kurt Schneider they can be found at:

www.myspace.com/samtsui and  www.myspace.com/kurthugo  

Death Cab way back when

So I found one of my favorite songs by Death Cab before they exploded into what they are today.

The song is "Title Track" off of their We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes album. 

The performance is at the Kirkland Senior Home on March 11, 2000 right before the album released on March 21, 2000.

Finally

The December Issue of Mint Male Magazine was released yesterday at 2-something in the morning. It was 18/19 hours of solid work - from 7am to around 2am just finishing it up yesterday and getting it loaded properly to issuu.com. That was insanely hard...I was having pdf issues. So happy it's finally completed and I can breathe again. So I thought I would share it with all of you and the story behind it. 

Here is the cover of the magazine (feat. Faris as our model for the fashion spread)

The theme of this past fashion shoot was to use two characters and show their inner turmoil with suppressing their sexuality and who they truly are. It starts off with Jennifer calling Faris and he's letting the phone ring while he gets ready for the cocktail party. I filled the room with multiple shots of them in different poses and outfits. There was multiple wardrobe and make-up changes in this shoot and it took around 4 or 5 hours to complete. I panned in on the main party scene to show how other members are looking at the couple in the center that are about to kiss. The spread then leads off to each character on a chair with a different mask. Faris' mask is looking up at him, while Jennifer's mask is falling off her face and exposing her true emotions. The spread then ends with two scenes with each character with someone of the same sex at the end of the party. I used a tripod and remote so that I wouldn't move the camera. Unfortunately the chair in the foreground moves and I didn't even think of it, so in turn I had to cut out each of them individually and create another chair from 2 images. Lots of work. 

For the press release of Tegan and Sara's new album Sainthood. I decided to go from the theme of their new video "Hell" and create a fortune teller and photograph it. 

You can view the rest of the magazine at MintMale.com