Pull + Ink
Last Thursday, Chris and I jumped over the causeway for an AIGA Miami event at the Lincoln Road Art Center. Pull + Ink was the third event in the Parallels series that commenced with a presentation by Jeff Matz, Principal of Lure Design, followed by screen-printers Ian Rowan and Chuck Loose of Iron Forge Press discussing the technical aspects of the medium.
The show concluded with Jeff having everyone pull and ink their own screen print of the above declaration: "I promise I will never use Hobo, Comic Sans, or Papyrus ever again".
A clever little line definitely tailored to the graphic designers at the show, as these are the names of typefaces widely considered a big no-no when used. I agree.
A Call for Entries
Bridge House Studio is hosting OPEN MEDIUM A Graphic Design Showcase. The show will be a part of February's Art + Design Night in the Miami Design District. All art directors, designers, illustrators, photographers, motion
designers, typographers, etc. are invited to enter their work by February 2nd.
PLEASE NOTE: The event itself is on February 14th, while entries should be received by no later than February 2nd. For more information about the show please go to Open Medium SUBMISSION DETAILS »
Super Pick of the World?
Our site got some nice attention over the weekend as it received a NEW WEB PICK award under the categories of design and technology. Thanks to the staff and readers of newwebpick.com for taking notice. Cheers!
Broken Telephone
Khoi Vinh, the current Design Director of the NYTimes.com writes a great piece on "the efficiency of transferring ideas from the brain to the hand" when working with small teams. He also goes onto mention the integrity of the creative output when working with a design team of no more than a dozen people.
The writing is short, to the point and I can attest to every argument he makes for small versus big. At Bridge House our team is never more than a few designers on each project, so there is less of the "broken telephone" effect as I like to call it. You know, the game where each participant whispers to the next a phrase whispered to them by the preceding participant. As each turn goes on, errors accumulate and often lead to the last person uttering a statement that greatly differs from that which started it all. It's funny when played under the right circumstances, but in the business of communicating a client's product or service, it can easily hinder the process and dilute the original brief or solution.
Click to enjoy the read: Great Numbers, Not So Great Design
Three Silver Awards
I just got notice that Bridge House has received three silver awards at this years AIGA Miami XPOSED competition for our work on the print collateral for the Care for Haiti Foundation, Fearless Yachts website and the Miami Design District press kit.
Congratulations to the team and our clients!
