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Some recent quick mockups that I did towards a rebranding initiative for Owings Patterns from Georgetown, IN. They won’t be used, but was a fun 20-30 minute exercise. Kicked out in Illustrator, all vector.

Bob Owings Logo Concepts

Close The Deal

One of my first projects with InGrid Design was to develop a site for a new grant program being built by GLI (Greater Louisville Inc.). We were tasked to come up with an identity, overall design theme for the program, several print pieces, web design, and completion of the site in about 3 1/2 weeks. We met our goal, and were proud to show the results.

The Close The Deal program was put in place to help those high school students that are the first in their family to head towards college. Providing documents and support for those who may not know what to expect or may be overwhelmed by all that needs to be done for the college admissions process.

I have to say, I spent years dissuading clients and bosses from using .NetNuke. Most of that was based on ignorance of ASP/.NET as well as experience with PHPNuke. But this project went very smoothly, was relatively easy to train the client to use, and everyone ended up happy.

Site Features:

• .NetNuke CMS
• Message Forums
• User Group/Permissions Management for Councellor only areas
• Rotating Flash images
• Scrolling javascript plugins

Tech used: HTML, CSS, ASP

We aren’t picking on you. Really. But when considering a designer and/or developer for your project, it’s important to have some things figured out first.
I came across a post this morning that, in a joking way, is a good example. Written by Neil Middleton, it takes the all-too usual software building experiences and applies them to architecture. What if the same considerations expected of us by clients were dictated to someone building a new house? It’d be a mess, really.

http://blog.monochrome.co.uk/2009/02/if-architects-had-to-work-like-software-developers/

Brother Doubt is releasing their first “full-length” CD (does “full-length” even really apply to CDs or digital releases as it’s a term coined for vinyl records?) in a few weeks. Unsurprisingly, since I’m in the band and all, I put together the artwork for the CD. Titled “The Double Greatest” after one of the songs, which is about Muhammad Ali, the disc will see 11 tracks. It was recorded by Trip at Studio K in late April/early May 2009.

The CD was released during a show at Skull Alley on August 21st, with 50+ CDs to be given out at the door.

The Double Greatest

The Double Greatest