Communication Arts is featuring us as the webpick of the day. A little over a year ago we launched our new site. Over that time period we have gotten great feedback on it and continue to make additions. Be on the look out for new work in the coming months and updates to some favorites. Thanks CA!
I limit myself to a strict allotment of three exclamation points per annum. This warrants my second of 2009. We just launched a 160over90 job board. Want to work with some really fantastic and talented people? Apply within, or bookmark it for a rainy day. Designer and Copywriter up now.
Here are a five quick tips I usually share when speaking to groups about how to get a job in our field:
1. “I am a recent graduate of…” A real resume killer, and you’re certainly not distinguishing yourself from the other zillion recent graduates also vying for the same position. If you graduated from design school, you’re a designer. Sell yourself as such, and don’t apologize for your lack of experience. Your book will speak for itself.
2. If you’re sending potential employers to a Web site that’s perennially under construction, get your work up on indexhibit right away or don’t bother.
3. I probably read three cover letters a year, and only if they’re short. Don’t take it personally.
4. “Portfolio samples available upon request.” Assume we’re requesting. If you’re applying for a creative position, your work tells us more about you than the typeface you chose for your resume ever could. Unless you choose Hobo, Fajita, Courier, Comic Sans, or Webdings.
5. Just because you had a piece produced for a recognizable brand name doesn’t mean it should be in your book. If it’s not something you’re genuinely proud of, don’t show it. Also be careful if something has a visible date on it. If your work literally says “2002″ or features Sinbad in a non-ironic use, consider moving on.
Illustration from Bruno Munari’s Le Macchine di Munari, which also includes diagrams and helpful descriptions of a lizard-driven engine for tired tortoises, a mechanism for sniffing artificial flowers, a humiliator for mosquitoes, a machine for playing the pipe even when you are not home, a machine for seeing the dawn before anyone else, and a tail wagger for dogs.
Bruno Munari’s work was described by one critic as as “a playful revolution” – perfectly put. It is a rabbit hole to a realm where the tweaking of adult conventions and the stimulation of children’s imaginations meet, mingle, draw, type, play, and get wonderfully, absurdly, heartwarmingly weird. (A collection of his work can be viewed here, click on the “+” to reveal images.) Munari himself summed up his approach perfectly: lucidity, leanness, exactitude and humor. Compass points worth following, surely. (via shepelavy.com)
Hey, why not check out our new commercial for The University of Dayton?
To help UD to stand out from the sea of generic university commercials that typically invade the A10 every year, we utilized high-end production techniques with the help of Director, Branson Veal who also directed our De’Longhi commercial, as well as enhanced the spot with impactful motion graphics by Lustre Communications to help tell a deeper story.
Kudos to our very own:
Executive Creative Director: Jim Walls
Creative Director: Tammo Walter
Designer: Kelly Dorsey
Copywriter: Brad Failor
Are you a logic guru or creative mind? The spinning dancer below can easily tell you who you really are. If it spins anti clock-wise you might be boring, good in math, usually play safe and simply logical. See it clock-wise spinning? Well, then you are most likely a big-picture oriented fun guy, a risk taker and a bit philosophical. Click on this link to find out.
Rainer Spehl is a furniture, interior and exhibition designer. He works for brands such as Nike, Dior and Gucci but also creates his own collections or works on taylor-made pieces by client demand. One of his latest pieces, available for order, is a damn cool wooden laptop case which features a leather lining and magnetic closing device.
