Aches painted my photograPh!
Yo! This is so dope. Aches out of Dublin painted one of my surf photograph. He’s an Irish graffiti artist who paints in CMYK. Most of his work is a fusion of his love for graphic design and graffiti. TBH - realism painting is hard but to paint realism in CMYK is nuts. Check out some of this work here.
Yuna for Timid Magazine
Read the full editorial here “On slowing down and reconnecting.”
I was recently in LA with Timid Magazine to interview and shoot one of my favorite artist Yuna. We photographed and filmed a total of 5 look under 5 hours and we still ended up going over time. Yuna’s exactly how I imagined, she’s just as nice in person as her persona online - if not sweeter. The highlight of whole day for me was when she complimented my crocs and borrowed them to get from one space to another.
Here are some process photos and 3 behind the scene cuts. Enjoy.
Introducing FairyGownMother™
I’ll post process photos of the branding work we did for Thai Nguyen shortly. For now enjoy this intro video for what he’s building next.
Amazon Air founder's start-up Pandion raises $30 million
DUI - Episode 2 : Hector Silva
We’ve postponed the show due to Covid but will be back shortly. Currently looking for a new warehouse space to film in because our current landlord took back the space for a new project.
Check out the second episode here :
I met thai nguyen
Long story short. A childhood friend introduced us for some branding work. I ended up doing it pro-bono. We’ve built a connection through that project and now we’re like brothers. Check him out here.
Also, check out his latest show on Netflix :
Its been awhile
Haven’t posted much since the pandemic but I’ve been incredibly busy and blessed. Gonna start posting some recent things above. 👆🏽
Hosting 2021 International Design Conference
Along with a few others Anh and I are hosting this years 24 hour International Design Conference. Join the fun tickets sold here : IDC
CARD GAME HOW TO
PACKAGING SAMPLES CAME
First round of samples came from the manufacturer. I can’t be happier with the results. I think we’re ready to mass produce.
DUI - Episode 1 : Anh T Nguyen
After a year of postponing shoots due to the pandemic we are back and ready to host all creative guest. Check out episode 1.
Design Under The Influence Site
The website is up and it’s pretty fun. The intent is to change up the folders, files and videos on the desktop to reflect guest and episodes. Play around with it here.
The Foundry Design
I’m always trying something new and designing this cookbook for Playground was definitely a fun challenge. Check out the concepts and the results below.
Goodbye Sloyota
Goodbye 91 Sloyota Pickup. This is hands down one of my favorite designs and I can happily say I fulfilled a childhood dream. I’m selling it cause I need to Marie Kondo my hobbies. My girlfriend thanks me.
I bought this car a little over two years now and have racked up 10k plus miles doing outdoors shit like; camping, fishing and even drove it 1000 miles from San Francisco to Oregon with zero problems. How amazing is that considering it’s a 30 year old truck. To put it in perspective it’s older than my gf and it runs like day-one. It’s true what they say about these tanks, they keep on running even without oil (LOL, don’t actually try it though.) If you don’t believe me check out the thee part series on Top Gear called “Killing a Toyota.” These guys left the truck in the ocean over night and drove it out like nothing had happened to it.
In the time of owning this truck, I’ve restored and upgraded various parts to SR5 4Runner parts. You can see some of the efforts in the photos below but will appreciate it more in person.
I’m posting photos here to memorialize this car before I sell it. I regret not taking the photos of the car with the rims I copped for it- but that’s ok. You can see those in a previous post.
My favorite part about this truck is the vanity license plate “OMGTFTI”
NEW WORK & SITE IS UP
I haven’t updated our work in quite some time. Here is my old portfolio vs my new new.
I’m surprised the url brothers.design hasn’t been taken. It only makes sense for my brother and I to own that site considering our branding is brothers working together.
Some things we’ve added on the site thats nuanced but clever to us:
The landing has a rack focusing effect that speaks to our fascination with film and video.
The process section is an infinite loop that applies to every project. Good process slide.
Last section nods to our current employer Playground.
The Best TurntabLe stand and record stOrage unit ever
I’ve been looking for a dope stand to put my turntable on and I think I’ve found it. Shoutouts to Impact Rack for up-cycling this bad boy! It’s so extra and I fuck with it.
Pandion Branding
I recently did some branding work for Scott Ruffin an Executive who’s behind 1-Day and 2-Day Prime shipping at Amazon. He’s a 20+ year veteran who left Amazon and now starting his own logistic company called Pandion. He’s bringing the same quality / speed of shipping that he developed at Amazon to everyday people like you and I. The company is called Pandion please check it out. Also, here’s a Bloomberg article on Scott.
Here is the branding work :
Here are press stuff :
More on Jeff Bezos leaving Amazon and Scott Ruffin addressing Pandion. Skip to 22:45.
Sweet Potato Pie
Sweet Potato Pie Hats
Here are a few shots of the hat that Bakers Son’s dropping next week. The hats are constructed from 100% Pendleton wool and inpsired by sweet potatoes that take you back to a younger time. For him, it’s a childhood surrounded by bakers in his family. What tops it off for me is the sweet potatoes places around the hat thats made of paper and painted with watercolor - a nod to his current work in 3D.
Taken with the Sony A7c.
