Honesty and a shared office fridge

I am happy to report that my delicious local pizzeria leftovers survived 24 hours in the shared office fridge without so much as a nudge to move them out of the way of others' lunches this morning.

*WOW*

A year ago, I recall blogging about Who Stole My Lunch. I was much more peeved after a shorter fridge stay then. Food nibbled away anonymously to practically nothing.

Some hope in humanity is restored (and I hear that the common culprit of lunches going AWOL was my predecessor...)

Happy lunch from the fridge!
CM

Rain, I'mma let you finish, but....

...Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst storms ever.
How rude of you to attempt to ruin my day with too much sogginess.
Please don't wash out any roads, ok?! I want to get home tonight to watch Pam marry Jim after all this time!

Small Office Perks

When you have a small office, cleaning off your desk counts as cleaning your office.

I'm in Love...

...with the new Pentagram refresh of the Guitar Hero brand marks.

Classy, powerful, WICKED!



BEFORE

AFTER

My favorite part is that the new marks are unified across platforms of play. The focus is on HERO not GUITAR, a much stronger connection visually and conceptually. Thank you for understanding that we Activision fans love to rock out on the mic or drums, too! And when you're ready to expand the brand to Marching Band Hero, I know a few folks who would quite their day jobs to help perfect it.

Proud of our AIGA brethren and can't wait to see some photography of the product research. I love how seamless the transition is from old to new marks. Not too risky but definitely a CLEAN UP JOB. Those uneven skinny and fat letters drove me up a wall! This was a killer undertaking and the final marks and logotype family are a natural fit.

"Creating the new brand language included the development of a custom font, Hero Bold, a heavyweight sans serif invested with the spiky attitude of the logotype family." - Pentagram's article (link at the top)



"Today, Activision is working with its packaging designers, as well as in-house teams and other consultants, to create other variations, including those that will be on shelves when Guitar Hero launches today, and when DJ Hero launches at the end of October and Band Hero a week later.

Project Team: Michael Bierut, partner-in-charge; Joe Marianek, designer. Hero font designed by Kai Salmela."

Bravo Michael, Joe and Kai - I extend my gnarly-nailed index finger to yours with lightning shooting out of it. You ROCK!

(Kudos to DesignersCouch blog for catching my eye with the news!)

This Place Cleans Up Well

BEFORE


AFTER



After lots of trial and error with vinyl products, we found the high performance grade that stuck best. And wow does it change the feeling of this facility.
More photos here: Hold The Cheese on Flickr

Next phase is finishing file prep for vinyl application and foam sign art for concept identification at several facilities.

The new school year brought with it a greater appreciation and respect for all things student services. Event graphics production was high intensity but this "event" is crazy. You never know what you'll be asked to make!

A long, short week and I'm ready for a Big Ten football weekend.
CM