Star Trek infographic: why the Trek is cool again

Ok, so it’s a pie chart, but whatever. I like it. From scifiwire.com

Nylon magazine is nice to look at. In a good/lazy way.

It’s been a while since I had a chance to post anything. Excuses, excuses, I hate when I hear myself start to make them. I’ve had this issue of Nylon sitting around my house for a while. It’s the February ‘09 issue with Camilla Belle on the cover (star of the incredibly shit remake of “When A Stranger Calls”. I thought it was shit, but I know it’s REALLY shit when my wife makes an effort to stay awake just to see how bad it can get).

But Nylon magazine, I don’t know if it’s just because I haven’t had time to read recently, but goddamn, picking up this magazine from the pile I have in the home office* this evening really reminded me how fun designing and shooting a cool ass fucking magazine can be. I went through this issue from beginning to end and while I’m happy to admit I didn’t read any of it, it felt so nice to turn through a magazine that felt like it was fun to put together. The photography reminds me of my friend who never speaks to me called Tracy Goudie, an excellent photographer… one of those rare photographers like Joel Salcido, who you know you can leave alone with any project and they will deliver way more than you expected… (assuming they still take your calls). Here’s a bunch of stuff from the magazine. I don’t have a lot to say about the design, just look at it and … well whatever. Sorry about the bad photos.

Awesome illustrations by Michael Fleming

Read this post on Michael Fleming’s alphabetical Star Wars illustrations on io9 tonight, thought they were very cool. Would love to get him to illustrate something for me in the next issue of GivingCity, and have the perfect story for him to do that on, but I imagine he’s out of my budget’s reach right now. Perfect for what I’m looking for. May have to email him and do some extreme email ass-kissing. Take a look at his work here.

He also has a Lost/Trek crossover set here. Here is his site.

GivingCity issue 3 now available for download

Been super busy the past few months and really haven’t had time to update the blog at all. We’re happy that the new issue of GivingCity is now complete (at last!), and we can move on to the next one – and get that one done on time! Please take a look and give me your feedback. Also, please please please send the link to as many people as you can!

Updated: New TAS cover in progress

This is the final one, minus high-res and date info.

Updated: Working on some self-promo stuff…

“Newspapers by computer” – 1981

New MLK day graphic for United Way Capital Area

I put together a small graphic for United Way Capital Area, showing the locations of some of the benches in their MLK Peace Bench Project. I wish I could have spent more time on it, there’s so much I’d like to add to make it more functional, but deadlines are deadlines! I’m glad at least it gives some idea of the scale of the project. Maybe I’ll revisit it soon to add more locations as they appear. Click here for more info on the project and United Way from their blog. Oh and here’s where they’re using it.

XXL magazine needs to have babies so that one day all magazines are this good

I cannot put into how words how much I love this magazine. From my perspective, it is almost perfect. The way it looks, the cover design and photography, the way it feels, the way the content flows when you turn the pages, the length of stories, the sizes and orders of the different sections, the interior photography, the graphics, even the ad placement all verge on perfection (but only in my humble opinion of course).

Maxim January 2009, ‘Young Hot Hollywood Special Issue’

I picked Maxim up this evening in Walmart – what better way to spend a Saturday evening? This magazine takes me straight back to men’s mag mid-90’s in the UK. It feels slightly weird buying a magazine with Hilary Duff on the cover – isn’t she only twelve years old or something? Now, kudos to Maxim, they’re not pretending to be anything other than a magazine full of hot chicks for men. There’s no crap about how to dress, how to be sensitive to anyone’s needs, how to knit, nothing. In fact the only cover-line not directly referring to women says “THE BEST 99 BEERS ON EARTH”. Straight to the point.