TED Talk by Stefan Sagmeister: The Power of Time Off

Tsali Notch Estate Vineyard

We were excited to be hired by Tsali Notch Estate Vineyards in Southeast TN to design their logo & collateral.
We thoroughly enjoyed the project & can't wait to get out to the farm & pick some muscadines. We also look forward to doing many future photography projects in this incredible location.

New Tee Design for Contact Helpline

Contact Helpline hired The Visible Group to design & print their new t-shirts. They were looking for a fairly conservative design yet something that would communicate their message in a more culturally appropriate manner. They have a wonderful ministry but haven't reached their potential & need to spread the news about their services. Just listen to their message: "Offering hope by means of active listening to a community in need of being heard." Isn't that great! Under their new leadership, Scott Packett, they are breaking traditional molds & pursuing a community in need. We are excited about helping support this great organization.

Below is the t-shirt design draft, see for yourself:

Btw: If you have shirt ideas that you need fleshed out, let us know. We love a good tee-shirt!!!!

Mute Math: Need I say more?

Mute Math... by far the best live concert I have ever seen... ever... I mean... ever! Btw: New album, "Armistice" available on August 18.

Rehearsal Dinner Invitation Designs | for Meggie & Josh

Some friends of ours are getting married, Meggie & Josh. The groom's mother, Kay (another good friend) contacted us about doing a special design for the rehearsal dinner & dessert invitations. We are pretty excited about how they turned out! Enjoy!

A Little Insight into Ad & Cover Designs (via Macworld)

I thought this was a great video that shows the complexity of ad & cover design. It helps people understand the intensive process of creating good design. If you want to read the original article, click here. Enjoy!

Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.

Album Cover Game (You Won't Believe my Results!)

My results were way too funny not to post! TKenny found this idea at the CMD+Shift Design blog via twitter and thought I would give it a go. First, what is the ‘Your Album Cover’ game? Instructions below:

• Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
  The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
• Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
  The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
• Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
  Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
• Use Photoshop (or something else!) to put it all together.
• Post a link to it and share with your friends!

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