New Work: February 2009 Archives

Best Life

Best Life

Brandon Kavulla, Design Director at Best Life, sends some of the work his team's poured some love into over the past few months....
Typically every issue of Best Life, at the end of a production cycle I shoot around some feature layouts to a few trusted colleagues to get opinions and feedback. (Thanks Rem, Flo and Rocky.)

Here are a few of the most recent...
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Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

From the creative team at Popular Mechanics, some new work featuring, well, UFOs (let your inner MythBuster loose, ok? We all have one). And other fun stuff, courtesy PM Design Director Michael Lawton:
We've worked hard since coming to Popular Mechanics to revamp the look and feel of this century-old magazine, so it was a bit of a challenge when we were presented with the idea of running a UFO feature AND cover. How do you package a clichéd story in an effective, modern way?
more after the jump...
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WIRED

WIRED

The San Francisco technology chronicle debuts its package about "design under constraint" on February 24, the March 2009 issue. Creative director Scott Dadich explains the thesis in his introductory essay (after the jump).
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Portland Monthly

Portland Monthly

Hector Sanchez, new Creative Director for SagaCity Media's Portland Monthly, shares some details about, well, beards:
The great thing about working on a city mag is the opportunity to observe and document a city's native culture. Having worked for three great city mags, I found that Portland is home to an amazing creative community and is truly, as we recently called it, the "beardiest city in America!" Shortly after arriving here, Editor in Chief Paige Williams and I noticed all these "beardos" (localspeak for beards + weirdos) and wanted to explore why beards are so rooted in the Pacific Northwest. We asked them how they felt about their beards and not only were surprised by their candor and creativity and eloquence--these guys really thought about their whiskers--but also by the response in Portland and around the country. Who knew beards could be so zeitgeist?
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Hockey Challenge

Hockey Challenge

Lou Maxon of Maxon Inc. in Seattle sends along some samples from a magazine supporting the annual Hockey Challenge which supports Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington.

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