Archive for June 2008
So who remembers the classic “album” The Cars Greatest Hits?
Yup, lots of good songs on that one, plus the cover is kind of cool too. Although I felt a little sorry for that poor banged-up Chevelle.
Anyway, in this age of mass production and one-size-fits-all, I was feeling the need for a little individuality. The Cars needed to be customized…
When I was fresh and new to Munich, I did some art work for the MH3: the Munich Hash House Harriers. This jolly, irreverent, sociable bunch of really nice people, describe themselves as “a drinking club with a running problem.”
Anyway, they needed a T-shirt design for their 2003 Oktoberfest Run Extravaganza Blowout Event. After I finished the T-shirt, I decided to try a redesign their logo too…
Apologies in advance to Charles Schulz and his forever-running classic, Peanuts.
Must have been a rainy day, or a bad trading session on Wall Street, but I couldn’t resist…
Remember the band Van Halen?
Ever done any programming in Microsoft’s Visual Basic language?
Ever made the obvious connection?
The idea for the company name Wanderkind came to me as my personal interest in the German language converged in space and time with my desire to “work from anywhere.”
A short time later, I played with designing a logo for Wanderkind. What follows is a visual and textual account of the Wanderkind name, and my attempt at designing some logos to present it. Hope you enjoy!
I have a theory about the origins of the microbrew craze that took off in the ’90s.
And like all confused, equally left-brained-right-brained people like myself, I know that I should support my theory with carefully researched facts, figures and arguments.
But I really just want to write something amusing, and show you some doodles.
So here goes…