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Last week, I received a tweet from @brookeduckart, “Did you see your site is an example for ‘Personal Sites’ on Design Meltdown post today? Sweet action.” Agree, this is sweet action! Over the years, I have used Design Meltdown as a web design reference to keep up with the trends, help me with design problems and inspiration for design elements. So, when I found out my site was used as an example for the recent article, Personal Sites Part 2: Ego Surfing at its Best, I was overly thrilled. Patrick McNeil states, “The personal site can closely resemble a portfolio site, and often the line between them is rather fuzzy. All the same this collection of samples represents sites that serve to show more of a full view of a person as oppose to simply a huge display of work.” So thanks to Patrick and Design Meltdown for using my site as a sample for this article. If you have a moment, please check out all that Design Meltdown has to offer. It’s a wonderful resource!

Here is a glimpse into Manifest’s Winning Solution. The team consisting of Dan Thompson, Brian Henkel and myself had just about 2 weeks to complete this “doable” solution for Sustainable Living in Austin. Our solution, Carbon Nation, is a toolbox that help improve utility usage in the home, reduce travel and commuting, expose implications of shopping decision, layout home improvements with the likes of solar panels, and reveal community performance. More to come shortly…

 Manifest Digital launches new brand and phase one of the web site. With all the change, manifest has also found a new home at 600 W. Chicago. All this great design work was done by Laureen Feeny, Christine Davis & Jim Jacoby.  All the crazy flash was done by Danny Davis. The brand and web site are continuing to grow with a lot of great additions in the forecast. Check out some of the goodies below.

Today launched the MOUSTACHETTE site. Here is just a sneak peak of the new homepage for the short film, which was written, directed and stars Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy.  The movie also stars Pete Wentz of FOB and Ryan Key of Yellowcard.

MOUSTACHETTE is a tale of love, art, and wading through all of life’s bulls*!t. “That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger”…yeah, right. Join Eugene as he searches for truth, integrity, and a blueberry milkshake.

Today is the launch of the MOUSTACHETTE Blog with updates to follow to each section of the site. The site will have a lot of fun, exciting flash animations, an image gallery of the cast and crew and a few fun marketing efforts (Moustach Me & Irritants) which will allow its fans to participate and show their support. Remember to keep checking in daily to see how the site develops and come alive.

A special thanks goes out to thirtysevenclick, hustlewood and treeline interactive for making this all happen. We all hope you enjoy the site and most importantly the movie.

Last night at the Chicago Microsoft Phizz Pop Challenge, the Manifest team walked away as both the overall champion and the people choice champion. It was an amazing night for Manifest and ourselves. Thank you for all the support, congrats and all the amazing comments about our solution.

Manifest Team:
Brain Henkel - User Experience Specialist
Kevin Panke - Sr. Interactive Designer
Dan Thompson - Developer

I am going to keep this post short. Below are some images taken throughout the night by Jason Ulaszek and Jeff Woelker. A video of the actual Manifest presentation taken by Jason can be seen on Manifest’s YouTube page. Visit Phizz Pop for all the details of the competition. Enjoy.

Welcome to Chicago PhizzPop Challenge - Chicago

PhizzPop Creative Challenge

Manifest/PhizzPop Splash Screen

Manifest - Five Star City

Manifest - Athlete Creator

Manifest Solution - Virtual Earth World Map

Manifest Wins!

Manifest Team with Jim Jacoby.