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A few months ago, I joined the creative team at Colossal Squid Industries as a Design Lead. So far, so AWESOME! It has been an amazing ride thus far.

“Colossal Squid Industries is an independent digital creative agency. We help extend brands across fragmented digital channels. Interactive, social, branded games, augmented reality - we call it all digital adverstuff. We’re neither a traditional ad agency nor a production company. We’re more of a technological secret society, a confederation of interactive craftspeople hell-bent on creating staggering online work for our clients.”

I am currently working on the Kimberly Clark account which has been a wonderful experience. The members of the team are smart, funny and just enjoyable to work with. I have learned so much from my peers and am excited about the Squid’s and my future. The launch of the project I am currently working is at the end of March so, keep a look out. It’s a good one. So proud of it already!  Here are some other images of the Squid…

Wood and Rubber is a little project I help my pal, Clay Parker Jones, out with. It’s a simple design using social media to drive the content of the site and to inform his customers of his latest news.

So…if you like ping pong and want a sweet paddle…you need to order one of his handmade paddles. The craftsmanship is close to perfection.

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.