http://asketicsf.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:52:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Number 9 led us into a world of Sedans, CUV's and Sport Hatches. They headed the design for this truly elegant online experience. We helped polish, buff and innovate portions of this shinny new paint job. The mechanics at KNI were originally under the hood and did amazing work! Lets ... http://asketicsf.com/projects/hyundai-usa/ Balta Nakts (The White Night) is an annual international contemporary culture and arts festival. It is a part of the international project White Nights Europe started by five European capitals – Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Riga and Rome. In 2009, it consisted of more than 20 different art, theater, music, motion ... http://asketicsf.com/projects/the-white-night-200/ A social platform that is not afraid of a little blood. We created an online community for HA magazine, a community that embraces horror in a fun, shit-your-pants kind of way! http://asketicsf.com/projects/haunted-attraction/ A t-shirt illustrated by one of our designers as a special birthday gift to his girlfriend. Aww, so cute. http://asketicsf.com/projects/place-to-get-lost/ Watch as one of our own embarks on a magical journey of about 2700 miles of mustaches, fixed gear bikes, and great ideas. The duo are going to document their adventure in hopes to inspire others to pursue their passions. Stockholm to Barcelona, fixed gear. http://asketicsf.com/projects/letitriderideride/ Our rock star friends Tramplini put out a nice little album under the U.S. label Series Two Records. We helped them with a slick new cover! http://asketicsf.com/projects/tramplini-tumba-rumba/ Interactive website chronicling the construction and progress of the entire San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge. We're making Infrastructure sexy... Oooh Yeah. http://asketicsf.com/projects/baybridge360/ Paint the streets of four different environments with this microsite for the new BMW X1 campaign. Type a message and watch as the X1 creates a skid mark masterpiece. Look what I made Ma! http://asketicsf.com/projects/bmw-x1/ Increase the size of your quake preparedness by 110%. ISH handled the design and we Interactified a site that teaches San Francisco what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. http://asketicsf.com/projects/quakequiz/ Although we were not involved in the final design or output of this site, our friends at number 9 reached out and got us involved in some preliminary concepting for the new Luna Bar website. We worked with number 9 to offer an alternate visual direction for a preliminary presentation. ... http://asketicsf.com/projects/luna-bar/ We had the pleasure of working on another project for this extraordinary and intense communicator. Keas Keasler inspires and empowers others to share the love affair that has stoked his passion for building knowledge, relationships, experiences, understanding, discipline, and community. FOR THE KINGDOM http://asketicsf.com/projects/forthekingdom/ ARCHITECTURE +  CITY + DESIGN + INTERACTION + GRID + SIMPLICITY + USABILITY + ECONOMY + ENVIRONMENT + NICE PEOPLE. http://asketicsf.com/projects/1plus1/ Approached by the Latvian art directors club. We designed the 2009 ADWARDS collateral. Celebrating the best design and advertising in Latvia, the concept was focused on the idea of a little country having a great festival. http://asketicsf.com/projects/adwards/ An interactive website for an architectural practice founded in Riga, Latvia. Designed to portray the philosophy of their works, putting emphasis on simplicity, clean forms and rich use of the medium. http://asketicsf.com/projects/arha/ We're collecting all the best Latvian graphic design related news/events and launching a small news blog with contributing authors from around Latvia. Now, you can see what's going on around in the Latvian design scene. http://asketicsf.com/projects/plikums/ To support the opening of a children's room at the School of Business Administration "Turiba" we developed a playful identity package for "Kabatina" and provided guidelines for their overall image. http://asketicsf.com/projects/kabatina/ The goal of this project was to completely rebrand the company now know as "Bastions Security". The tasks included developing a new brand name, corporate identity, website and promotional materials. http://asketicsf.com/projects/bastions/ Combining vocation & experience, James Phillips directs voice castings, film dubbing, ADRs for feature films, and original voice soundtracks for animation films. He has become a signature voice in English, ranging from TV/Radio commercials to documentaries. http://asketicsf.com/projects/jamesphillips/ Satellites LV has always been one of our favorite bands. We were very excited to work on one of the designs for their new double album release! both album designs used drawings by Satellites LV member Edgars Zilde, in which we then interpreted in a multitude of ways. http://asketicsf.com/projects/satellites-lv/ A social project held in a basement dedicated to graffiti workshops. Besides teaching various street-art trends and techniques, Pagrafs is a place where young graffitist can get help with their struggles and understand that there is something more than just this life. We supported the project by creating their identity. http://asketicsf.com/projects/pagrafs/ Introduced Parklife to a nice content management system. They now won't stop posting great content. We also did the design, if you can notice it under all the great artists they feature. http://asketicsf.com/projects/park-life/ Contributed animations for COG1 on Sprint's PhoneIQ micro-site, outlining potential uses for their amazing new bar code scanning, phone technology. http://asketicsf.com/projects/sprint-phoneiq/ CD packaging for the IVA debut release "Desert Gardens". Finally, a successful attempt at improving our 3rd grade origami skills! The plain? "Deserted" sleeve makes way for the intricate "gardens" that unfold within. A big thanks to these guys for letting us create a design concept for the entire packaging ... http://asketicsf.com/projects/iva-desert-gardens/ An adventure organization specializing in various activities ranging from surfing & snowboarding... to kayaking, climbing, and more. We designed a logo that would be easy to adjust and expand over time. The identity was based on a custom-made typeface, which we developed specially for this purpose. Luzumpunkts typeface can be ... http://asketicsf.com/projects/luzumpunkts/ A couple of posters designed for various worship events at the local agenskalns baptist church. http://asketicsf.com/projects/agenskalna-baznica/ Facing new challenges on every step, we have guided Enter Living through the development of their corporate identity, built their website, and designed various other promotional materials. http://asketicsf.com/projects/enterliving/ The site contains thorough information about the school - its founding ideas, history and future vision, as well as the latest info to keep the young lads up to date with scores, competitions and schedules http://asketicsf.com/projects/fsmetta/ We developed a handy little flash video player for WeGame's handy little gaming video portal. http://asketicsf.com/projects/wegame/ Design and animated the story of EventBrite's 3 main tiers. The interactive scrubber allows to pause on your favorite parts. Eventbrite - Sell out! http://asketicsf.com/projects/eventbrite-tour/ Interactive Features Matrix. Designed/Developed to allow potential EventBriters see key service features illustrated for their event's genre. http://asketicsf.com/projects/eventbrite-ifm/ Three Latvian indie bands (Tramplini, Mona De Bo and Anete) joined in for a small tour and we come up with a nice little poster to promote their shows. http://asketicsf.com/projects/tramplini/ Our aim designing the Zona logo was to use letterforms and play around with the type. We believe the final result is a wordmark that sends a strong message, yet is clean and simple at its core. http://asketicsf.com/projects/zona/ The WOLDA '08 Award Winning logo was designed for a high-end tile vendor H&L Studio. The graphical identity incorporates minimalism, simplicity and reserved refinement using "a tile" as a founding element of the logo. http://asketicsf.com/projects/hl/ Irresistable funk grooves by Nick Pride & The Pimptones and a nice poster we did to help promote their show. http://asketicsf.com/projects/nick-pride-the-pimptones/ Colorful CD packaging for Latvian hip hop artist Mc Aakkis. To reflect the eclectic sound of the album, every page is filled with mixed styles, colors and forms. http://asketicsf.com/projects/aakkis/