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Sep
29
2011

JD Graffam’s book “CSS For Print Designers” now at Amazon

Friend of Design-O-Matic and development whiz JD Graffam’s CSS how-to book is now available through Amazon. Highly recommended for those of you looking to get a handle on front-end coding, particularly if you’re coming from a traditional media background. Here’s a little more info: If you’re a print designer, you know the day is coming [...]

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Jun
14
2011

Proud to have been a part of the 2011 Tony Awards

The 2011 Tonys was an amazing show to work on, and we’re very proud of how it turned out! We were responsible for all the performance graphics which were displayed on massive LED panels during each song from the nominees.   We started the process by shooting thousands of photos and many gigs of video [...]

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May
05
2011

Tony Awards 2011 motion graphics

We’re excited to be working with Seth Easter Design and Hasbas Entertainment on “show look” motion graphics for the 2011 Tony Awards. This is shaping up to be a very interesting May….

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Apr
27
2011

UPDATE: New clients & recent projects

For the third year in a row, we’ll be working with the Robin Hood Foundation at their annual Javitz Center Gala. As usual, we’ll be building and performing live interactive Motion Graphics for the Donations & Auctions portion of the event. This year promises to be as fun and worthwhile as ever, with Brian Williams [...]

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Apr
26
2011

Recent Project: Letterpress business cards

We finally got some photos of the beautiful hand-made letterpress cards we designed for Kelly Guenther Studio. Most of us seem to have been won over by the ease & variety of options available through digital printing, but pieces like this certainly make the case for a return to the old school. We’re certainly jealous [...]

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Jan
06
2011

We love us some Waterbobble!

We’re madly in love with the Bobble these days, and not just because they’re a new client of ours. It’s a beautiful, simple, smart & environmentally-conscious line of products (with more coming!), and it turns out they’re also incredibly nice guys with an interesting back story. If you don’t know, Bobble is a Karim Rashid-designed [...]

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Dec
17
2010

Happy Holidays everyone!

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Sep
17
2010

Big update coming to MonsterABC iPhone app

There’s a new version of MonsterABC which will be available very soon, and it includes 2 new challenges for the kiddies. Stay tuned… MonsterABC in the App Store >> (And, as always, you can download some great free printouts for your little ones to color, by going here.)

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Sep
01
2010

Music video for Willie Heath Neal

Completed in our, um, spare time as a favor for our dear friends at Chicken Ranch Records, this is a low-fi music video for Austin singer/songwriter Willie Heath Neal. It’s a terrific rockabilly cover of an classic old C.W. McCall country song (“Classifieds”), and it was a blast to work on. Footage was DIY, shot [...]

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Jun
15
2010

Need more motion graphics wizards!

We’re looking to expand our roster of Motion Graphics resources on a project basis, so if you (or someone you know) is a highly-skilled, reliable and easy-going motion designer, please get in touch. After Effects (CS4 and/or CS5) wizardry is an absolute must, and 3D knowledge is a big plus but certainly not required. We [...]

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