illustraion + animation composition

Charming wall (also built by Also) takes illustration and animation and pieces it together into a beautiful composition that knits everything together.

Baking some goodies

The Colson bakery had it's web presence designed by Also, a very talented 3-person shop based in Chicago & NYC. Very nice integration of background elements with info laid out on top.

anything but sktechy

So okay, this thing shows the massive potential that web apps have for becoming creative tools. It's pretty unbelievable, especially when you consider the diverse range of styles that these illustrators have created with this thing!

a one liner

have you hugged a type designer today? they do some good things...

who needs a fleur de isle when you have type?

i love how the background texture is Rosa Parks - just type; a variety of it. close to the bg color but not exactly - enough to tel us what this thing is all about and make a pretty nice texture at the same time.

boring no more!

who says numbers have to bore people into a stupor? this annual report makes pretty good use of an otherwise uninteresting subject. Note the numbers are all at 90 degree angles: not TOTAL chaos. scale, color, transparency, composition.

if you had to pick

a word that said "lift," where would you start? i don't know either. and i think they basically nailed it, at least for this composition. me gusta mucho.