ClearPlay

I've been able to create some fun designs for a company called ClearPlay. They contacted me to have help re-imagining their DVD player packaging. ClearPlay sells a DVD player that is able, through the use of filters, to skip content you might not want to watch such as excessive violence or language leaving the original DVD perfectly intact. 

After researching their market we realized that Moms were the number one purchaser of the player. As such, most were purchasing it for their families to be able to watch movies together as a family. We decided to create a package that was almost game like in it's aesthetics. Less hi-tech, more fun. Something that kids and families would be drawn to for a fun activity together. We came up with the concept of "The Return of Family Movie Night" using iconic imagery portraying the movie watching experience.

Since then, the project has added ads, a website face lift (not up yet), blog creation, twitter account, and a fun promotional materials for the Mom 2.0 Summit. ClearPlay is a great client to work with and they are excited about offering this new direction to their customers. They have more fun things planned to bring the movie watching experience back home to families.

If you are interested, they have a giveaway for 3 of their players going on right now until midnight MST tomorrow on their [blog]. 

The images above are from the Mom 2.0 Event this past week taken by Imelda.

Alphabeasties

This is an awesome book with animals created out of letterforms and fun facts about typography throughout. Great paper and fun layouts- LOVE it! The kind of book that makes it hard to share with the kiddies.  Created by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss and inspired by a project they did for the [The Type Directors Club].

This makes a great addition to my growing collection of alphabet books. Thanks Jen!

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7 Rules and a Resolution

My studio needs [this decal by Harmonie-Interieure]. Don't you agree? Love it! Thanks to those of you who keep checking back here when there is nothing new to see. It's been hard for me to find a focus here on this blog. Can you tell :) Can someone be a designer & a design blogger? Since this is also my business website, I know I need to step it up and post some of my work as well as post regular content. Can you still make New Years resolutions at the END of February?

If so, my blogging resolution for this site is to post 3 times a week- a mix of things I've been working on, things I find inspiring and want to share, and helpful finds for other small business owners or freelancers.

Oh, and my little neglected shop.  I hope to have some items in there soon as well. Different from my custom work, these items will be bits and pieces that you can mix and match for your own businesses and blogs.

Thanks for checking up on me!