Category archives: Brands

Crowdsourcing Creativity for Inspirational Marketers, Tortured Artists & Researchers

Written by on Oct. 17, 2012 in Advertising , Animation, Brands, Concept Art, Digital Art, Graphic-design, Illustration, Marketing, Movies, Photography, Portfolio, Product Design, Technology, Tips and Tricks.

Image by Paul Roget

How often do you find yourself seeking inspiration from crowdsourcing?

If you haven't heard, crowdsourcing is happening all over the web. It's the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent and outsourcing it to a 'crowd,' usually an undefined, large group of people in the form of an open call. Using the Internet's vast reach has become the gateway for crowdsourcing.

It's easy enough on Twitter to crowdsource ideas. Get a group of followers to use a common hashtag and seek out ideas for anything you're working ...

Stash & Filter Foundry Host Design Conference in NYC - Nov. 5-6

Written by on Sept. 10, 2012 in Advertising , Brands, Digital Art, Graphic-design, Interior Design.

Stash Media and Filter Foundry announce the first speakers for STYLE FRAMES New York, a new design conference all about The Art of the Pitch. The two-day event will present 40 speakers and panelists, showcase outstanding pitch art in the STYLE FRAMES Gallery, and celebrate with an event party. STYLE FRAMES New York (SFNY) brings together influential design, advertising and media professionals from both the client and creative sides of the industry for two days of inspiration, networking and insight.

Conference speakers so far ...

Featured Artist: Pete Harrison

Written by on May 31, 2012 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Concept Art, Digital Art, Fashion, Featured Artist , FF Members, Fine Art, Gaming, Graphic-design, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Photography, Portfolio, Typography.

Today we feature Pete Harrison and his work. Take a break, pour yourself an espresso, top off your coffee, crack open another Red Bull or break out the china and sip on high tea... & let's see what Pete has to say to all y'all (just saw the Hatfields and McCoys)

Enjoy!

FF: How would you describe your art and design style?

Pete: My design style I guess at the moment you could say it was photo manipulation with lighting effects, I use similar elements and the way I work that now people recognise a piece and can put ...

Featured Design Company: Astro Studios

Written by on Jan. 31, 2012 in Advertising , Brands, Graphic-design, Hardware, Marketing, Product Design, Technology, Tradeshow.

Filter Foundry caught up with Silicon Valley veteran Brett Lovelady, Founder/CEO of Astro Studios in San Francisco, and picked the juicy parts of his brain. Pull up a chair and lets start with his title: “Chief Instigator.”

Brett: I’ve been a classic fire starter, someone who gets big ideas quickly, rallies a lot of people, gets them all talking, cross connecting, gets all the big ideas out, formulates it, and gets out of the way. I’m not really into tending fires, I’m better at starting them …just sort of felt like the right title compared to ...

Innovative Minimalistic Product Design

Written by on Oct. 5, 2011 in Brands, Concept Art, Digital Art, Illustration, Marketing, Product Design.

Here's a little mental exercise I did when I first saw this young man's work. I asked myself how many green people do I know. Here is what I came up with:

I know at least 3 people who now drive electric vehicles. One who skateboard's to work. One who bikes. One who is planning on buying a golf cart.

Most of my friends (not including the roommate) recycle.

My neighborhood located in the "hipster" part of LA has a 3 TrashMasters that patrol our streets all week long, a green one, a blue one and a ...

Around the World in 10 Ads

Written by on Sept. 20, 2011 in Ads, Advertising , Animation, Brands, Illustration, Marketing, Motion Graphics, Poster Art, YouTube.

Here in the states we seldom get exposed to the cornucopia of persuasive creative that daily tries to convince people like you and me in other countries to buy, sell, consume, entertain, drink, lie to our girlfriends (this usually goes hand in hand with the drinking ads,) drive faster, loose weight, live healthier or trade stock. Yes, the elements are all the same, but the delivery is usually a little different. Let's see what these modern day "Mad Men" are dishing out these days to our global friends using photography, video, animation, & 3D.

1) China: Bailing Fast Onset Cough ...

How to get your Fashion Fix 2011

Written by on Sept. 8, 2011 in Brands, couture, Fashion.

Fashion Week Starts Today.

Just like our golfing buddies, Thursday serves as the perfect pre-weekend warm-up session for stretching those runway legs, warming up the old flash bulbs and teasing the press with this glamorous semi-annual event. Fashion Night Out (FNO) was launched by Vogue, Fashion Designers of America and NYC&Co back in 2009. If you live in Los Angeles, The Beverly Center is ground zero for this year’s festivities (starting at 5:30 for couture.)

If you cannot make it out to one of the locations featuring luxury, contemporary, and juniors, you can follow the glitz and ...