We’re all pretty pumped about the exciting launch of a brand new website for aerospace production company, The Spaceship Company. Founded by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites, they will be providing the world’s first fleet of commercial spaceships. We have designed and built a new website not only filled with amazing imagery but also one that functions with simplicity and ease.
Chris and Annika are out in the Mojave desert this week to celebrate the unveiling of TSC’s new hangar, FAITH. Check out the website, look at their spaceships and watch some NOVA. I also want one their rad Daft Punk-ish space suits. By the way, have you seen their epic Spaceport?
Come pick one up at the Public Works opening on September 9th!
Mark your calendars for the opening of the Public Works 3 exhibition featuring Michael Cina, Andy Jenkins, Chris Strong and Evan Hecox on September 9th. We gathered up some great designers to produce the raddest poster ever for the show. Plural for designing the poster, Delicious Design League for prepping the artwork for print, and Sonnenzimmer for screenprinting the poster.
Finch’s Beer Co. will be providing some tasty libations and DJ Kid Color will be spinning into the night!
See ya’ll there!
It took four large men to move this phonebooth around for our Chocolate Industries photoshoot this morning. Protip: if you need manual labor at any time of day, to do pretty much anything, try Craigslist. 40 responses to carry this phonebooth around at 5am – a truly unexpected reminder of Chicago’s rampant unemployment. Also a great reminder to hit the gym.
Tags: chocolate industries, photoshoot
Get ready.
The Public Works show is back for its third year! Check out the insanely awesome lineup and be sure to look out for more info about the Speaker Series lectures. See you opening night.
The Lineup:
Evan Hecox
Andy Jenkins
Michael Cina
Chris Strong
at the
Public Works Gallery
1539 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
opening
Friday, September 9, 2011
We have a new T-Shirt in our Someoddpilot store screenprinted by our own Jon-Boy. Get these babies on your body now!
We recently launched a big new e-commerce site for Chaco Footwear, makers of the toughest sandals this side of the Forum Romanum. The goal? Socialize the shopping process. The result? The brand saw a 70% increase in site traffic and 90% increase in site revenue.
Chaco fans, or, Chaconians, as slang would have it, are both heart and soul of the brand, and it’s important that they’re as free to run the site as they are to run rapids. Enter: the Chaco-Sphere.
The Chaco-Sphere is a game-changing concept in the retail market because it encourages Chaconian ownership of major site real estate traditionally occupied by marketing messages or semi-contrived brand ambassador pieces. At its simplest, the Chaco-Sphere is a fun way for the community to gather and talk about their adventures. At its most complex, it’s cooperative retail.
In the Chaco-Sphere you can:
• Upload and tag photos, videos and stories to Chaco-Sphere galleries.
• Create a profile with screenname, profile picture, bio, and a list of all uploads to date.
• Enter and view contests.
• Upload product-specific photos and videos to product pages. See the sandals and shoes in action!
It’s a blast, we highly recommend it, unless you have a bad case of podophobia.
Back in the day, WAAAAY back in 2001, there was one place to get the raddest legal curated mp3′s: Epitonic.com. It was hot. The concept still is and we are working with the original owners and 2011-ing it for a relaunch. Even the New York Times is excited.
We’re working with Longman & Eagle to bring their website up to speed with the opening of the Inn – a soon-to-be legendary place to rest above their highly-rated gastro pub. “Eat, Sleep, Whiskey”. Will do.
After launching the North American debut of Cushe Footwear online, we’ve recently rebuilt the site for mobile devices, creating Wolverine Worldwide’s first ever mobile website where customers can browse and purchase shoes while sitting on the train. We aimed for insanely usable and simple. The future’s here – only minus all the flying about and the crappy aesthetics of Jakob Nielsen.
