by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / A bit of animated fun from filmmaker, Dana Sink. Power is an animated film intersecting machinery, life, and media. This little shortie was even an official selection at the Northwest Animation Festival. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / Can't understand a word of this spot, but we felt inspired by Fedoseeva's story none-the-less. To accomplish so much with perceived severe limitations is inspirational and amazing. Nice work from W+K Amsterdam.[Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / Outdoor clothier, L.L. Bean, has decided to show the benefits of working outdoors in their Be An Outsider campaign (hash #beanoutsider). For the summer they've partnered up with Industrious, a co-working disruptor, to create an outside, mobile collab work environment. The facility will travel around the U.S. giving workers the opportunity to do a bit of the daily grind in the great outdoors. It st[Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / Animator, Matt Seely, recently dropped his 2018 animation role. His work is a throwback to mid 90's to 2000's style animation. What we especially appreciated is that all the work contained in his reel is the result of work he did on his own. In an age where we generally need to rely on a crew of people to get anything done, it's nice to know the one man show still exists out there. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 13, 2018 / Travel Portland always seems to creatively step out on the ledge—hiring creative companies that do a great job of showing PDX in that just so "Quirky" kind of light that we all love to bask in. House Special worked with Travel Portland on this great series of 30 second animated looping sequences highlighting various bits of the Rose City. We love the fact that they included the naked bike ride. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 13, 2018 / Just a few years ago (2013) we reached out, penned a proposal, and worked closely with the (then) TypeCon planning committee to bring the national conference series to our fair city. Until that point, TypeCon had never been held in Portland and there was concern as to whether the city would be a strong enough draw to bring type aficionados from around the world to our small corner of the Pacific[Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 5, 2018 / Ad Week just dropped a great article covering the re-brand of one of the most iconic ad agencies ever: Ogilvy & Mather. The image change has been in the works for quite awhile and marks the first major brand update to the agency in roughly 70 years. What was once Ogilvy & Mather is now simply reduced to Ogilvy and packs a whole new minimalistic aesthetic stretching across all agency touch [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 5, 2018 / Learn how type design is being influenced by the digital experience with Lizy Gershenzon, the co-founder of www.scribbletone.com, a Portland design studio that makes digital products and custom typefaces, and futurefonts.com, a marketplace and community for typefaces in progress. Check out the event listing for more details.[Read More]
