Michael Bierut & Yale

Oh man these Michael Bierut posters for Yale popped into my head today. Really awesome typography, why can't there be posters like this now. Cool shit getting lost in the sea of eye melting posters.

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More than a leading technology figure, Steve Jobs was the Edison of our lifetime. His touch on mankind has shifted the way we view life today. Our lives are enriched because of him, changed forever for the positive, and we are deeply saddened to hear of his passing.

Growing up today we take everything he invented as second nature:

The way we listen to music. The way we access it.

The way we watch an animated movie.

The way a leader presents a vision.

Working out of passion, and a $1 a year salary.

Design sensibility for everyone.

The mouse.

The way retail works, no cash registers and all.

Wireless technology.

The touch screen phone.

The computer. Its visual language, its simplicity.

The way we interact with each other and the way we interact with life.

There could not be a bigger influence than Steve Jobs on all of us as human beings. Rest in peace, Steve.

united*

beware: the copycat virus is still out there

but fear not, our strategic guru, perry seelert, has identified the cure to this brand epidemic. the answer: "lead with your brand design instead of mindlessly following others."

read perry's full article via progressive grocer's store brands.

perry on private brands

perry has written some words of wisdom for the preface of upcoming book grocery store brand design. read the first part on my p brand.

feature friday // artichoke pizza

frozen pizza has never looked so ballsy. check out our latest project for a&p and legendary nyc pizzeria artichoke basille's. true new york pizza with real new york attitude, see telboy n kelli feed it to their face!

back for the future // mike j. fox edition

after years of fanboy petitions, the much anticipated nike air mags (a.k.a. nike air mcflys), made popular via mike j. fox are now available...for a good cause. 1,500 pairs will be up for auction via eBay with 100% of the proceeds, supporting the michael j. fox foundation for parkinson's research. well done (again), nike. we can't wait for the self-tying edition.

the apple, indeed, does not fall far from the tree

when a reporter asked what market research went into the iPad, mr. jobs replied: "none. it's not the consumers' job to know what they want." his design decisions, mr. jobs explained, were shaped by his understanding of both technology and popular culture. his own study and intuition (not focus groups) were his guide.

we, creatives, salute you, steve, on a "jobs" well done.

happy birthday diana!

Yep, back to back Birthdays! Our young one is growing so fast. All of those Insanity™ workouts are really paying off D. I love the new bulked up look.

Happy birthday law!

We know how much you love Eva Mendez!

art of flight trailer // metal version

whip yo hair back n forth.

2011 surfrider foundation calendar

ooh sexy. check out the rest here.

chillin at the standard

baller status:

check out the bromance action between noah and tel even rockin the same pose:



united* keepin cool at the rooftop of the standard hotel in nyc with 30 mph winds. way to beat that 90+ heat.

VO5, ya'll need a throw back

while doing some research, we came across this diamond in the rough. branding (now painfully) requires a gradient, drop shadow, and "there's an app for that" look. It didn't always use to be this crass. VO5 is a great example of what once was great but now is gradient as most brands-in-crisis go. Take a look at your past, it'll probably save you from the 99¢ stores liquidations.



VS.

andy as an old man

keepin it real.

kelli g joins united!

meet our our new production manager kelli garnett! she enjoys bright colors, hugs, and everything awesome. don't let the photo fool you, her mechanicals are on point! asterisk hand, no big deal!

feature friday: novum mag

novum magazine, the oldest design magazine with the largest circulation in europe has featured us in their magazine! check out them spreads! man, we're huge overseas.

who's gonna save the world?

doggies in slow-mo, that's who!

cosmoprof confirmed

get your mascara on and slip on your stilettos because united* will be in sin city august 1. yep, ole' andy is heading to vegas to shred cosmoprof a new one - watch out, ladies. also, andy is going to be in his infamous perry costume, according to this cosmoprof website.

method x virgin america video

going beyond the packaging, the collab in-flight video on virgin america!

feature fizzy // 2dot

what if? pepsi changed how you thought about soda? here's one from our pepsi archives, pepsi 2dot. more goodies on our pepsi page.

method x virgin america

now that is how credible co-branding is done. well done method.

feature frilby!

it's friday, gotta get featured on friday! this one is the identity we created for the trilby, a bar and restaurant at the swank cooper square hotel. don't ask us about that weird scary mural guy though, we had nothing to do with THAT.

united* 5k nypd run

Dusting off our running shoes, Terrence shining his, we went out for little run up the westside highway for our NYPD folks. Terrence for the win (pink NY yankees cap) and the rest of the crew as his backup. Good times and sore ligaments!

future friday

united* dipping our foot into electronics! It's scary so we only did a dip ( logo! ) and man, it's a cold cold beast. But anywho, look at our logo all grown up in the world!

backwards brand redesign

is it backwards day and no one told us? recently we've been finding examples of redesigns stepping into the past! check out the terrible epson paper redesign, 'new' pack on the right! are the 90's back? then saw the 'redesign' for honeydrop, bevelled bee you guys! man, did we miss something here? what is happening??

un-featured friday!

With every great design comes one's less traveled. This Friday we decided to feature something that was never featured besides to us and the client. Maybe it was too good, maybe his spirit animal feng shui was off, who knows. Anywho here's the B-side of Veloce Pizzeria.

nike swooshes the awards

they pretty much won it all, including BEST IDEA IN THE WORLD, for their write the future campaign. man that's a lot of balls.
view all the new york festival winners here.

and one for the ladies?

when regular pool just doesn't cut it anymore

are you tired of those long cumbersome cigar looking spears? or the 90 degree body contortions more conducive for twister?

say no more...and welcome poolball into your gamut of drinking games.

Budweiser Poolball from magicgarden on Vimeo.

more winners

here's some more winners in the dudes category, andes beer's teletransporter, axe premature perspiration and land rover sword guy.

penises ftw

so there were some really great winners at new york festivals' advertising shindig last night. we'll be posting our faves. let's start with the theme of cocks. penis drawings, yes. justing long with cock surfboard, yes. clearly, these did not air in america. so thank you youtube.

stan the man

united* would like to give a big shout out to stan church, being recognized by the AIGA friday may 6th for his contributions to the design community for over four decades. damn that's putting in some time.

bring on the party. big respect from the united* crew. check out the deets here. now give us a hug!

insane in the memcrane

Who would have thunk that our very own senior account manager, jessica “the claw” roppa, would be the best skills crane champion east of the mississippi?



four attempts later, she's swimming in stuffed animals (five to be exact)!
beware carnival operators, jessica is coming to a skill crane near you!

storycorps

Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.

i know we usually post videos for the lulz on our blog, but today i've come across a wonderfully moving set of videos of amazing storytelling with fantastic animation. these are real people interviewed and recorded with really amazing anecdotes and made into an animated short. thanks for making these storycorps. watch them all.

happy birthday andy!

It's like a shammy, it's like a towel, it's like a sponge, it's Andy. Always keeping it clean. Happy birthday ole buck from all of us at united*

spread the squeeze

It's so natural you just squeeze it! No you can, really.

royal wedding invites

man the english are snooze. and by boring i mean, proper. check out the invites and programme for prince william and soon to be princess kate. i think the only thing they had goin for em was that unicorn.

we got the new carson mag

I'm not really good at first impressions. Carson mag isn't good at them as well. I'm going to let it grow on us by give it a few more issues and just judge this mag by it's cover, really.