Tuesday, May 31, 2011

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!

Friday, May 13, 2011

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

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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??

Friday, May 6, 2011

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.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

stan the man

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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

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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?

winnings

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.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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*