Moss Pink's 5 Year Anniversary Celebration

Moss Pink, my FAVORITE florist in Denver is having her 5 Year Anniversary Celebration November 18th and 19th.  Get more info at http://www.mosspinkflora.com/.

BUZZZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYY

Wow, we are having one of our busiest season's EVER at Crank Design!  There will be many things to post at the end of December as soon as we finish up some colossal projects. In the meantime, we leave you with some stills from motion pieces we are working on.

Over and out.

Eighty Split Studios Logo Chosen!

Eighty Split Studios has chosen their logo! Now on to business cards and a website.

Banners and Advertising Campaigns

For the past month we have been working on several advertising campaigns, currently we have one 10' x 10' banner completed with two more to go. Last weekend I collaborated with photographer Greg Amanti for the final two banners.  Everything will be installed in the next couple of weeks. Photos of installation coming soon!

 

Round two & Refinements for Eighty Split

The evolution of the Eighty Split Logo continues from the second round of concept directions and then on to refinements. 

In the next post we will show the final logo and the logo in all of it's applications.


 Round 2

Refinements

Branding Branding Branding....

Business cards and branding for Jacob Moller Projects

Photos for Moss Pink Flora and Botanicals

A few months ago Greg Amanti and I collaborated in taking photos for Moss Pink Flora and Botanicals new website. Here are some of my favorites.

First day of SPRING

What a beautiful day!  Spring is here, liliacs are starting to bloom and finally it's raining!

We are in final revisions with QuickZip's animation, and working with a wonderful illustrator Matt Wood on a super hero, eco friendly animation for a non-profit in C.A. We also had the pleasure of working with Romy Purshouse on her animation for the city of Boulder as well as Lucia of Sustineo Creative and sound designer Dan Barnhart of Arsenal Studios.

On the print side, we have some preliminary logo sketches for a new furniture design company Eighty Split Studios located in both Denver and S.F. The evolution and thought process behind logo development has always fascinated me. We love process, and for this piece, we will share the growth and final implementation of the Eight Split Studios identity.

More logos

The economy seems to be picking up, we are humming along and it's only mid January!

We just finished branding Rise and Fly productions, a local film company lead by Sharon Sherman (check out their film in production "The Fence").

As well as some business cards for Joy Gonzales of Joyworks Productions.

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2011! Helianthus Media has chosen their logo!

This month we are working on an animation for v-shift as well as a website re-design for a new documentary called "The Mother". A film about population control and empowering women. New site launching in February. You can find info about their film here http://www.motherthefilm.com/ .

Happy Holidays Everyone!

We have been working on a promo for Comedy Central (to be up uploaded to our site next month), as well as some logo mock-ups (which logo will they choose, stay tuned!).

Concept directions 

Refinements

Also keeping us busy has been a collaboration with the super talented Tom Metz who just completed an over haul of Moss Pink Flora and Botanicals website.

This has been an extraordinary year of amazing people, good will and friendships.  May your holiday be warm and full of joy!

Wow, September already????

Time flies!  Crank Design has been expanding as well as working with many new clients from Australia, the Bay Area, and New York.  Soon, very soon, we will have more work up to show for the past few months.

We would like to congratulate Suzan Beraza and her film "Bag it" for being twittered by The Ellen Show. They say:  "Amazing documentary called "Bag It" about how bad plastic bags are for the environment. I'm done using them. Who's with me?"

Go "Bag it"! Find out more about the film here:  http://www.bagitmovie.com

 Also check out Bag It's latest interview with Suzan Beraza and Jeb Berrier http://www.justin.tv/fearlesstv/b/273553645

July

The summer has been heating up and we've been busy with several new projects, animations, posters, packaging and and a couple of brochures.  We feel so lucky to have so many wonderful clients.

In August watch for some new projects posted to the website.

Back from Telluride

We are back from the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride.  This is one of my favorite festivals so far (though I have yet to attend Sundance). The people are warm and genuine, the town is pristine, and incredibly beautiful, there is a big mix of mountain folk, movie stars, and people traveling from all over the world (though I must admit, I met more people from N.Y. than anywhere else). No airs, superiority, just this creative electricity in the air, and amazing conversations.

My favorite films were:

Wasteland:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPU5WNgQ2w

Gasland:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZe1AeH0Qz8

Music by Prudence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMJKbqwA5VY

BAG IT:  http://www.bagitmovie.com/

You can see Gasland, and Music by Prudence on HBO.  Check Wasteland and Bag it's website for upcoming screenings.

Promo work

After wrapping up a piece for Bed, Bath and Beyond we took some time to work on some promo postcards.  "Denver, it's not just an airport".

After a long weekend

In Honor of national pinhole day on Sunday and a nice long weekend, here are some photos near the studio.

Tornado Season, a whirlwind of design

Hello Everyone,

Off to a whirlwind of  activity this spring. We are getting ready to attend the Telluride Mountain Film Festival at the end of May.

Meanwhile we are working on some logos, commercials, finishing up animations for the documentary "Bag It" by Suzan Beraza, as well as dvd packaging for the oscar winning  documentary "Smile Pinki" by Megan Mylan (we designed her film poster and website last year). The brilliant Tom Metz created the site's flash interface.

Finally, I'm putting up a website design we created for Clothes Circuit a high end re-sale boutique in Texas (flash interface created by the brilliant Tom Metz ). 

Lots more to come in the next month.

New logo for River Song School

We just finished up a new logo for the River Song School just opening in Bend, OR.  An environmental Montessori school that cultivates self-confidence, critical thinking and compassion.  Best of luck River Song School!

Meanwhile, animations are in revisions, and will be posted soon!

Stay tuned......

Spring Fever

Beautiful weather, lots of new projects, we are kicking into high gear.

Almost completed are animations for a fabulous movie "Bag It" 
"Bag It" will be playing at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival in May.

We've also starting working with some new clients in New Zealand, Hawaii, and New York.

On our list of great design companies is Digital Kitchen New York . In February we were lucky to see their fabulous presentation in Denver. We love their style and process. Check out Bryce Wymer's blog .

Much more to come soon!

Happy Holidays

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Crank-Design. May you days be merry and bright.

This has been a year full of business cards, postcards, websites, ads, window displays for Lodo Aglow and LOTS of motion. Our amazing clients never cease to inspire and push us to ever further vistas. We are grateful for all of our wonderful contacts and look forward to several motion and print project already in the works for the new year.