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Alex Sailer
Designer @Focus Lab Joined over 9 years ago Alex has invited Derek Timmerman
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- Focus Lab's Big Adventure (madebysidecar.com)
- Show DN: District Taco Branding (njimedia.com)
- Dan Rhatigan on Ryman Eco (vimeo.com)
- United We Brand - Rebranding Our States (unitedwebrand.us)
- Site Design: Alex Sailer's weekend portfolio challenge (alexsailer.com)
- Ask DN: Does your agency calculate employee utilization? If so, what are the numbers?
- Show DN: Spotsy Update (spotsyapp.com)
- Branding a Speakeasy (njimedia.com)
- Show DN: Spotsy iPhone app - Exploring the world through Instagram (itunes.apple.com)
Posted to Show DN: District Taco Branding, in reply to Erick De La Rosa , Sep 15, 2014 Posted to United We Brand - Rebranding Our States, in reply to Caleb P. , Jun 13, 2014 Thanks for the heads up Caleb. Fixed.
Posted to United We Brand - Rebranding Our States, in reply to Tyson Soelberg , Jun 13, 2014 I appreciate the honest feedback. This project was something our entire team did as a fun side project to celebrate flag day tomorrow. We wanted it to feel like a true collaborative effort by letting each designer's style shine through. We used the same color palette throughout to help unify the project.
Posted to United We Brand - Rebranding Our States, in reply to Laura McGuigan , Jun 13, 2014 Thanks for the feedback Laura/Alex. It was a tough decision not to include DC but we felt it was the right one. Not to mention we are all big fans of the current flag.
Did you have any ideas in mind for DC?
Posted to Site Design: Alex Sailer's weekend portfolio challenge, Apr 30, 2014 Challenged myself to design and build a portfolio-ish landing page in a weekend. Feedback welcome.
I'd love to hear about some of the things you guys have done over the course of a weekend.
Posted to What are the best tools to live-preview web pages?, in reply to Guillaume Broder , Apr 13, 2014 Do you have a problem with Anvil eating up cpu?
Posted to "Ask DN:" Project Management Systems, in reply to David O'Callaghan , Apr 03, 2014 Im a big fan of Teamwork PM
Posted to Show DN: Wrld - A simple tool to search images on Instagram, in reply to Mike Mellor , Apr 02, 2014 Nicely done. Reminds me alot of my side project.
How does it work? Instagram API media/search?
Posted to Apple TV concept by Marin Hajek, Mar 18, 2014 It definitely looks great but I would want the addition of a couple Thunderbolt ports. That would allow the use of a Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet adapter as well as external storage if iCloud isn't your thing.
Posted to Ask DN: Favorite serif/sans-serif combos?, Mar 04, 2014 Serif: Merriweather Sans Serif: Gentona
https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Merriweatherhttp://www.myfonts.com/fonts/rene-bieder/gentona/
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Thanks Erick!
This project was one of those things that just kind of filled in the cracks so it's hard to break it down to a weekly hour quote.
If you'd like to give your team a side project, I think 10-12 hours a week would be fine for something more substantial. Otherwise, just stick to the 70:20:10 rule.