Archive for the ‘Work’ Category
STAND WITH RANDY
Monday, July 25th, 2011
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Is the future of American energy a pipeline full of thick tar trudging its way from Canada to the Gulf cutting across the great plains in a tube constructed with corporate talking points and wishful thinking? Perhaps. But a group of stubborn Nebraska citizens think otherwise. They're standing up to this dangerous oil pipeline that's slotted to run over the largest underground aquifer in the world. And they're not backing down.
You too can join the effort to the stop the pipeline. You too can Stand with Randy.

Green Patriot Film
Monday, July 18th, 2011
GREEN PATRIOT POSTERS (Project Green/NOMAD Films) is being made into a documentary short film. And you can help Kickstart it!
Independent Designer: Year One
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Leaks expected over the life of the TransCanada Pipeline
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Why We’re Here
Monday, June 27th, 2011
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Earlier this year I completed a project with the Harwood Institute. It's a book about public broadcasters and the crucial role they play in any community. When public broadcasters actively engage in the places they live, when they step outside of their traditional programming and seek to use the airwaves while working with the people, positive change does happen. It's a hopeful look at working together after changing fundamentally the way an organization thinks of itself; not apart from, but with. And that, after the turbulence, conflict and friction that comes from collaborative efforts, leads to good things.



A Collaborative Poetry/Design Project Manifesting Itself in Book Form
Monday, June 20th, 2011

- This book project was conceived in the winter of 2008 on a painfully cold day on the great plains over coffee and cabinet picks. It was meant to take some of the most honest poetry I had ever read and put it together in a form that was equally as honest. Honestly concerned about our future on Earth while celebrating the love and life that people around us are a part of every day. Wherever we are on this planet, here we are indeed. Under the energy of the sun, looking up at that black canvas sky, we the little peapods are just living, trying to do the best we can. What this is, what we are, is just a song, just a touch, just a kiss of our humanity in the immense vastness. With that, we wish you happy travels.






Proud Home of an Energy Pioneer
Monday, May 9th, 2011
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Energy Pioneer Solutions is a startup from Hastings, Nebraska that's focused on local solutions to national problems. They're an energy company, only they don't drill, or frack, or remove mountaintops. Instead, they're seeking to reverse more than three decades of rising energy costs in the residential and commercial property sectors with a very practical idea; to make our homes and buildings energy efficient.
To tighten them up. To put the power back in the hands of the homeowner, allowing them to save money, have a more comfortable home and to do the patriotic thing. After all, the greenest energy we have is the energy we don't use.
It's not as visually stimulating as a field full of wind turbines, but its effectiveness and just how easy it is to do makes it absolutely essential for how America moves forward. We've got a lot of old homes in this country. Homes that are drafty, inefficient and not doing anything to help make us a more secure nation. This company is doing something to change that.
At times it sounds too good to be true. It seems too easy. But that's just because the program is that good.
I've worked with Energy Pioneer Solutions for over a year. It's been great to be able to help tell their story and inspire people to sign up to be an Energy Pioneer. Now, with the New BLK involved, we're looking to make Hastings the most energy efficient town in America. Stay tuned.


The Filter Bubble
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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In February of this year, Eli Pariser approached me about designing the slides for his upcoming TED Talk for TED2011. Slotted for nine minutes, the topic was the subject of his new book being released on May 12th.
What was supposed to be the great democratizing force of the ages, the Internet, no longer is living up to its promise. Rather, what's being created around us by web companies and their algorithms is a hyper-personalized space of information specifically tailored to us based on what we like. We are all ending up in our very own bubbles, with challenging subjects or people who disagree with us being filtered out. And we're not even aware of it.
As of today, the talk is now online at TED. We also have just launched the site for the book, the Filter Bubble. Big props to Eli on this exciting day. And thanks to Matt Linder and the New BLK team for another great site development.
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Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"


Tugboat Posters Featured on CA’s Exhibit
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
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Communication Arts added four of the Tugboat Gallery posters to their very impressive collection of Exhibit work. It's great to get these posted by a creative organization I've always highly respected for their vision and inspiration.
