Jan 26

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Vimeo t-shirt illustration

Vimeo t-shirt illustration

Jan 25

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www.ThousandVerbs.com Over the holidays, I launched a website for my photos. I finally made the decision to do away with Flickr. The service has long been obsolete for me for a number of reasons, but the most important was presentation. This new blog utilizes the Hi Res Theme created by the incredibly talented duo, Justin Ouellette and Noah Kalina. There is no question that the presentation of my photos in this theme is way better than what any photo website has ever had to offer. Combine that with Tumblr, and you have what I believe to be the best solution for sharing the photos you care about. photo: the lovely Sarah Natochenny

www.ThousandVerbs.com

Over the holidays, I launched a website for my photos. I finally made the decision to do away with Flickr. The service has long been obsolete for me for a number of reasons, but the most important was presentation.

This new blog utilizes the Hi Res Theme created by the incredibly talented duo, Justin Ouellette and Noah Kalina. There is no question that the presentation of my photos in this theme is way better than what any photo website has ever had to offer. Combine that with Tumblr, and you have what I believe to be the best solution for sharing the photos you care about.

photo: the lovely Sarah Natochenny

Jan 16

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Attention Designers! GroupMe is Hiring! We are a small, passionate team of dedicated people working on a product that we love. We spend our days in a sunlight-filled loft near Union Square in Manhattan. At night, we sing karaoke sometimes. Basically, we love our jobs, and we have a lot of fun doing them. We are looking for someone with ambition, confidence, bold opinions, and talent, whose primary responsibilities will involve collaborating with our designers and engineers in order to flesh out product ideas from early wireframes and sketches to pixel-perfect final designs. In addition, responsibilities will include supporting other departments in all design functions: presentations, spreadsheets, marketing materials, whatever. You should feel comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Applicants should have an online portfolio that includes work that is beautiful and usable, demonstrating a love for tight detailing and impeccable typography. Ideally, it should show off your work in a range of platforms (web, mobile, tablets, print) and applications (sites, apps, branding, marketing). Any coding experience would be a major plus, as well as any motion graphics, video editing, or illustration skills. We can’t wait to see what you have to show us!Send your work to kevin@groupme.com

Attention Designers! GroupMe is Hiring!

We are a small, passionate team of dedicated people working on a product that we love. We spend our days in a sunlight-filled loft near Union Square in Manhattan. At night, we sing karaoke sometimes. Basically, we love our jobs, and we have a lot of fun doing them.

We are looking for someone with ambition, confidence, bold opinions, and talent, whose primary responsibilities will involve collaborating with our designers and engineers in order to flesh out product ideas from early wireframes and sketches to pixel-perfect final designs.

In addition, responsibilities will include supporting other departments in all design functions: presentations, spreadsheets, marketing materials, whatever. You should feel comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Applicants should have an online portfolio that includes work that is beautiful and usable, demonstrating a love for tight detailing and impeccable typography. Ideally, it should show off your work in a range of platforms (web, mobile, tablets, print) and applications (sites, apps, branding, marketing). Any coding experience would be a major plus, as well as any motion graphics, video editing, or illustration skills.

We can’t wait to see what you have to show us!
Send your work to kevin@groupme.com

Dec 01

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Iconography & Simple Shapes Sometimes my job calls for creating very simple icons, like a heart. At first, you might think, ‘A heart. Simple enough.’ But it is the nature of a designer to question every line, every curve, and the breakdown of even the most simple shapes. The above image illustrates how I arrived at what I consider to be the best solution for a graphic heart. I started by recognizing the lowest common denominator in shape; a triangle and a circle. The curves, proportions, and angles are all based on the Golden Ratio. Even though some icons may not be as lionized as say, the logo of a brand, the care for detail must drive every decision. 

Iconography & Simple Shapes

Sometimes my job calls for creating very simple icons, like a heart. At first, you might think, ‘A heart. Simple enough.’ But it is the nature of a designer to question every line, every curve, and the breakdown of even the most simple shapes.

The above image illustrates how I arrived at what I consider to be the best solution for a graphic heart. I started by recognizing the lowest common denominator in shape; a triangle and a circle. The curves, proportions, and angles are all based on the Golden Ratio.

Even though some icons may not be as lionized as say, the logo of a brand, the care for detail must drive every decision. 

Nov 17

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Album Art / CollegeHumor

Album Art / CollegeHumor

Aug 30

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Bitmap Poundie Icon

Bitmap Poundie Icon

Aug 22

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Poster design for the Indelible Dance Company.  Photo by Jacob Pritchard Purchase tickets here.

Poster design for the Indelible Dance Company. 

Photo by Jacob Pritchard

Purchase tickets here.

Aug 03

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GroupMe 3.0 Android Design We released this morning with a bunch of updates and new features, as well as a new interface. Download the app here.

GroupMe 3.0 Android Design

We released this morning with a bunch of updates and new features, as well as a new interface. Download the app here.

Jul 26

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The Default Avatar Or, as I have been calling it, Annonyman.  They have always been of interest to me. Every web company with a community has had to solve the same problem of designing one, and here at GroupMe, I’ve been working on our version of the ever ubiquitous graphic. While researching, I put together this image of as many as I could find.The Vimeo avatar is a favorite of mine, as well as CollegeHumor and Flickr.*Bonus points for being able to spot them above.  Here is a great post by Dan Meth, talking about how the Tumblr Avatar may be the most veiwed drawing he has ever done. **updated to include the foursquare avatar. Also one of my favorites…

The Default Avatar

Or, as I have been calling it, Annonyman. 

They have always been of interest to me. Every web company with a community has had to solve the same problem of designing one, and here at GroupMe, I’ve been working on our version of the ever ubiquitous graphic.

While researching, I put together this image of as many as I could find.
The Vimeo avatar is a favorite of mine, as well as CollegeHumor and Flickr.
*Bonus points for being able to spot them above. 

Here is a great post by Dan Meth, talking about how the Tumblr Avatar may be the most veiwed drawing he has ever done.

**updated to include the foursquare avatar. Also one of my favorites…

Jun 08

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Naturally. GroupMe 404 Design.

Naturally. GroupMe 404 Design.

Jun 03

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A graphic I put together for a really great post about Families on GroupMe.

A graphic I put together for a really great post about Families on GroupMe.

May 27

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GroupMe Poundie Cloud T-shirt

GroupMe Poundie Cloud T-shirt

May 26

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GroupMe Hoodie Design The printing was done sans discharging with only one run of ink, causing the logo to be slightly faded. It sort of meshes with the fabric rather than being caked on surface. Ink-softener was also used. The result is a quality print that appropriately matched the style of garment, and feels much less like a disposable piece of trade-show garbage.The GroupMe store is on it’s way. 

GroupMe Hoodie Design

The printing was done sans discharging with only one run of ink, causing the logo to be slightly faded. It sort of meshes with the fabric rather than being caked on surface. Ink-softener was also used. The result is a quality print that appropriately matched the style of garment, and feels much less like a disposable piece of trade-show garbage.

The GroupMe store is on it’s way. 

May 25

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GroupMe Office Sign The logo was cut with the NYC Resistor laser printer.The materials are opaque acrylic (plexi-glass.)  I was a bit stumped figuring out how to perfectly hand kern the letters while at the same time permanently adhering them to the wall. I found that using that blue wall tac putty to place the letters and then one by one gluing them to the wall was the best way to go about it.

GroupMe Office Sign

The logo was cut with the NYC Resistor laser printer.
The materials are opaque acrylic (plexi-glass.) 

I was a bit stumped figuring out how to perfectly hand kern the letters while at the same time permanently adhering them to the wall. I found that using that blue wall tac putty to place the letters and then one by one gluing them to the wall was the best way to go about it.