Happy Earth Day 2010 April 22, 2010

We pushed the dirt around in the backyard last night in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Full disclosure, the weeds were getting thick too but we planted new bushes and ground cover and flowers. I have faith in human beings that we will take care of our little tiny spec in the universe that birthed us and sustains our life. Cheers to one more step in the right direction. The little things matter.

—Travis

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Websites are like yogurt April 9, 2010

Over the last three years Travis and I have gone through portfolio sites for this company much the way most people go through single serving yogurts. I think this phenomenon has more to do with how much we’ve been learning and changing as designers and business owners than say… an ugly word like “indecisiveness”. We’re happy to announce the launch of our new site and we think this one might stick around a bit. People grow and change, sometimes by the day, so this go around we started with what has become somewhat of a tenet for us. Start gracefully simple, focus on function, and add as the need arises or want makes something impossible to live without – planning for evolution. We’ve stocked our new digs with new client work and personal projects for your perusal. We’d love your feedback on our work and site so feel free to drop us a line at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and tell us what you think. It’s Friday, the sun is out, so no more computer for me!

—Tyler

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Cool Gray 10 C February 19, 2010

Tyler & I lucked out for Christmas. Picture a set of these absolutely rad Pantone® mugs. These were my lovely wife’s gift to Blackbrush this year. This one is the exact color of the skies in Seattle today and many other winter days for that matter.

On another note, Happy New Year!  We’ve weathered the storm this year and are busy in the studio—newly located on Capitol Hill—wrapping up 2009 and jumping head first into client work and internal projects for 2010.

Lot’s to come including a full site update at blackbrushcreative.com. In the mean time, try to stay dry and warm out there.

—Travis

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Decision to Donate Screening August 4, 2009

Ty, Erin (my wife) and I had the opportunity to attend the screening of Decision to Donate, our dear friend Massimo’s award winning documentary. The film follows Mass’ father and father’s friend through the life changing kidney donation process.

We’ve had a chance to work with Mass and his co-director Alex Rubin on several projects but none as meaningful as this. We are thankful that we could help out in our small way. Being able to support this film and it’s efforts has been inspiring.

Thank you both.

—Travis

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Cedar Grove Packaging Taking Over May 24, 2009

Took in a Mariner loss on Thursday and was amazed to see Cedar Grove Packaging cups at Safeco Field.  Proud as hell to have been a small part of this project.

And you can’t beat those $8 bleacher seats on a sunny spring Seattle evening.

—Travis

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Springtime & A Product Sighting April 13, 2009

Last weeks sunshine and 70º weather was much needed. I’m ready for spring. We checked out the West Seattle farmers’ market to scout new produce.

The new produce was sparse but we found some amazing strawberry lemonade in the new Cedar Grove Packaging cups! These little guys will turn back to dirt in less than 90 days. That still amazes me.

—Travis

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In Support of SOS March 30, 2009

Had a chance to attend the K2 / DWR event Design the Modern Board 2009 competition on Friday.  Entertaining all around for a great cause.  Some nice snow board designs, beer, pizza and folks doing good things.

—Travis

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Tyler in Thailand February 18, 2009

Half the team is on the other side of the globe enjoying sandy beaches and tropical weather for a month and a half! He has definitely earned it.

You can follow his adventures on his newly designed blog tilesone.net. 

—Travis

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County’s Namesake January 19, 2009

An especially profound day to acknowledge how far our country has come.  Happy birthday Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.  We are getting closer to the dream.  It is fitting we celebrate Dr. King’s memory on the eve of President Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.  This country is amazing.

In the last few years King County officially changed it’s name to reference Dr. King and updated the crown logo to his visage.  Good change.

—Travis

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Triple Threat January 9, 2009

No this is not about basketball. Well, maybe it should be, seeing as how the Huskies  are playing pretty inspired hoop.  Anyway, we love music and we love Seattle and we love the internet.  So we are announcing the launch a triptych of websites dedicated to those themes:

206Proof.com - Seattle’s Hip Hop Forum
RaindropHustla.com - North West O.G. rap blog
ReignCity.com - Calendar and News source for Seattle events & culture

—Travis

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Obligatory New Site Post January 6, 2009

Hey everybody! We have a new website. We’ve had a chance to work on some fun projects with amazing people over the past—hate to say it—almost two years since our last website update. We hope to be much more diligent updating this site with new projects and posts from the Blackbrush Desk.

Wander around, check out the new work, drop us a line. Grab our RSS feed. We hope you enjoy. All feedback is appreciated. Stay tuned.

—Travis

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Happy New Year January 1, 2009

A big fat thank you to our clients, friends and family for their support and encouragement.  2008 was a great year for us and we credit a large part of that success to the aforementioned people.

Tyler and I are excited for the challenges of 2009.  In the words of our outgoing president “Bring ‘em on!”

—Travis

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We’ve Moved! October 1, 2007

Well, its not a floor in a high rise downtown but it does the trick. We moved the office into a little studio on Mercer St. On the same block as Metropolitan Market and Cafe Zingaro, we have a full fridge and plenty of coffee, two very important things for designers.

—Travis

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Blackbrush On Current TV February 3, 2007

We are excited to report that we will soon be making our cable TV debut. Propadata Films has done a piece for Current TV starring your’s truely. This short piece will be centered around our venture into Second Life. If you don’t know about SL, you definitely need to check it out. It is an online virtual world where the possibilities are endless. It is the future of human interaction on the internet, or maybe not. Yup, geekin’ it up.

—Travis

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