Aerial Design

Everybody loves repeatable patterns. They help to create a stunning background using an image with a tiny file size. You can find them used all over the internet, some are good, some are not so good… If you want some great designs for your twitter, myspace or whatever, then head over to Repeat-X Repeat-Y!

Our friend Matt Joyce and his team are building a library of awesome repeatable patterns. They come in all different styles and from some seriously talented artists, so we were stoked when they told us they had posted our pattern! Oh yeah, and the tiles are free to download, as long as it’s for non commercial use.

A little while ago we were approached by the partners at Meridian Surgery, they wanted a new identity and a new website. We obliged and here’s the break down!

We were given a fair amount of creative liberty in this project, which is always nice. Maybe we come across as super trustworthy guys.. I hope so anyway! Anyway, this meant we could assess their needs and develop a site based on our own brief. Fun times!

Today I came home to an awesome surprise… Our good friends over at Pure Buttons had sent us 50 sweet badges with our logo on! Cool stuff in the post is always a total win, but this time it’s even better…

Some people say that Myspace is a dying network, crippled by the onslaught of social networking empires such as Facebook and Twitter. And I guess it is in some respects, but when it comes to music, that belief is very much a naïve one! Apart from playing host to over 8 million artists, TechCrunch explains that “Traffic to MySpace’s music subdomain, has grown 190% since its launch in September 2008 and year-over-year traffic to the URL has increased a staggering 1017%. This increase in traffic equals with a growth from 4.2 million unique visitors to 12.1 million in June 2009.”

…And that’s why we keep designing them.

The guys from Six Time Champion came to us and asked us to create a really ‘professional’ looking Myspace layout–like we would do anything else? Their music flows from the same vein as bands like A Day To Remember, and Set Your Goals. I would say it’s best described as hardcore-pop. They wanted an aesthetic that fit inside a serious looking shell, screaming “don’t take us too serious!”. Easy right?

We ended up throwing quite a lot into this project, the boys left with a sweet layout and a total re-brand! We even made them a crest: