Fun Times

So this weekend I finally got to do some fun/cool design for a change. It's been a long time since I have been able to do something fun (or anything at all) for myself.

A couple of co-workers and I decided to enter the "Design the Modern Board" competition at Design Within Reach out in Denver, Colorado. They are a cool studio full of fashionable home furishings. The competition is also being sponsored by RIDE Snowboards (one of my favorite board companies). The competition is going to be judged by attendies at the show this Thursday March 29th. The winner is going to have their design put on a RIDE board that they will recieve and RIDE may opt to use their design as a production board next season. Also, all procedes from cash donations at the door will benefit Snowboard Outreach Society, whose mission is to provide at-risk youth the opportunity to engage in snowboarding and other recreational activities.

The designs had to be in by Wednesday at 10am so I had to get it done this weekend and mailed off today. After many, many hours of going through 5 or 6 designs over the weekend, I finally came up with the design above late last night. I'm not sure how well it will do in the competition, but I like the way that it turned out for the most part. My only regret is that I won't be able to make it out to Denver to see the show.

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Late Night

It's Monday March, 19th 09:13 pm (well at least that's what Blogger says, my clock says 10:25 pm). Once again I am sitting in the office waiting for DVDs to burn so that they can be ready for pickup tomorrow. It is pretty crazy that I have spent so many late nights at work all because of one project. It amazes me how many times a client can come back with revisions. Especially when they are revisions on something that they told you was "absolutely perfect" the last time they came in with revisions. I just don't understand how they can't catch something the first time that they go through the DVDs. It isn't that difficult. Especially when they watch the DVDs over and over and over... But I guess thats why they hire other people to do these kind for things for them.

On a completely separate note.. I was trying to import a new CD onto my computer while waiting for the DVDs to burn, and now the eject button doesn't work on my keyboard.

This is very frustrating after a long day at work.

posted by monkey @ 9:13 PM 2 comments