Hygge Hus – Page 2 – A cozy two-bedroom cabin on the banks of the Sandy River near Mt. Hood

February 13, 2012 — No Comments

My World These Days

Josh and I are in love with our house. Every day we discover more corners to devote love & attention to. It's a lot of work but totally worth it.

The biggest project so far has been to repaint the back stairwell (20 foot ceilings!) and re-hang old and new artwork in it. I've always had tons of art on the walls in every place I've lived, and I've still got wallspace, so the collection continues. I'm especially excited about the Michael Gillette piece "Joko", Rodarte-designed poster for one of my favorite films, Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard, and a photograph by Laura Plageman. Nice to mix in pieces amongst all the work by Nathaniel Parsons.

Other big projects on the horizon are refinishing the front door (complete with commissioned stained glass window by Ted Ellison) and painting the front steps/railing.

Our garden has awoken and has started to say hello too. Bright purple crocuses planted two winters ago have returned, and daffodils and tulips from two years ago & this past winter are peeking out too. I think it's going to be a glorious spring in the backyard.

& of course there's fantasy basketball, which is my biggest obsession. For those who are interested, my team formally known as "Tha Nub" now known as "Linoleum" (everyone in our league has a team know paying homage to Jeremy Lin), is still IN FIRST - first since the beginning of the season. But this week that may all change since I am doing battle with Joanna's team, who is only 2.5 games back in second. Say a prayer for the nub, won't you?

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January 3, 2012 — No Comments

For 2012

make art_balance work + life_be kind to family_maintain fitness_be engaged_consume less_save money

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General Updates

Things that have happened: launched my friend's new website, watched melancholia, hosted a pretty amazing dinner party, saw wild flag five times, went to nyc to celebrate me & josh's ten year wedding anniversary, started to read infinite jest, spent halloween in portland with my nephews and niece.

Things that will happen: read mj's new book, see molly nilsson, see nathaniel's new show, spend a week in ohio, go to nyc for a big party.

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September 20, 2011 — No Comments

A Vertical Garden of My Own

Forever a project in my mind, my vertical garden was finally created last weekend. A friendly and helpful man at Flora Grubb talked us out of purchasing their $90 box planters and about repurposing shutters instead. So Josh and I went over to Urban Ore and - lo and behold - we found the perfect set of plantation shutters for $40.

With the help of my friend Nathaniel, we framed it out and boxed in the planter area using pine and 1/4" cement "hardie" board. I sanded and painted everything using my favorite patio shade, "Black Jack" by Benjamin Moore, and filled it all with The Dry Garden's succulent & cactus blend. The plants were purchased from The Cactus Jungle and Alex Rigg in Berkeley (Alex sells the most amazing varieties of succulents and cactii out of her house on Delaware street between Sacramento and California).

PS- if you're interested in some of the plant varieties shown, I'm cataloguing them on Pinterest.

Update: all of the plants are still alive, some getting a little "leggy" and losing a bit of their red color, but otherwise still looking like they do in these pics.

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Tags: gardening

September 20, 2011 — Comments are off for this post.

Sears iAd: Horoscope

Sears asked us to concept an iAd which promoted the launch of the Kardashian Collection. We initially presented five concepts, and Sears chose the one we called "Horoscope."

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September 20, 2011 — Comments are off for this post.

Pitches

I've had the opportunity to work on a varied set of pitches, both as a creative lead and as a supporting designer.

Here are some of the standouts. Note: Some of these projects are quite confidential in nature, please do not copy and use discretion when sharing these links, thank you.

Food for Good, website for a food delivery program run by PepsiCo
Lead brainstorms, developed ideas, formed the deck
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Sears E-Circular, Re-inventing the printed newspaper insert for digital
Lead brainstorms, developed ideas, created visuals and directed design team
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GOOD Magazine, Ideas for mobile and tablet apps
Lead brainstorms, developed ideas, created visuals
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Lady Gaga for HBO, Augmented reality experience to promote her concert broadcast
Lead brainstorms, developed ideas, created visuals
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Samsung, Campaign ideas that bring attention to Samsung's products throughout the year
Developed ideas, created visuals
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Kashi

During my time on the Kashi account I had the opportunity to make a lot of things other than comps. Some of these things were recommendation decks about revamping parts of the site, some were digital ideas that had to be folded into an overall 360 campaign.

Except when noted, I was responsible for creating all aspects of the work.

Facebook POV, Kashi asked us for our recommendation on which Facebook features to integrate into the website
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Strategy for the "Recipes" section, Strategic recommendations
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Cereal Trial Event Campaign Ideas, Digital ideas that were part of an overall campaign
(Deck created by Kashi's advertising agency, my work starts on p13)
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Get Real Campaign Ideas, Digital ideas that were part of an overall campaign
(Deck created by Kashi's advertising agency, my work is on p10-13)
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September 20, 2011 — Comments are off for this post.

Sears Style

Sears created an apparel division and asked The Barbarian Group to develop its identity, voice, content hub and social media strategy. I was involved at the beginning and helped develop the identity and look & feel for this new fashion destination.

Early look & feel studies:

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July 27, 2011 — No Comments

Summer’s Cauldron

I have a new niece, her name is Mika Hiroko. She was born small, but is working hard to get healthy & strong. I think I'm getting better as an "auntie" – better at holding little babies, being open & receptive, being understanding with my little sisters who are now mothers now. It's trippy. I don't regret not being a mom myself, and am enjoying spending more time with Josh and our cats these summer days. We are making meals from our garden and making each other laugh, both good things.

I'm also enjoying the pace of these days, time seems to move a little slower, and I've been fortunate to work from home a little more. We have new neighbors up the street, neighbors that play magical loopful banjo tunes and the occasional shoegazery melody. As much as I wish we could move out of this neighborhood, I have to admit there's a vibrancy and soulfulness to it too, that I'd miss. We're hanging pretty tough here.

It's always a sad time of year for me though, the week after the Tour de France has ended. Not sure how I became so attached to those three weeks in July every year... sports in general is now my lifeline, my constant. There's always something to look forward to, and I feel comfort that millions of other people are also looking forward to the same things. It's the same feeling I'd get from hearing the sounds of late night television (M*A*S*H or Hawaii 5-0) coming from my parents' bedroom. I always felt safe knowing they were still up.

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July 8, 2011 — No Comments

Update

July's going off, too many things to keep track of. My sister Mod and her partner Kat's baby is due any day now, in fact she's 5 days late. I launched the new Stephen Malkmus site to the delight of its message board. Josh cut his finger, kinda bad, but it's healing now. Chris Horner essentially crashed out of the tour today. The SF Giants just split its series with the Padres. Peony season is officially over. Okay, most of this you might know already?

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