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I mentioned this on twitter earlier, but — Sixteen years ago today, I launched my first website. The homepage (I’m sorry, funky homepage,) still exists. Unfortunately at the time I didn’t set aside the first version of the other pages, but this gives a pretty good idea of the high caliber of web design I was working with at the time.
(Best viewed in Netscape 1.1)
Fans of the 2009 N*E*R*D site should recall the large cartridge that the crowd held up on the intro page. Well, that was actually just one of many different fake cartridges that I created. Here’s the story of a concept that didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the site so it wasn’t used.
Back in December 2008, I was brought onboard to redo the official site for N*E*R*D. Another company had been working on it, but the band wasn’t happy with the direction they were going in. I was soon on a call with Pharrell, who was detailing his concepts for the new site: an old-school Atari theme.
This got some wheels churning. As luck would have it, a friend I’ve known since 3rd grade is a big Atari fan and has a pretty large collection. We arranged for him to send me a package of games, controllers and a system. I wasn’t exactly sure what I’d do with them, but hoped that the gear would spark some ideas.
And they did! I love those old, classic cartridges. The labels, the graphics, the way they were all worn down from years of use and abuse. I didn’t have an Atari growing up, (we were a Commodore family,) but it took me back.
I then looked to the album artwork, which also had great illustrations:
My next step seemed obvious…
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I got the news last night that the Gilbert Arenas site has been selected as an Official Honoree for the 2011 Webby Awards! After hearing that, I picked up my nearest internet device and looked up “Webby Awards Honoree” because I didn’t know what that meant. Sounds like a good thing though:
Of the over 8000 entries submitted to the 15th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree.
So – cool! This was one of the ten selections in the Celebrity/Fan category, alongside Asher Roth, Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse AND the Rockettes. Thanks to Paisley Benaza at Dossier, it’s been a pleasure working with her for the past few years and I look forward to many more!
Pharrell released a new track today, hit the BBC Blog to hear it. This track is accompanied by a little animation I put together, with art direction from F.luxury.B. Check it! Tron style!
I announced this on twitter a few weeks ago but hadn’t officially mentioned here yet, but I’ve been using the tumblr lately. Apparently I signed up for an account about three years ago and completely forgot about it. A few weeks back I was talking to Brian Raftery about tumblr, saying things like “I don’t get it!” and “it doesn’t make any sense?” I just couldn’t figure out why someone would want to use this closed-off half-blog system if they have a real blog at their disposal.
Then I started to understand, where a blog post should have a title and a point, a tumblr is less formal and more random. (aha! steve catches up to 2008.) So I started pulling some things out of the archives, lining up some assorted nonsense, and somehow I’m already up to 80 posts. Take a look! You’ll also see recent images from there in the new sidebar on the bottom right of this here blog page.
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I noticed on twitter the other night (from my man Mikey) that Vanessa Hudgens was back in the news. I won’t comment on why her name came up, but it reminded me “hey, I made her website once!”
In 2005-2007 I did a lot of work for Hollywood Records, which included a bunch of websites for teen pop acts. Most of those projects haven’t made it into the new portfolio yet, but I figured it was a good time to dig this one up.
It was an all-Flash site, and was her official site for about two years. Best of luck to Vanessa!
Look, a brand new fishbucket.com!
Historically, this site has been a bizarre assortment of pages that were haphazardly slapped together. And that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, it was a fun way to show my goofy 70s people, plus I never wanted this site to feel corporate. (I vote YES on sweet 70s ‘staches and NO on wordy case studies and empty marketing statement garbage.)
While the randomness of the old pages was fun, I figured a cleaner homepage and blog and some sort of “navigation” could be useful.
So here we are! The cast of characters is the same, but there’s a little more order around here. The revamped portfolio is easier to navigate and won’t be left neglected for months/years anymore. The quote request page works as it used to, and the blog has moved off of the homepage and into its own comfortable corner.
Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Full disclosure… I assume most professional web designers are in the same boat, but with a full client load it’s hard to find time to work on your own site. To expedite the process, this site is based on an excellent theme by Orman Clark. Check him out!
Hop back on the Soooooul Traaaaain… We relaunched the site this weekend, going with more of a news/magazine feel and brightening everything up. Check it out!
SOULTRAIN.COM
Site by Fishbucket
Project management by Arisha Williams
He’s back! Gilbert Arenas now plays for the Orlando Magic, and since he’s no longer with Adidas he’s free to wear whatever sneakers he wants. We set up this calendar-style site so his fans can keep track of what shoes he wears every game:
GILBERT ARENAS IS THE SNEAKER CHAMP.
This was a collaborative effort, involving Dustin Canalin of UNDRCRWN fame, and Paisley Benaza of DOSSIER.
Check it out…
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Another fun project… BOOTS N’ WIGS is your go-to spot for pictures of BOOTS and WIGS. Uses a yearbook theme, so you can browse through the pages of this fantastic class of crazy people. Check that out!
BOOTSNWIGS.COM
Site by Fishbucket
Additional development by Will Olbrys
Creative direction by Fam-Lay
© Copyright 2012 Fishbucket, Inc.
http://fishbucket.tumblr.com
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