JOYENGINE: cause sharing is cool

After Scot’s fantasimal work for the Manifest Hope show in Denver during the DNC, he has done some much deserved basking in its wake. Scot doesn’t sit still for long, and after swinging by his site to see whats new in his world, I noticed he has added some tasty treats to his store. Make sure to swing by and check out some of the limited run Obama posters, unsold work from the Manifest Hope show and delightful little trinkets from shows long past.

New and improved YouWorkForThem is now live. Now promising faster downloads, video previews on select products, and a redesigned checkout. Get there and buy something. Read up on how it was all started here.

Our friend Adam Hansel aka DeadVolt sent over an email alerting us to an awesome project, Tuesday.  Adam and friends will be producing a new shirt every Tuesday.  Sound awesome? It is.  There’s already a great stash of shirts done are ready to buy! Check it out!

A sweet pool lounge in Austria, from design duo, Heri & Salli.

MWM Graphics was recently updated with new work and some new functionality. I haven’t been all of the way through it yet, but it appears to look like Matt has been pretty damn busy. Looks good Matt! Keep it up dude.

We’re really feelin’ Frank Chimero’s work.  You should have a look at his portfolio.  He also happens to be the designer behind two of our favorite posters.  Gotta say these two are dead on.  Come on, who’s with me?

Josh Holland’s furries, for SOFT&FURRY™ went on walk-about earlier this week and wobbled their way over to the Shoppe to soak up some java, cupcakes and typography.  They invited cypher13 to tag along and the boys we’re more than ecstatic to accompany them. More on the furries and their adventures into the great wide world of design soon!!!

Newwebpick issue 17 just dropped.  It’s really fresh and super inspiring.  We seriously recommend a download.

Enter the Dragon, “Bruce Lee (1940-1973), founder of Jeet Kune Do, had brought on revolutionary influence to the world of martial arts (and still does). Not only was he a ’super actor’ of sorts, he was also an incredible expert of the martial arts, mastering the mind, body, and soul in the virtue of expressing oneself honestly. On top of being an international star, he was a man of wisdom. With his unique views and mastery of the martial arts, he went so far as to creating his own style of martial arts: ‘Jeet Kune Do’.  I hope that through looking into this special edition of “Bruce Lee 32 35″ issues,  that you may find inspirations in your own life.”

Something Norm Shearer of Cactus said at the Applied Ideas talk inspired me to share this with you all.  Not to say that this is earth shattering shit, but it can brighten up your and your client’s inboxes.

Here it is:

The whole thing is optimized (in particular) for iPhones. For example, if you get this baby on your iPhone, clicking on the address will open up the Map app, clicking on the phone number will prompt a call and so on…

Be warned that this signature is not compatible will all email clients, but if you write everything right the information will still come through.

So here’s the code!

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<p>T. <a href=”tel:720-562-0193″>720.562.0193 ext. 3</a><br />F. <a href=”tel:303-449-0342″>303.449.0342</a><br />E. <a href=”mailto:lucian@cypher13.com”>lucian@cypher13.com</a></p>
<p><a href=”http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2037 13th St. Boulder,CO 80302″>2037 13th Street<br />Boulder, Colorado 80302</a></p>
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If you have any questions leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help out.  Check out this article by Melvin Rivera for more info if you need.

We just got our copy of Sizes May Vary by Mark Boyce.  The illustrations are flawless and the book is beautiful.  We highly recommend it! Check out the site to see some of the spreads.

A great big thanks goes out to Ian Coyle and the MCA Denver for hosting the first of what we hope is many, Applied Ideas, talks on design.  It’s really fantastic to see the Front Range design community coming together for the greater good.  It was a real pleasure to have the opportunity to engage in a design-driven discussion with Chris Beatty of Cultivator, Norm Shearer of Cactus, and Ian Coyle of Superheroes - some of the top creative minds in Colorado.  Thanks again.

DGPH took on their largest mural to date for sneaker giant, Nike.  The mural outside of a Palermo, Buenos Aires Nike store took 5 days to complete and shows the power of DGPH’s illustration skills.  Talk about a fun project…

Lots more great pics over at DGPH’s flickr acct.