Here’s a little something we did for our friends at Coffees of Hawaii for the upcoming Hawaiian Ironman. Coffees of Hawaii, if you didn’t know, is well-known for having an espresso bar at the swim turnaround during race week. Look for a little EC Presence on the craft this year! We’re pretty excited about this tee – hope the COH crew doesn’t miss one from the shipment.
We’ve got a couple of Special-Tee’s coming out in the lead up to Kona. Here’s the first.
Here’s a few bits and pieces…
Pulled out something from the archives, circa 2007. The original marathon man – Phidippides.
Here’s a nice little spread on EC Artist, Tony DeBoom, in the Nov/Dec issue of Inside Tri.
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Wow – pretty amazing analysis of our Jack Johnson Poster design by the folks at Creative Allies. Sean D. Robinson gives an in-depth study of our work over on the Creative Allies Blog.
By Sean David Robinson
What makes a winning entry? A skilled and intricately detailed illustration? The gross application of an army of Photoshop filters?
Somewhere in between these extremes lies the winning entry for our Jack Johnson – To The Sea poster design contest. Interestingly, I think its success had less to do with the talented hand of the designer, and more to do with his understanding of visual metaphor in the context of the music the poster promotes. Without a seashore, ocean or surfboard in sight, our winner took home the prize by leaving behind obvious and generic elements for something fresh, playful, memorable, strangely melancholy and totally in tune with Johnson’s musical vibe.
The music of Jack Johnson is whimsical but melancholy. His frolicking compositions evoke the spirit of the beach-party singalong, while his lyrics, though not necessarily dark, are rooted in passionate brooding over love lost and broken lines of communication. In turn, tydeboom’s winning poster design visually integrates the contradictory elements of mournfulness and cheer. It does so through the careful selection of detail and juxtaposition of contrasting elements.
The initial focus of the poster is on the composition as a whole: a man pedaling his bicycle seaward, seemingly to surf, to dance to music from the gramophone in tow (look how the design echoes the logo for Johnson’s label, Brushfire– smart move! Tydeboom did his research.), or perhaps to have a nonchalant conversation with his surprisingly docile seabird friend.
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If you haven’t seen Justified, the incredible HBO show, Deadwood, or an EC Film Favorite, The Girl Next Door, then there’s a chance you may not know who Timothy Olyphant is.
We highly recommend checking out just about anything he’s in – he will more than likely steal the show. His role in The Girl Next Door is an absolute classic.
Our pal, Rico Fuerte is shooting Timothy Olyphant’s latest movie in Pittsburgh these days, and he sent us a nice shot of Rico, Timothy and Clyde just hanging out. Enjoy.
Timothy Olyphant, Rico Fuerte & Clyde
“My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.”
Joe Versus the Volcano
Something I made that hasn’t found a home…yet. So far I call it Highway to Swell
Got this shot from EC Ambassador, Tim DeBoom, during his recent stay in Aspen. Tim calls this his all-time favorite road to ride. We’d have to agree with you Tim – pretty spectacular.
