February 2012
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January 2012
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Pages With Too Many Ads “Above The Fold” Now... →
Local Filmmaker Looking for Horror Film Funding →
Should be interesting—Brook Linder has done some pretty cool films in the past and for a $10 pledge you get a free download of the song written and performed by SSLYBY’s Philip Dickey (bonus:)
December 2011
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Happy Holidays
Cheers to whatever you wish to celebrate this season!
Holiday Greeting from Departika on Vimeo.
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Pork Experiment #2
Lately here at departika we’ve been doing our best to exercise our motion muscles through fun little one-off animation experiments. You might even laugh a little!
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WatchThere is always time for a little piggin’ around. Enjoy!
November 2011
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Phones are Down
Our phone lines are down at our building and we may not regain service for a couple of days. Please reach out to us by email, IM or call 417-425-7917.
October 2011
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September 2011
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We're Moving!
By October 1st we will be the happy owners of our new office building at 210 W. Commercial Street. Although we will miss the Art Factory, we are very excited and hope to be moved in (and maybe not completely settled) by October 17th. Perhaps we should throw a house warming party. If we do, we will let you know!
August 2011
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New Widget Tracks Record-Breaking High...
With how hot it has been everywhere, you got to wonder about these things…
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/08/is-this-record-breaking-record-breaking-heat.html
June 2011
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planking is dead. cone-ing is in. →
A meatier Lorem Ipsum →
May 2011
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Your dad was a hipster before you.
Here you were, thinking that this movement is new. Guess what? Your dad did it first.
http://dadsaretheoriginalhipster.tumblr.com/
"Inspire Your Work" Poster
Thanks to Allie at No Small Dreams for sharing our poster on her blog—which is pretty cute. check it out. Maria (our reigning Queen of Cute) better watch out.
Saturday is the end of the world, remember? →
Dream Desk →
elevenlovelythings.com included our “Inspire Your Work” poster in their dream desk collection—thanks! We’re flattered…and think you are lovely.
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Beer + Design Labels = Quality Friday →
April 2011
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How to Proofread Like a Pro →
As a designer, sooner or later, we all have to deal with copy: writing copy, reading copy, and proofreading copy. We found this pretty helpful article about the latter. Check it out.
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Infographic: Why Mobile Matters
Full infographic here »
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Launched at Facebook/SKYYVodka
Head over to SKYY’s Facebook profile and enter the SKYY Summer Sweeps through the app we recently launched with our friends at Origin. Good luck! Enter »
March 2011
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Great interview with James Victore →
James Victore is a man of action. He believes that knowing about jazz and wine and auto-racing can make you a better designer. That graphic design is about experiences and stories and using your hands. That the best designs punch you in the gut – or, at the very least, stop you in your tracks…
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How can design save the world? A question never... →
On behalf of all our members, AIGA reached out with support, sympathy and an offer to help our Japanese colleagues in the aftermath of last week’s disastrous tsunami. Through Leimei Julia Chiu, executive director of the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) and president elect of Icograda—as well as Mitsuo Katsui, president of the Japan Graphic Designers Association(JAGDA), our...
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Instaprint
We’re a bit addicted to Instagram so when we saw Instaprint, we immediately knew how we were going to spend the lunch hour. Check it out at http://instaprint.me.
More at mashable
February 2011
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Recently Launched at Skyyvodka.com
With our friends at Origin, we recently launched a new web and mobile site along with the cocktail recipe video’s we created for SKYY Infusions® Dragon Fruit. This new flavor is incredibly tasty—check it out from your iPhone, Android or on the web at http://www.skyyvodka.com/
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Ping pong ball tricks →
Here at Departika we are fans of ping pong. So naturally when we saw this video we had to share it.
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Seinquote
If you have an hour, Seinquote is a nicely designed Seinfeld quote a day for your viewing pleasure. Seinquote »
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When & Where People Use Mobile →
Where people are using mobile devices
• 84% at home
• 80% during miscellaneous downtime throughout the day
• 76% waiting in lines of waiting for appointments
• 69% while shopping
• 64% at work
• 62% while watching TV (alt. study claims 84%)
• 47% during commute in to work
Source: Compete’s Quarterly Smartphone Report
More at Lukew.com »
January 2011
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December 2010
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Mom, this is how Twitter works →
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The Open Internet: A Case for Net Neutrality →
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Tyler is Graduating (finally)
Congrats to Tyler Gross who is graduating from MSU with a BFA in graphic design and illustration. Tyler is our design intern and is a talented and motivated illustrator. He likes to draw pictures, eat pizza and ride skateboards. Cheers Tyler.
Grad announcement by…Tyler.
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Brand New Website
We are pleased to announce that we’ve recently launched our new website. If you visit the Work page, you will find some of our more recent projects featuring a wide variety of our capabilities. We are honored to be able to do such great work for so many different people and it was difficult to cull down nearly 5 years into a concise portfolio.
Drop by our About page and you will see that...
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Welcome to the US Maria
Maria Gerasimchuk, a designer here at Departika, took her citizenship oath today and is officially a US citizen. Congrats!
November 2010
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Understanding Bounce Rates Infographic →
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20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web →
Nice little resource.
In honor of me artfully doing the bookkeeping... →
October 2010
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Notebook-and-or-Coloring Book? Oh Yeah!
We have put our minds together here at Departika, and hand crafted a notebook that doubles as a coloring book. And yes, it does have a theme—hipsters. Little details about this subculture (going mainstream) pop out here and there so we have decided to narrow it down to just eight themes: hats, cameras, food (mostly cupcakes and sushi), bicycles, mustaches, coffee, glasses and tapes (as in mixed...
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Poster Blast From The Past →
Recently discovered in a closed off part of the London “tube,” these posters offer a rare glance at the commercial poster art of the 1950s in it’s natural habitat. We recommend to check it out for some inspiration.
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In Almost Every Picture →
In almost every picture #7 tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery from 1936 to 2009.
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October Faux-cus Group
During the October Art Walk Departikans threw down another “Faux-cus Group” event. But this time instead of asking people specific questions, and directing the audience towards deep philosophical thoughts, we just let them explore and show us what’s on their minds. As the result we ended up with excited crowd of participants (ranging from toddlers to grandparents). Equipped with...
Who's Who?
We grow closer by the day to the launch of our new site. Until then enjoy this little taste by trying to guess which varmint is disguising your favorite departikan.
Good luck!
September 2010
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Recently Launched
We recently designed, created and launched a promotional mobile site, website & new video with our friends at Origin for SKYY Vodka. Check it out.
Check this from your iPhone/Touchscreen »
Cocktail Video »
Web Version »
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We like our intern, Tyler Gross, and his... →
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Massive Robot Elephant Tinkered Together with... →