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our new site for the new york-based PR firm,?kaleidoscope consulting, has gone live. once again a new look & feel for us – we hope you dig it. oh & don’t forget to click the little eye.

our new site for the new york-based PR firm,?kaleidoscope consulting, has gone live. once again a new look & feel for us – we hope you dig it. oh & don’t forget to click the little eye.

today we unveiled our second music video for the protomen. this time around we filmed them, rather than animating them. all footage was taken from a recent show in brooklyn, new york and then smashed to pieces using computers afterwards. we hope you enjoy it:

check out our new website for the irish comedian,?andrew maxwell. it’s a bit like sitting in a greasy spoon reading the paper. also, take a look at our first film poster for the documentary, swing state. in other news we have started work with nicole mackinly hahn on her reap what you sew project. we’ve made?a holding page for her where you can find out more information about the project. last but not least, the?children’s book on colour theory that we designed is now for sale in the?tate modern.
those of you who care for a little disgust mixed in with your morning coffee, hit godaddy.com and throw the search keyword ‘deadsy’ into their start your domain search here box. you’ll note after the more regular recommended domain purchases that they have a few ‘premium domain names’ suggested:
yep, you read that right:
deadmuslims.com
UPDATE:
we just received this note in the comments section from godaddy themselves:
“To those concerned,
Please know that the Premium Domain Name listing for DEADMUSLIMS.COM was recently brought to our attention. As you might imagine, Go Daddy deals with a very large number of domain names on any given day, and the processing of these names is necessarily automated. This can include our Premium Domain Name offerings, as it did in this case.
Although we make no direct judgment regarding the validity of any domain name, we do feel that removing this domain from the list of recommended names is in the best interest of our customers who may be offended by it. Since the posting of your article, the Premium Domain Name listing has been removed from the Go Daddy website. We appreciate your understanding in this matter, and we sincerely apologize to anyone who may have been negatively affected by the listing.
Office of the President
Go Daddy”
thanks for listening GD.

check out the site we just made for long time collaborators?asylum films. the music video they made for black ghosts is particularly worth watching. also, the site we did for tanit sakakini has apparently received some kudos over at?spyline and?straightline.

swing state has just made the cut over at the web design showcase?irie. just in time for some nice weather too.

steaming back into the world of luxury brokers, our site for?the tavivian group went live this weekend. we hope you enjoy it.
on top of that?swing state has been receiving a fair amount of praise. it’s been considered a ‘supercharged creative bookmark’ by the kind folk over at?xhilarate. it’s also been posted over at?picked by six.
so who doesn’t enjoy particles or ironman. we enjoy both and here is a fun little gadget that combines the two, so click around to your hearts content. start clicking, and maybe some holding.

two new sites from us. the first a mini-site to promote 65 days of static’s?new dance parties EP.?the second our first film site for the documentary,?swing state.

it’s hard not to feel?underwhelmed with the state of the design industry today. one avenue i personally had always relied upon was designing artwork for bands. however now the music industry can barely afford to pay for the great designs they need to present their artist’s work, we are all having to find work elsewhere to make ends meet. this, along with other elements, is adding to the larger realization that now more and more of the market is being eaten up by corporations forcing designers to use their art to sell incompatible, emotionless products.
if you have a moment, i highly recommend registering to the (albeit commercially founded) ‘i love design’ site and watching this short interview with peter saville. i have been feeling a great weight on my conscience recently and after watching this i felt it all lift a little as one man defined the issue so succinctly. i hope many can take a lesson from this and things will change. thanks, peter.
http://www.ilovedesign.com/us/exclusives/interviews/peter-saville-design