July 20, 2009 | By Rebekah

1st Annual Equipment Roadeo

This past June, SUM partnered with the Public Works Affiliate of the New Mexico Association of Counties to build a promotional campaign for their First Annual Equipment Roadeo. SUM worked with NMAC to develop an event logo illustration, invitations, posters, programs, banners, trophies, shirts and an e-newsletter recap of the event's successes.

The Equipment Roadeo was attended by many enthusiastic equipment operators, county commissioners and many entertained onlookers. While we are still enjoying ...

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July 1, 2009 | By Sum Agency

Celia's 3 Day Walk

This August, SUM Partner and woman of virtue, Celia Garcia, will be walking in Chicago's Breast Cancer 3-Day, a 60-mile walk to benefit the Susan G. Komen fight against breast cancer.

"I'm walking for all the women in my life in hopes that a struggle is prevented and that a fight against cancer is won. This is a passion of mine and I am showing all of you what lengths I will go for a cause that I wholeheartedly believe in."

She's even outfitted her blog, OurMadLife.com (Their familly's adventures living in Madison, ...

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June 24, 2009 | By Kenny

HunterGatherer + Incase =

HunterGatherer is an award-winning design, illustration, animation and production studio in New York City. It has earned international recognition for its spare, but inventive projects. HG created this lovely woodgrain pattern and have applied it to products ranging from furniture to skateboard decks. The signature design has been reintroduced for Curated by Arkitip, orna ...

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June 19, 2009 | By Kenny

Rodrigo Fuenzalida

Rodrigo Fuenzalida is a graphic designer and typographer from Caracas, Venezuela. To celebrate the momentous occasion of his site reaching 5,000 visits, Rodrigo is generously sharing three of his typefaces for download. You can download GERD, K5 and LINE_A here.

Thanks a million Rodrigo.

Happy Friday everyone.

June 17, 2009 | By Kenny

Wordle

Word-based visualization at its funest. Wordle generates word clouds from text that you provide. It enables you to see how frequently words appear in a given text. You can tweak your word clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Above is an excerpt I generated from Bryan Lawson's book, How Designers Think.

More on information visualization, visit ManyEyes. Launched by Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas from IBM's Visual Communication Lab, Man ...

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