Author Archives: SSeybold

I LOVE adrenaline… and so does this girl. My jaw just about hit the floor when I saw this video. For those of you like me that have been bungee jumping before, you know that it is an experience ripe with excitement, adrenaline, and terror. … Read More »

It’s big. It’s shiny. At SWIRE, it’s always nice to get recognition from those you respect. The Pixel Awards is an annual contest to highlight the best work in the business. We are extremely honored to be the People’s Choice winner in the agency category. … Read More »

This film explores playful uses for the increasingly ubiquitous ‘glowing rectangles’ that inhabit the world. They use photographic and animation techniques that were developed to draw moving 3-dimensional typography and objects with an iPad. In dark environments, they play movies on the surface of the … Read More »

I have long been a type nut. That has not always been the case, but as the years go on, I find myself in a deeper fascination with the art. I look for anything that will quench my thirst for good typography. Billboards, book covers, … Read More »

To go along with my line of inspirational visuals, I present to you a truly jaw-dropping photograph that was taken in Nepal by photographer Anton Jankovoy. I can’t imagine how surreal it must have been to be hiking in the Himalayas and to look up … Read More »

Is there such a thing as easy branding? According to online sources, there is. As I was looking around on Twitter today (yes, that is where I get a good amount of my tech/design news these days), I found a link to a website that … Read More »

When I was young, I really had a hard time concentrating. With impending deadlines, I would postpone longer and longer until I had to perform in what I like to call “last minute panic”. I always seemed to get the job done, but at quite a … Read More »

I regularly scour the web to find anything to inspire me creatively. Most of the time I find inspiration in my own design comfort zones: web design, typography, color theory, etc. Sometimes I find inspiration when I’m not looking for it. That is what happened … Read More »

Being an interactive designer today is a lot of work. Not only does one have to be current on all of the latest best practices and technologies, one must be constantly looking towards what is next as well. It can be completely overwhelming to stay … Read More »

This message is certainly not new. For over a week, we have heard little else than what devastation has fallen on Japan. From the initial earthquake, to the tsunami, to the aftermath, with destruction and nuclear radiation uncertainty, one thing is clear… Japan needs our … Read More »