Outside of Washington DC there is the nice (lesser known) city of New York that hosted the recent Global Leadership Awards Dinner. openbox9 had the pleasure AND honor to attend. We primarily traveled to celebrate the host, AICGS, but an added perk was the chance to check out the design work we did for the [...]
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“Elevating the role of design and marketing on the Web since 1996 has been both rewarding and a thrill. My passion involves a mixture of social anthropology, sociology, cultural trends tracking, and the hunt of what is relevantkool (I also invent words). Solutions are nothing without a mission, and mine is to apply my passion to aiding organizations with a cause. Making their mission, my mission.” — Michael Schafer
Outside of quoting myself, Michael (me) lives a charmed life with a saucy wife, two vibrant daughters, and outstanding friends. View LinkedIn page
Making of the Baking the Cookies
This time, tasty design became edible for a recent Christmas card design for our friends at 9Marks… for those out there that want a July 4th card I have an idea using deviled eggs!
AIGA’s Lightning Strikes… strikes Nov 17
We were honored to help-out our local chapter of AIGA with a visual campaign for an upcoming “night that will awaken your mind with inspiration and creativity.” Imagine what mischief could happen if your mind was woke up… with volts of pecha kucha (20 slides in 20 seconds) Registration is open – check it out [...]
The ideal chair for humanity
Some would consider this post “epic” and paramount to the survival of the sedentary human. I would not, but some will argue for my chair design proposal.
Summer of Launches
As summer officially ended last week, a summer where we received news of NASA never launching a shuttle again… I thought I’d cheer us up about celebrating our launches this summer. There were many for us astronausigners to float on about (in no particular order) Ethnotraveler Experience the crossroads of culture from your livingroom. www.ethnotraveler.com [...]
Favorite Flag Designs
Happy Flag Day. With much respect to the stars and stripes I wanted to honor those other well designed flags out there – here are a few of my favorite well designed flags: Chicago with your baby blue and twinkling stars – this is a cutie pie design. Can you see the stars square dancing [...]
openbox9 is looking for a designer!
Ready to use your design talent for good? Ready to work in an environment that will challenge you with exciting responsibilities? Ready to have fun designing comprehensive solutions? We would like to hear from you. Designers at openbox9 are: Well versed in designing positive user-experiences for online projects Understand the importance of function before form [...]
Year of the Rabot : 2011
We have a new enemy We hope your 2011 is a safe one… the army of detached rabbit heads being mounted to robots might make it a challenge. Only after the Chinese New Year celebration will we know what they want — my guess is either better pay at petting zoos or an end to [...]
idea: saving street water
Water problems solved: Conserves water during times when processed water should be used for humans/animal types not plants Prevents rainstorm runoff from getting into our waterways (what’s wrong with that?) Gives slacking rabbits a job Should be cost effective and uses time proven technology – the hand pump. What would hold this idea back are [...]
Redesign vs. Realign, What’s a Website to do?
I once heard myself answering the question “should I redesign my site” with a question “do you think your website could perform better?” Which is the same as saying “yes.” I would like to expand and argue with myself. Yes, I believe all sites can increasingly become more effective but the real question is should [...]
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