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SIA VEGAS 2009: Tradeshowage

January 27, 2009

OUR FIRST TIME IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES": So all my buddies got to go out late last night here in Vegas. You know, whoopin' it up, sluggin' back libations, etc. Not me. I was locked in my room making a logo.I got an invite to "redesign to current Super Bowl XLIII" logo from a fella at the New York Times! Couldn't pass up the chance to take a swing at it.You can read the whole article right here, and then, you can check out all the logos folks sent in.It's great to be bumping elbows with the likes of heavies like Pentagram, Felix Sockwell and Modern Dog! I'm a fan.Here's the one I made, in it's very own link. Real proud of this one.And hey, it's pretty fascinating how the "overlapping things to make a football shape" came up so much. That's the first thing that popped into my thinker, and I let it rip. Awesome how this stuff works, you know? Please call again, NYT!- - - -SO MUCH TO CHECK OUT: I got to see all kinds of incredible work today at the trade show.- The "Indoor Survival" board for Capita. So good.- Nitro's shit is alway incredible, and Paul Brown's graphic contribution is gigantically noted. Serious lines, serious lines.- Cody Hudson's stuff for Forum.- Tyler Stout's Youngblood series for Forum.- The "Slackcountry" series for Ride. Best topsheets of the day.I love getting to see all the new work, and especially, the stuff from friends. So many talented fuckers getting it done.Had a challenging supper with Rose, Lance and Michaylira at some weird Japanese place a couple miles off the strip. One of Rose's so-called "Finds." You should seen the "pile of octopus" those fucks ate. No way. Never. I had pot stickers, jalapeno fried rice, some failed "baked potato with bacon stir fry" and one bite of crusty mackerel. Should just went to In-n-Out.- - - -YOU CAN JUST SMELL THE "SIN": Dead Casino Graphics.- - - -I KNOW YOU TURDS ARE READING THIS SHIT: A special, hairy, top-of-our-lungs, "Bite it!" goes out to Evan Rose and Lance Violette, high above the rest of piss ants, spooning in their Mandalay Bay penthouse. You know, you can dress 'em up, but you....

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