About Us

eljl is a multi-disciplinary design studio working on projects across both the print and web spectrums.

In addition to our client work we also collaborate with other artists and produce a multitude of other personal, design related projects.

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Of Note

May
26th
Mon
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Defining the Designer of 2015
I came across this interesting little survey from AIGA and Adobe in which they are looking for information that will help to identify what skill types designers will be expected to have by the year 2015. I’m almost scared to think that far in the future.
May
1st
Thu
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eljl on Zazzle

After reading a great article in Wired about the possibilities of publishing on demand, We’ve decided to start a shop on Zazzle for certain personal and studio projects.

Our first piece is a gimme in that we’ve had some requests to do our “Helvetica Freezes” sticker in a wearable format. We will be ordering a dozen or so in the next few weeks for everyone in the studio.
Apr
30th
Wed
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Dev PDX-style

Venturing out tonight to hit the DevGroup NW speaking engagement, The Secrets of “Designing Great Sites with Photoshop & Dreamweaver” at Portland Community College. The presentation will be given by Greg Rewis, an adobe hatchling, so the info will be straight from the source.

I don’t get much time to attend events these days, but I realize that with trying to run your own studio comes the need for reaching out and networking when opportunities arise. Plus, with this, I get a chance to hear someone else’s point of view on what Dreamweaver and Photoshop can do when put into a sultry union together. It should be interesting.

Apr
18th
Fri
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Flickr: Explore!

Explore! is a section on Flickr that features hand-picked photos by the staff. They pick 500 photos each day that rotate each time the page is refreshed. I just saw that 3 of our photos for Dolls for Friends have been featured in the Explore! section. Yay for us!
Apr
4th
Fri
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DarkCopy - Simple, full screen text editing

This is a great little web-based app that seems like it would be a great resource for writers looking to stretch their fingers and minds a bit without the overhead of using a full featured suite like MS Office or Open Office.

I also imagine this could be used as an on-the-fly html editor of sorts. I think this will make the old Ma.gnolia list for future reference.
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Protolize.org - Essential web tools in one place

Protolize is a nifty little collection of web tools and snippets that are helpful in the daily scheme of things.

Some of the content is a little old because the site is up for sale, but a lot of it is still relevant to our daily work. Check it out before it’s too late.
Mar
29th
Sat
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WordPress 2.5 is Out!

The wonderful WordPress weblog software has been updated and given a big overhaul with the help of our friends over at Happy Cog.
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