Author Archive: Brad Mahaffey

A graphic and web designer, and the founder of an eccentric northwest design studio. Now living in Seattle for the past three years, loving the art, music, and culture it has to offer. Fan of coffee, travel, and the occasional slow jam. Believes people should listen to more Bob Marley, and watch less TV.

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Radiohead – In Rainbows Released

• October 10, 2007 • Comments (1)
Radiohead – In Rainbows Released

Happy Radiohead release day everyone. Their seventh studio album entitled “In Rainbows” dropped today and it’s only available to download online. Here’s the hook though.. You set your own price! Will you buy the album? Do you buy the idea?

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Beach Impeach 4

• October 5, 2007 • Comments (2)
Beach Impeach 4

The fourth execution of San Francisco’s “Beach Impeach” rally is set to happen on Oct. 7th at 11 A.M. at the Berkley Marina. Approximately 1500 people in support of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney will be spelling out ‘IMPEACH!’ in 120-foot lettering. The photographers for the rally will be positioned in the helicopters enabling [...]

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Waiiit a second…

• September 24, 2007 • Comments (2)
Waiiit a second…

Thought I would quickly share a very unique photography portfolio I ran across today. The artist’s name is Mark Jenkins, and the work is quite creative. Many of the pieces are some type of odd insertion into everyday life. I’m sure some of those shots would take all day to catch. Got to love a [...]

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The Art of Sadness – Showcase

• September 21, 2007 • Comments (7)
The Art of Sadness – Showcase

Everyone gets sad. We all are susceptible to negative thoughts and feelings sometimes. Sadness is a normal emotion that has the ability to make life more engaging. Some of the greatest art in the world was created because the artist was so entrenched in his emotions of sadness, that it bled on to a canvas [...]

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Minimalist WordPress Theme – Modicus Remix

• September 10, 2007 • Comments (127)
Minimalist WordPress Theme – Modicus Remix

New Premium WordPress Themes now available at Zidalgo.com. This free minimalist WordPress theme is based off of Upstart Blogger’s WordPress theme “Modicus “. Thus aptly titled “Modicus Remix”. The original Modicus theme may be a tad more versatile (such as a three-column option, which remix does NOT have). So if you plan on wanting another [...]

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Animated Typography

• September 7, 2007 • Comments (16)
Animated Typography

Typography is generally viewed as having a static medium, however many motion artists are becoming more inclined to include strong typography focus in their videos. The artistic technique of expression with kinetic text is used to convey the emotion or mood of numerous performing musicians such as Outkast, Bjork, Linkin Park, Nina Simone, Telepopmusik and [...]

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The Burning Man – Take 2

• September 3, 2007 • Comments (3)
The Burning Man – Take 2

The anticipation finally ended in Black Rock City as the 40-foot wooden figure know as ‘The Man’ went up in flames late Saturday evening to mark the culmination of the 22nd annual Burning Man counter-culture arts festival in the Black Rock Desert. Many of this years attendees were concerned they would not get to see [...]

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