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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Madhouse
I would love to hear what you thought of the Madhouse tour. Personally, I thought it was excellent and continue to be inspired by the work they put out. Voice your opinion—what did it do for you?
I did not have the pleasure of seeing the old Madhouse location, but I have to say that their new place is really welcoming! And, although I liked their old logo, I thought bringing in the new, simple logo did in fact tie in really well with the new location. As they said, they felt like the company had evolved so much, and updating their logo seemed to really bring that concept home.
It was great meeting the masterminds there, and even better to see the traveling sketchbooks in person. I wish we had more time to drool over them, but ah well.
What was interesting to me was seeing how much they try to step away from their computers and make things by hand. Not only that, but they try to do it as a family. I liked that they experimented with a lot of screen-printing, too. The posters they showed us were really something. It’s hard to replicate that hand touch.
Which reminds me… I am so sad that I have yet to experience screen-printing! Is this something that we can experience as a group? Or maybe someone will be willing to show me the ropes? I would love to learn!
I really respect how the designers at Madhouse give creative input on each others work. I strongly feel this is why Madhouse has been so successful because their team approach to their projects breeds better designs.
I found not only their building to be welcoming (and it still had that "new car" smell!), but the individuals who comprise Madhouse. At times, it almost seemed as though they were somewhat shy about having us there in their "inner sanctum". Enchanting!
Being able to ask questions of people who's work I admire and finding out how one of my favorite pieces came about was a heady experience.
Those sketchbooks were amazing! What I wouldn't give to settle down with a beverage and spend an hour or three going through them. How they manage to part with them long enough to have more added to them is beyond me.
I loved seeing real designers having as much fun as we do with design. I too liked to see hand pulled prints being important to them. Screen printing is an art of its own and a lot of times people construct little tools to fit their personal preferences. The table with the holes drilled in it and a vacuum hooked to it gave me that "basement technology" feeling. It's very refreshing to me to know that a group of real life designers are able to take a very professional design idea and be able to produce it by hand. Another thing I also hold onto daily is when the guy talked about taking on seemingly impossible jobs even if they have never done that type of work before. Like when he talked about never trying the whole green screen thing and telling the client that they can do it. He said they had to learn it the hard way and were able to give their client an amazing piece. That is how i prefer to learn. I tend to tell myself that i can do something way out of my reach and burn midnight oil to accomplish it. I was happy to hear that a bigger company admit that they still do that kind of thing. The sketchbooks. Ok. I am so impressed with the names i saw in them and to hear the guy talk about where they had been. I am literally in love with sketchbooks. They are like looking into the person's diary. You can learn so much from them as well. I didn't see them online at all but the book I had was so amazing. I can't wait to see ours when it is finished.
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I did not have the pleasure of seeing the old Madhouse location, but I have to say that their new place is really welcoming! And, although I liked their old logo, I thought bringing in the new, simple logo did in fact tie in really well with the new location. As they said, they felt like the company had evolved so much, and updating their logo seemed to really bring that concept home.
It was great meeting the masterminds there, and even better to see the traveling sketchbooks in person. I wish we had more time to drool over them, but ah well.
What was interesting to me was seeing how much they try to step away from their computers and make things by hand. Not only that, but they try to do it as a family. I liked that they experimented with a lot of screen-printing, too. The posters they showed us were really something. It’s hard to replicate that hand touch.
Which reminds me… I am so sad that I have yet to experience screen-printing! Is this something that we can experience as a group? Or maybe someone will be willing to show me the ropes? I would love to learn!
I really respect how the designers at Madhouse give creative input on each others work. I strongly feel this is why Madhouse has been so successful because their team approach to their projects breeds better designs.
I love that place. I love the people. I love the work they do. I now want to screen print everything.
-Ne
I found not only their building to be welcoming (and it still had that "new car" smell!), but the individuals who comprise Madhouse. At times, it almost seemed as though they were somewhat shy about having us there in their "inner sanctum". Enchanting!
Being able to ask questions of people who's work I admire and finding out how one of my favorite pieces came about was a heady experience.
Those sketchbooks were amazing! What I wouldn't give to settle down with a beverage and spend an hour or three going through them. How they manage to part with them long enough to have more added to them is beyond me.
Did we send them a thank you note? Should we?
I loved seeing real designers having as much fun as we do with design. I too liked to see hand pulled prints being important to them. Screen printing is an art of its own and a lot of times people construct little tools to fit their personal preferences. The table with the holes drilled in it and a vacuum hooked to it gave me that "basement technology" feeling. It's very refreshing to me to know that a group of real life designers are able to take a very professional design idea and be able to produce it by hand.
Another thing I also hold onto daily is when the guy talked about taking on seemingly impossible jobs even if they have never done that type of work before. Like when he talked about never trying the whole green screen thing and telling the client that they can do it. He said they had to learn it the hard way and were able to give their client an amazing piece. That is how i prefer to learn. I tend to tell myself that i can do something way out of my reach and burn midnight oil to accomplish it. I was happy to hear that a bigger company admit that they still do that kind of thing.
The sketchbooks. Ok. I am so impressed with the names i saw in them and to hear the guy talk about where they had been. I am literally in love with sketchbooks. They are like looking into the person's diary. You can learn so much from them as well. I didn't see them online at all but the book I had was so amazing. I can't wait to see ours when it is finished.
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