CS4 updated and refined the controversial desktop system introduced for the Macromedia-enriched Adobe CS3. Improvements to the ever-growing system were many - sharper, crisper, brighter - but this release also marked the quiet yet confident introduction of what would become Adobe's new corporate typeface, Clean. More »
Marcos is a thoughtful and worldly character, yet towers over your average man. More »
The difficult challenge of branding a new technology platform was brought in-house and landed on my desk. Adobe's AIR (Integrated Runtime) is a platform melding the unique authoring and functional capabilities of Flash, Flex, and web-based technologies for online and offline applications. The mark's form was informed by the melding of the separate technology platforms into one friendly and dynamic whole. More »
Jon is a mysterious man, a man of contradictions, a man of the unexpected. And he has bunnies. More »
Even the most complex work with the most complex people is made happier with treats. More »
Clever project names make for a classic still life. More »
An honorary feast for our spectacular Dutch guest. More »
The Tour of California team cranked out an amazing piece of work, credited entirely to the devinity of the Holy Grill Burger. More »
CS3 was an epic renovation of every Adobe and Macromedia product identity found throughout the desktop. The primary challenges were to develop a system to merge the Macromedia and Adobe product lines, and to tie the product icons together to work side-by-side harmoniously. Elements were created to maintain a 1:1 correlation between application, native file, and other high-level product ID touchpoints from install through workflow. More »
Continuing our regionally-themed posters, this one was for Tim and his beloved North Carolina sweet tea and ribs. More »
A round of healthy eating with our friends on the Acrobat team. More »
Sonya speaks to us from Hamburg, where undoubtedly she was enjoying her shandy und brot. More »
Ethan is a giant, yet somehow he subsides on small containers of beet salad and water. More »
Three designers presenting simultaneously? It's an XD sausage-fest. More »
In yet another attempt at identifying Himgan's ethnic background, we tempt him with Chinese takeout. More »
Short film capturing the work of the Experience Design Team (XD). A demo reel of sorts revealing the revolutionary interaction patterns and application design methodologies created by the team, framed as an expression of Adobe's Experience Revolution. More »
Borov and Ty have some fruit and cereal together (part of this nutritional breakfast). More »
Flex component skin system. New construction and treatment definitions for Aeon's clean, crisp minimalist design. Features CSS-controlled parameters fo transparency to allow dynamic visual hierarchy and a very clever highlight layer for gloss or matte surface treatments. Performance improvements realized through drastically simplified drawing code (by half, relative to Halo). More »
Brownbag poster series. Ryan gets his cappuccino, he's a happy man. More »
Brownbag poster series. What's eating Josh Ulm? (perhaps his inner angst's struggle with a that hardened outer shell). More »
Brownbag poster series. Beer vs TV (beer is a recurring theme in Ryan's adventures and mishaps). More »
Brownbag poster series. Giant Jamba (in honor of Ty's ability to make a Power-size smoothie last all day). More »
Sake and sushi (LiFE vs XD's Japanese colleague). Second in a series of posters and screen-display signage promoting lunch-time XD team presentations. The character of the speakers is presented in the artwork as appetizing lunch-time objects. More »
Borovsky, the pioneer. First in a series of posters and screen-display signage promoting lunch-time XD team presentations. The character of the speakers is presented in the artwork as appetizing lunch-time objects. More »