Benny Gold Huf 5 Logo Posted on May 2nd, 2008 by zebra | +Add a Comment » | 14 views
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DVS crewed up with Benny Gold to design for Keith Hufnagel’s 5th pro shoe. Benny is known for his great logos and clean concepts. Below is the logo with the initial sketches that he came up with. According to Benny, he wanted to portray Huf’s reputation for the height of his ollies.

Info: bennygold.com 

	Projects in Progress Posted on April 9th, 2008 by Dept_of_Energy | +Add a Comment » | 48 views
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A sample from a new project we’re working on. More details coming soon! 

	Top 10 Logos in Action Sports Posted on March 27th, 2008 by brabee | 3 Comments » | 97 views
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Action Sports are all about image, style and fun. It’s important that brands have a great logo. Every great looking logo is followed by a successful brand. This top 10 was very hard to pick as there are so many awesome logos in action sports. If you know of any more great logos, please mention them in the comments below.

1. NIXON WATCHES 

2. GRENADE GLOVES 

3. MATIX CLOTHING

4. VOLCOM 

5. MADA CLOTHING

6. DC SHOES

7. FUEL TV

8. ELECTRIC VISUAL

9. ROME SNOWBOARDS

10. SPECIAL BLEND

If you know any of the designers names that designed these, please let us know. Thanks 

	READY, SET, INTERNET! Posted on March 14th, 2008 by general_magic | +Add a Comment » | 14 views
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geometry, halftones, child-like type treatments and illustrations, and a mix of all the above seems to be the hipster illustration/design style du jour, but personally i find very few can rock this balls out and make it really work. in addition to steven harrington/national forest, and guys like cody hudson, damien correll definitely knows how to rock this style well…check him out here..  

	GRAPHIC POLITICO’S Posted on March 14th, 2008 by general_magic | +Add a Comment » | 17 views
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get involved, get creative with these freebie candidate illo’s c/o YWFT 

	New Element T-Shirt Designs Posted on March 13th, 2008 by twhitedesign | +Add a Comment » | 25 views
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Crazy huh.. I just did these a few months ago and you can already get em..  at Pac Sun   

	A Table You Can’t Live Without Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Dept_of_Energy | +Add a Comment » | 67 views
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About a year ago, we rolled a hand-me-down ping pong table into the DOE design studio. It was your typical garage table that was on its last leg but we were just stoked to have it. It didn’t take long for the wheels to start turning and talk soon began of a custom table with a net made of lasers that would transform into a spaceship or man eating pongasauras rex. Something like that. It really wasn’t until one of our clients caught glimpse of our vision and called on us to make a custom table for the SIA (Snowsports Industry of America) trade show in Las Vegas. With the combined force of DOE industrial and graphic designers, one stellar engineer and a crafty wood worker — a beautiful thing happened.

We first researched a bunch of table surfaces but settled on Richlite (the stuff skate ramps are made from) for strength, finish and durability. Then we carefully clear coated a thunderbolt pattern for a subtle tonal effect. The arms are polished aluminum brackets and designed to hold a variety of net barriers. You can slide in a traditional fabric net or go with something much sexier. A custom sandblasted glass net maybe. The legs are constructed from cnc cut ribs glued together with open ends which not only complete the visual form but made the surface appear like it was floating.

Needless to say we are happy with the outcome.So happy that you will see more tables like this one starting to pop up. If you’d like to inquire further or just say whats up, hit us with an email at info@deptofenergy.com.

	DESIGN HISTORY RESOURCE Posted on March 13th, 2008 by general_magic | +Add a Comment » | 14 views
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say what you will about today’s rockstar designers, but for my money you can’t beat a paul rand piece or many of the other works in this gnarly flickr resource… 

	Sole Technology Institute Video Posted on March 5th, 2008 by brabee | +Add a Comment » | 14 views
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Sole Technology has their “techmology” game face on. Etnies, ‘eS, Emerica, ThirtyTwo are all Sole Tech brands. they put a bunch of research, design & testing behind their products and it shows. This video is gives you great insight about what goes on behind the scenes of your favorite footwear brands, I know you love the sub-titles too. This video goes out to our mexican-fanbase, if we have one…

	Digital Surfboard Design Posted on March 5th, 2008 by wordup | +Add a Comment » | 17 views
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Todd Proctor of Proctor Surfboards explains how the Proctor methodology has come to be in digital surfboard design. Alot of people may disagree with digital surfboard design but it looks like Proctor Surfboards has their game on lock and is doing some good work with some cool technology.

In their own words…

” Todd Proctor has been shaping surfboards for 15 years. After handshaping boards for 10 years, he transformed his shaping process into the state-of-the-art designers tool, using the Digital Surfboard Design software. He is able to precision design every aspect of his surfboards using the CAD program and also map his magic handshaped models, which equals quality, consistency, and a dynamic surfboard shaping experience. Watch hims explain the surfboard shaping process here.”