http://www.whenweland.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:09:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before we became WhenWeLand, we were WonderBureau. A lot of the work for WonderBureau was backed up on CDs and DVDs as well as on a tricked out G5 with dual drives. Sadly, the G5 was stolen during a break-in shortly after our relocation to Los Angeles. A police report was ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/wonderbureau-to-whenweland-lost-found/ What a happy surprise: Whnwlnd linked at Konigi ( very nice design resource ). http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/konigi/ Interactive Creative Direction, Flash Build, and Ads. Created with BL:ND and EURO RSCG for Oppenheimer's new Ad Campaign. Motion work and overall Creative Direction, BL:ND. Note: The mini-site has since been taken down but we will be posting a working version or a video ( due to legal ) of the site ... http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/oppenheimer-numbers/ We're in the process of re-designing our CMS to better accommodate new features and growing components. Usability, functionality, and aesthetics are all being addressed. This version will eventually be ported to the CodeIgniter base that we have developed. Contact us directly for a full list of features and updates. All Median ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/our-cms-median-update-is-on-the-way/ Added a few design images to the Mo/de Project site ( on our site, not theirs ;) ). http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/update-mode-project/ Scion Owners Curating The City: Wilshire Blvd. Median Hush Twiss Heavens Fall S3MX Suave: Can You Tell SageTV http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/work-screens-updated/ We thought it was time to refresh the site a bit for the summer. Ok, it isn't very summer like, but neither is LA right now: full on June gloom! It should last us a month or two before we get bored with it. We even added a few design ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/wwl-summer-refresh/ The initial concepts for this Scion owner community site were definitely more along the lines of Scion's non-traditional form of advertising to its base. The final concept is based on a city of garages where a garage represents an individual owner in the Scion community. Users may setup profiles and ... http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/scion-owners/ We're thinking seriously about getting some new furniture at Skate Study House. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/skateboard-is-design-even-when-not-printed/ The sad fact is that MakeNiceThings (mn+) has setup a Twitter account. Not really too sad. Insider info before it goes live can't hurt. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/twitter-the-sad-fact/ We've been working on a simple WordPress framework internally since last year (not the entire time, client work and quality of life come first). It first started out as a way to help us rapidly build data-driven sites for clients that had smaller budgets for their online initiatives. Now, we're pleased ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/makenicethings-update/ Median is our internal CMS (content management system). The first two versions were all Flash based and were more experience oriented. We switched to an Ajax version in 2006. Now we're at a no-nonsense version that simply works. Median is our answer to a custom publishing system when open-source just ... http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/median-08/ We thought we should share some older work that isn't shown on the site in general. Since, the work was done while Jason was actually at Hello Design, it doesn't really fit within our main work section. Toyota Landcruiser : Flash Sci-Arc : Flash MDC Partners : Flash + 3D http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/while-looking-through-old-work/ Chris Do has started something new. Everything reviewed is under $50! http://50under50.com/ http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/50under50/ Well, it appears that the redesign of radaronline.com (we had nothing to do with this version) no longer has a working version of the Fame-o-meter. Just to be absolutely clear, we had nothing to do with the latest reincarnation of Radar. When we get around to it, we'll post a ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/radar-is-not-the-same-anymore/ Blind has posted info on the Oppenheimer project that WWL was involved with last Fall/Winter. Check it. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/oppenheimer-on-blinds-site/ We're working on something new for the people. MakeNiceThings hopes to do just that ... make nice things. The first nice thing is a customizable WordPress theme converted from our own Median publishing tool that focuses on good typography and clean design. Details Soon. MakeNiceThings http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/make-nice-things/ domestika.org http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/hello-madrid-domestikaorg/ Just dropping a line for the visitors from Lisboa. Obrigado. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/bom-dia-boa-tarde-boa-noite/ Hush continues to impress ... new reel and Nokia work posted. Nice! http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/hush-updates-with-new-work-and-09-reel/ Yes, late post ... was a good break. We have lots of cool internal projects planned this year and look forward to sharing as soon as they start to take shape. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/happy-new-year/ Just a reminder that our office will be closed over the holidays from December 20th until January 5th. Snappy Holidays!! http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/snappy-holidays-reminder/ We have a new toll-free number for the main office ... See contact. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/new-phone/ We decided that we would get the jump on updating the site before the holidays. So, while we sort through process images, comps, and archived goodies for the work section, have a good holiday and happy new year. New work and site updates coming soon! http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/almost-there/ Creative Direction, Design, Flash Build, CMS. Huge thanks to Nikolai Cornell (madein.la), David Schwarz, Eric Karasyk, Jessica Pierik, Laura Alejo(and the rest of HUSH), and Jef Lear. View Site http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/hush/ The Mo/de Project (mode) site design is actually based on a letterpress DVD kit for their reel. We scanned the board, matched the shadow, pulled some patterns and textures. Craft style visual design like this can take a wrong turn in a heartbeat. The end-result closely matches their promotional collateral ... http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/mode-project/ Identity, Print, Collateral, and web for Twiss Creative Recruiting. Evolved brand to grow with new initiative. View Site. http://www.whenweland.com/wrk/twissc/ Happy August! Let us start by saying that the new site is coming -- we've just been side-tracked by, you know ... client work. So, thanks to all that have asked regarding the new site, we'll let you know as soon as it goes live. Speaking of client work, we're currently working ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/august-08/ Our internal CMS/ FMS : "Median" is taking yet a new direction. We are looking into converting the core framework to CodeIgniter ... after playing around and looking through the source, it seems to be right up our alley. We will still continue to support older versions, but all internal development ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/codeigniter/ We just launched a new collaborative project with Nikolai Cornell (madein.la) for HUSH NY. Huge thanks to Nikolai Cornell, David Schwarz, Eric Karasyk, Jessica Pierik, Laura Alejo (and the rest of HUSH), Christina Aube, and Jef Lear. Check it! http://www.heyhush.com/ http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/hush-madeinla/ neublack http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/neublack/ HUSH featured at ventilate.ca . http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ SciArc.edu is a Commarts Webpick. Yet another project Jason worked on while at Hello Design. The site is also a Webby Nominee under the school category. Others that worked on this project: Ron Thompson and Anna Simonse. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/sci-arc-commarts-webpick-of-the-week/ We haven't posted anything for a while. This is because we are super busy at the moment. Currently, we're working on new stuff for Bl:nd, Hush, and Mo/de. WWL would also like to give big thanks to Michael Small from Radar Magazine for his attention to detail. He will be leaving ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/working-thanks/ Finally, Autolux released a long awaited new track "Audience No. 2", and we've had it on repeat for a while now. Blissful noise pop makes us just as happy as melancholy noise in general. Ahh, wonderfulheadhurt!  Go download it! http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/new-autolux-single/ True, we do want to be your friend. Add us to your Wii address book - so we can do all of the fun things friends do. Maybe we'll both have free time and race our @$$'s off in Mario Kart for Wii too. whnwlnd. Wii Wii console : 6279-9062-0903-7882 Wii Mario Kart ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/when-wii-land-wants-to-be-your-friend/ WWL just launched an all inclusive mini site for Twiss Creative Consulting — full site expected this summer. We also designed the Twiss logo (circa 2003) and new business cards + collateral — yes, a shameless plug for our work, but also a plug to help spread the word for ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/twiss-creative-consulting/ Just a heads-up that FITC 08 is coming up … April 20-22 in Toronto Canada. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/fitc-08-reminder/ Since tax day is over - whew - we thought it would be a good time to take a breath and write about what we\’re up to and what we\’ve been up to so far this year. First off all, we\’ve been super busy. We launched the new Blind site - ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ This is really nice — heavy cpu usage, but nice. DropClock http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ Congrats on the new job Adhemas. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ Just a line drop for the last project Jason worked on with Hello Design … Land Cruiser 2008 is live. Two experience selections showcasing the all-new Land Cruiser in environments it was designed for. From Western Austrailia to the Yukon, the Land Cruiser is the main character in these two ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ Jason here at WhenWeLand and Koh Suwa are once again working on a their Okorange project. We can\’t release much info as it is fairly secret. However, it appears that the resurrection of Okorange will involve great things. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ While we haven\’t really advertised our Internal CMS system \’Median\’, we have been developing it internally and for clients since 2002. While it didn\’t really come into it\’s own until 2004, it is now taking a form beyond it\’s humble beginnings.Originally, it was built only to handle the server-side publishing ... http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ We\’re sure most people in our industry know about it already, but we just can\’t say how much we enjoy Processing. We are working on new experiements and hope to post them to the site in the upcomming months (as soon as we have some time). http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ We hope everyone took time from their busy schedules to vote. Yes we can. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ Flash In The Can (FITC) is coming up again in Toronto. WWL is proud to announce that Jason will be a judge for the FITC Awards for his 4th consecutive year. Submissions are open if you are so inclined. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/ David Lynch does the weather? Jason is going to style his hair after Mr. Lynch and you will love it. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/david-lynch-does-the-weather/ Friend of WWL, Adhemas Batista updated his folio and we are glad to see the new works and you should be too. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/adhemas-updates-his-folio/ We're always looking for animators, designers, technologists, developers, and project managers (freelancers welcome). Send your resume with folio urls. http://www.whenweland.com/frsh/were-hiring/