Because we had experience in both print and web design, and because we truly loved working in both mediums, we decided that we shouldn't be completely exclusive in any one particular area.

The Inner Voice

eljl v2 launches

April 7th, 2009

eljl is proud to present version 2 of its website. This is our studio’s second incarnation in the four years we’ve been located in the Pacific Northwest. While our old site served it’s purpose as an informational tool, it lived on a bit too long without a refresh-a happenstance of our extremely busy project schedule (although, we are not complaining.)

Our new site features many of the features that we loved in our first version, but incorporates many new features (particularly under the hood) that we have been using in some of our recent work.

At this point our content remains much the same as it was in the previous incarnation, but as with all our personal projects it’s the starting point-not the destination. So, you can be sure that things will be changing over the life of this version.

So, it’s a new year and a new face. Well… not such a new year anymore, but it’s a new face to be sure.

eljl on Zazzle

May 1st, 2008

After reading a great article in Wired about the possibilities of publishing on demand, We’ve decided to start a shop on Zazzle for certain personal and studio projects.

Our first piece is a gimme in that we’ve had some requests to do our “Helvetica Freezes” sticker in a wearable format. We will be ordering a dozen or so in the next few weeks for everyone in the studio.

Dev PDX-style

April 30th, 2008

Venturing out tonight to hit the DevGroup NW speaking engagement, The Secrets of “Designing Great Sites with Photoshop & Dreamweaver” at Portland Community College. The presentation will be given by Greg Rewis, an adobe hatchling, so the info will be straight from the source.

I don’t get much time to attend events these days, but I realize that with trying to run your own studio comes the need for reaching out and networking when opportunities arise. Plus, with this, I get a chance to hear someone else’s point of view on what Dreamweaver and Photoshop can do when put into a sultry union together. It should be interesting.