Shawn Murdock :: Blog

New design blog

2010-02-11T13:06:00.000-08:00

So I have been debating for the last couple of months if I wanted to stick with blogger or go with Wordpress and I think Wordpress final won out in the battle of my mind. My new blog site can be found at www.murdockcreative.com/blog I have tons of new work ready to be looked at. I hope this is not to much of an in-convince and hope you will continue to visit my blog. I hope to turn a new leaf and post more regularly as this will be a more permeant home for my blogging.

DMC Website

2010-01-28T22:16:00.000-08:00

Check it out! my most recent website design and collaborative project with my buddy Seth Taylor. Seth did all the programming and optimization for the site and I did the design and art direction. Be sure to check out the pdf case studies as well. I am very pleased with the way those turned out as well. Hope you enjoy, you can check out the site at www.dmcsoil.com

New Portfolio

2009-07-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

Here is a new link to my new PDF portfolio:

http://www.murdockcreative.com/shawnportfolio.pdf

and my resume:

http://www.murdockcreative.com/shawnresume.pdf

New Look

2009-07-13T19:53:00.001-07:00

I am finally updating my site! After wrestling with JavaScript for over a year now I decided to go all out and try my hand at Flash. Let me know what you think of my site and if there is something you think I should change before I start the daunting task of coding the site. I appreciate all of your input and hope to hear from you all soon.

Main Page - Pretty simple, just some introduction text.

Navigation - Here is how you will be able to select my work. You can pick from a few different categories.

Portfolio Page

Portfolio Description - Nice little box that will pop up when you click on the "Description" text.

Contact - Last but not least my contact info

Blue Lemon continued

2009-05-19T20:18:00.001-07:00

Here it is my first crack at way-finding signage. I have always been interested in environmental design but haven't ever had a job opportunity doing it.

This was a fun project. I am finding that I really enjoy writing my own copy.

Blue Lemon Identity

2009-04-17T10:16:00.000-07:00

Currently, I'm doing some work for Eli Kirk in Provo. They have given me an assignment to come up all the way-finding signage, wall menus, environment and all other applications for a new restaurant in Highland, UT called Blue Lemon. I am very excited to be working on this project. I think it will help me increase my skills in Environmental Design, since in the future that is what I would like to do.

It's been lots of fun and so far this is what I have done. I hope you like it!
I know everyone I'm working for and the owners of the restaurant have been impressed with my designs.

Click on pictures to make bigger.

Soda Cover

Table Numbers

Take Home Menu

Wall Menus

Vision Center Facelift

2009-04-17T09:48:00.001-07:00

Dr. Marshall in Blackfoot,ID needed to update his store front. So he asked me to make all the changes and this is how it turned out. I think it looks good. What do you think?

DJ Truck and Tire

2009-02-20T08:52:00.000-08:00

This is a sign that I art directed all the design, production, and assembly. Special thanks to all that took part in the project. Nate Mecham for the Logo design, and my sister for cutting out the stickers and helping with the assembly.

Downloadable PDF Portfolio

2009-02-04T10:54:00.001-08:00

Here it is my hand crafted design portfolio.

Click here to download in a PDF booklet
Click here to download my resume

New blog design

2009-02-04T07:51:00.001-08:00

As a designer it seems like we are allot like Carpenters. We do allot of work for others but never finish our own projects. But yesterday I finally put a stop to that and finally designed my wife a new blog. It has been something that has been tormenting me for the last few months but have been unable to find the time to do it. So here it is a new home for all of Diane and I's personal insights. Click here to enter the site

Vision Center

2009-01-31T12:02:00.001-08:00

For the last week I have been working on a logo for the Vision Center. They are a small optometrist shop in Blackfoot in need of a store front presence. I presented three different designs and this is the one they choose. The logo is very simple but a great solution. After they choose a logo I started playing around with different signage applications they could do to spruce up the place.

Sled Shed's blog

2009-01-14T10:49:00.000-08:00

I just finished up dating the Sled Shed blog. You can check it out at;

www.sledshedarmy.blogspot.com

Art Center signs

2009-01-05T09:09:00.000-08:00

I finally had a chance to tour around Art Center campus. After words I actually got a chance to talk to one of its creators at Hunt Design John Temple. Great guy with lots of experience and expertise in the field of Environmental design.

Sign Observations

2008-12-28T10:03:00.000-08:00

After Christmas my wife, mom-in law, and I went shopping in Burbank, CA. It was the first time I had been to IKEA , and I was impressed with there way-finding signage. It was very simple (swiss design) but very effective. The big arrows, all caps type,(not something you see everyday on way-finding signage) and simple icons are a nice combination.

BFA Project

2008-12-22T14:12:00.001-08:00

Here it is my BFA project. It ended shortly after graduation on December 12th and now you can enjoy the exhibit online. Special thanks to Daniel George for taking the photos.

MacBook Freakout

2008-12-11T14:59:00.000-08:00

After a week of all nighters, and non stop processing, my MacBook Pro finally had it. I dont know what completely happened but, as you can see the screen went nuts. All it took to fix it was a simple restart but It was a little odd. Odd enough I decided to post about it on my blog.