Joshua Blankenship
@blankenship.bsky.social
If you havin’ URL problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems but a niché ain’t one.
Once we got past drawing rad bear logos (“arktos” is Greek for “bear”) and went all in on the DNA metaphor, it became one of those visual motifs where you think “this has all been done before — how can we make anything different?” But like a runaway experiment, it all grew from a few key images.
January 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Once we got past drawing rad bear logos (“arktos” is Greek for “bear”) and went all in on the DNA metaphor, it became one of those visual motifs where you think “this has all been done before — how can we make anything different?” But like a runaway experiment, it all grew from a few key images.
🧬New work for Arktos🧬
Warm has been working with Arktos Life Sciences to give their groundbreaking bioscience research a life of its own. I can’t recall the last time I’ve learned so much about the world in a project! It’s 24/7 geeking out.
Full case study link below ↓
Warm has been working with Arktos Life Sciences to give their groundbreaking bioscience research a life of its own. I can’t recall the last time I’ve learned so much about the world in a project! It’s 24/7 geeking out.
Full case study link below ↓
January 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🧬New work for Arktos🧬
Warm has been working with Arktos Life Sciences to give their groundbreaking bioscience research a life of its own. I can’t recall the last time I’ve learned so much about the world in a project! It’s 24/7 geeking out.
Full case study link below ↓
Warm has been working with Arktos Life Sciences to give their groundbreaking bioscience research a life of its own. I can’t recall the last time I’ve learned so much about the world in a project! It’s 24/7 geeking out.
Full case study link below ↓
Thinking about how much “easier” it feels to do a whole design system than it is to make a little one-pager website with just right copy, color, and visuals.
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” — Mies van der Rohe
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” — Mies van der Rohe
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Thinking about how much “easier” it feels to do a whole design system than it is to make a little one-pager website with just right copy, color, and visuals.
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” — Mies van der Rohe
“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier.” — Mies van der Rohe
Sometimes it’s invention time; sometimes we help make existing things better and more functional. @warmdotdesign.bsky.social’s recent work for Company Bureau was a little like brand therapy (for all of us!) as we all collectively realized what they were after was modernization, not reinvention.
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Sometimes it’s invention time; sometimes we help make existing things better and more functional. @warmdotdesign.bsky.social’s recent work for Company Bureau was a little like brand therapy (for all of us!) as we all collectively realized what they were after was modernization, not reinvention.
One of the only downsides is sometimes they need to pause that work to (rightly!) focus on their product and market before our work is the best it can be.
November 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
One of the only downsides is sometimes they need to pause that work to (rightly!) focus on their product and market before our work is the best it can be.
One of the many benefits of working with early stage companies is being able to collaborate directly with founding teams to shape foundational aspects of a company’s brand, voice, and perception.
November 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
One of the many benefits of working with early stage companies is being able to collaborate directly with founding teams to shape foundational aspects of a company’s brand, voice, and perception.
I can hear this photo
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I can hear this photo
When I lived in Dallas, there was a laundromat near my Lakewood studio apartment. Every month they’d clean up the graffiti on this friendly sun, and by morning someone would paint back the gap in his teeth. Commitment to the bit.
November 21, 2024 at 5:44 PM
When I lived in Dallas, there was a laundromat near my Lakewood studio apartment. Every month they’d clean up the graffiti on this friendly sun, and by morning someone would paint back the gap in his teeth. Commitment to the bit.
[working on warm.design case studies today]
November 20, 2024 at 1:15 AM
[working on warm.design case studies today]
Long shot: I lived in downtown Chattanooga in 2006 and took a Polaroid of this sculpture installation on the Walnut Street Bridge right by the Hunter Museum. Anyone know the artist?
November 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Long shot: I lived in downtown Chattanooga in 2006 and took a Polaroid of this sculpture installation on the Walnut Street Bridge right by the Hunter Museum. Anyone know the artist?
Having so many Polaroids from our first year of dating is like owning a magical time machine.
November 19, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Having so many Polaroids from our first year of dating is like owning a magical time machine.
Three Polaroids I took the weekend I met my wife
November 19, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Three Polaroids I took the weekend I met my wife
Age yourself with your first computer
November 18, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Age yourself with your first computer
Fleur-de-lis motif on a Stanley utility knife. Modernity missed some things.
November 16, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Fleur-de-lis motif on a Stanley utility knife. Modernity missed some things.
Current status
November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Current status
We’ve invented a game called Rainbow Car (which is really just a way I’ve tricked the kids into paying attention to the world around them).
November 15, 2024 at 2:15 PM
We’ve invented a game called Rainbow Car (which is really just a way I’ve tricked the kids into paying attention to the world around them).
Hello, fellow humans. The vibes here are finally good. Let’s go.
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Hello, fellow humans. The vibes here are finally good. Let’s go.
“I think most designers are self-indulgent, illiterate…a fashion-mongering bunch of people who cannot speak on any subject except their own.” — Ivan Chermayeff https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/obituaries/ivan-chermayeff-dead-designer-of-familiar-logos.html
May 7, 2023 at 11:18 PM
“I think most designers are self-indulgent, illiterate…a fashion-mongering bunch of people who cannot speak on any subject except their own.” — Ivan Chermayeff https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/obituaries/ivan-chermayeff-dead-designer-of-familiar-logos.html
“There’s no such thing as boring design projects, just boring designers.” — Lou Dorfsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Dorfsman
May 6, 2023 at 12:20 AM
“There’s no such thing as boring design projects, just boring designers.” — Lou Dorfsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Dorfsman
What’s the best NBA team logo featuring a basketball?
May 5, 2023 at 1:16 PM
What’s the best NBA team logo featuring a basketball?
“The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it all. If you cut down on it, you can work more strongly within narrower limits.” — Alexander Calder en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder
May 1, 2023 at 10:35 PM
“The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it all. If you cut down on it, you can work more strongly within narrower limits.” — Alexander Calder en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder
