The History of Typography [VIDEO}

This is rad... The history of typography through stop-motion graphics and cut-out letters. WATCH:

California Love

Last week, we vacationed in Hermosa Beach to celebrate Joe Buys' wedding to his beautiful bride, known to most as "Tot."

Here are just a few pictures from the week. The rest of the awesomely awesome images an be found on my Instagram feed, @TWAYco.


Out first stop off the plane was the Herman Miller dealership showroom in LA. Simply gorgeous, as always.


We thrifted hardcore all throughout LA, from Hermosa Beach up to the Fairfax district. I have a feeling there will be a separate post that features all of the quality finds from the trip. Hold on for that.


The gorgeous bride and, may I say, handsome groom. These are two of my favorite people. There was SO much love all week long between everyone, from both families to the wedding party, and everywhere else in between. And it was all because of these two awesome people...

This was the best week of my life, hands down. I cannot even begin to try to explain how or why, but it just was, OK!? These few images will have to suffice for now. All I can say is you love others, only good things happen. And, as always, #DreamImpossible.


P.S. I'm still absolutely amazed by airplanes. How does that make sense? Tons and tons of metal flying 40,000 feet in the air? Come on, that's crazy.

An Epic Rap Video

Last week, I had the pleasure and privilege to be the Best Man in Joe Buys' wedding ceremony to the beautiful & talented, Tatiana.

During the week, we found some free time to pull together a few of the 17 individuals crashing at Hermosa Beach with us, along with Joe's mom, aunt, and a few cousins.

Then, we made a rap video.

Now, you gotta remember that before it was just T.WAY, it was "T.Way Customs," when I first started out. Six years ago, Joe, formerly known as JBiZzNys, recorded this soundtrack. It was only natural that with all we've been through together, we create a bizarre visual to one of our throwback gems.

Enjoy!

The Short Story of Shepard Fairey

If you don't know who Shepard Fairey is, then I bet you have at least seen his work. If not, then you must not have been around during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

His story is inspiring. He started from the bottom and worked his way up to become one of the most well-known street artists of all time. Here's a short film that documents his start while at art school.
 
OBEY THE GIANT - The Story of Shepard Fairey from Julian Marshall on Vimeo.

2013 NCAA Logo Bracket, Part II

Road to the Championship, in logos:

2013 NCAA Tournament Bracket - In Logos

March Madness is a big deal for every team involved, for reasons possibly even larger than the chance of making it to the Final Four to bring home a National Championship.

By just simply being in the tournament, there are immediate and future opportunities to make their program some major money, aid in recruiting efforts, help in continually building their program, generate national brand awareness, boost their overall school spirit, improve alumni relations, strengthen conference pride, spark new and larger sponsorship deals, excite new and current donors, sell tons and tons of merchandise, and more.

Being a huge fan of both sports and logo/brand design, I decided it'd be interesting to match up each team based on their brand logo and see who the winners and losers are and if there are any correlations between the amount of program success versus their quality of team mascot mark. Granted, some of these logos are the school's primary athletics logo whereas others are secondary logos, but for the most part, I tried to keep them on a fairly level playing ground.

Throughout the Tournament, I'll break down each bracket segment round-by-round and pick-by-pick with comments as to why one school logo was chosen as the winner and why the other was sent home packing.

Feel free to share your picks and comments below, especially if you want to make a case for your favorite school logo.




Thanks to SportsLogos.net for being the main source of the majority of these logo graphics.

Speaking at the GRAM

This Friday, I'll be a small part of the D/E/C event (Design / Educate / Connect) at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The best part is that Adrienne will be the one asking me questions in this 1-on-1 interview-style speaker series.

Here's a little preview video and the event flyer for more info:

D/E/C First Look: Tyler Way from The D/E/C Project on Vimeo.



See you Friday!

Giving Back to Detroit

Respect to the guys at Burn Rubber in Detroit for not only their success, but most importantly for their desire to give back to others by using their story to inspire them to follow their dreams. These dudes live the "Dream Impossible" life and share the same love to motivate others. Awesome.

Gotta Be the Shoes

Watch this and drool:

Herman Miller: Craftsmanship

This is beautiful. This is all made in the USA. This is all made in West Michigan, even. This is why Herman Miller's furniture is so well built, long-lasting, desired, and collected. This is craftsmanship.