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    • Rich Merwarth

    Working out the kinks

    We’ve been looking to streamline some of our processes here in the FG creative department – particularly in regards to building mobile apps (an area we’re frequenting more and more). To that end we rounded up some of the most helpful template files we’ve used, as well as a new set of guidelines/standards we wrote, and set up a DropBo...
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    IOS, DESIGN, PROCESS, PRACTICES, DOING WHAT WE DO

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    • Forest Giant

    HumanaJoe

    HumanaJoe homepage

    This was an experimental project we worked on for one of the biggest insurance companies in the country, Humana.

    We were tasked with creating the interactive housing of some animations Nathan Love and Red7e b...
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    STRATEGY, DESIGN, ACTIONSCRIPT, FLASH

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    • Rich Merwarth

    Schott Ceran: Video

    Schott CERAN: Ribbon Final
    When Schott came to us looking for a fun, animated video to give a quick overview of how they make their CERAN glass-ceramic cooktops, we really didn’t know heads or tails about glass-ceramic. Given that, th...
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    MOTION GRAPHICS, DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION, ANIMATION, VIDEO

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    • Forest Giant

    LGDA

    LGDA Homepage

    We actually really like Louisville. If you came and visited, we are sure you would like it too.

    So what better way to show our appreciation of Louisville, than to help our our fellow design community. The Lou...
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    3D, PAPERVISION3D, DESIGN, ACTIONSCRIPT, FLASH

    • Articles
    • Tyler Kreft

    Get Inspired

    Finding and drawing from sources of inspiration is an integral part of every designer’s creative process. We’ve all spent hours and hours at the start of a project, or when we’re experiencing a block, combing through google image search, design blogs, and the portfolio sites of our favorite designers. Studying the technique and style...
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    INSPIRADO, ILLUSTRATION, GADGETS, FOOTBALL, ART, DESIGN, INSPIRATION

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    • Forest Giant

    Four Roses Bourbon

    Four Roses Products
    If you didn’t know this, more than 99% of bourbon is made in Kentucky. The home of Forest Giant. So therefore, one of the requirements of setting up residency here, is that you have to enjoy a neat glass of ...
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    DESIGN, BOURBON

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    • Forest Giant

    UofL Healthcare

    Uof Healthcare 01
    We’re proud to announce the launch of uoflhealthcare.org. Updating a massive 10-year-old site is no small feat. So we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Our overall goal was to create a minimal user ex...
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    WEBSITE, HTML5, DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN

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    New West Agency

    New West Menu

    We actually built this site back in ‘07. Although the site is no longer live, we have kept it’s spirit alive on our own servers.

    We took a minimalistic approach with this particular site. You don’t always hav...
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    FLASH, ACTIONSCRIPT, DESIGN

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    Keepio

    Keepio Homepage

    We are in the service industry. It is not a bad thing, we enjoy it. We get to work on some very amazing projects day in and day out.

    However, something funny happened at the beginning of 2010. Jesse came to D...
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    BUSINESS, DESIGN, STRATEGY