Bumptop Releases Bumptop for Mac 1.0

We’re all about new tech gadgets and finding new ways to organize ourselves here at Peapod Studios. That’s why we’ve had our eyes on the development going on at Bumptop for sometime now.

Unfortunately until this week there was no option for Mac users to experience the innovative design and workflow Bumptop had created for PC desktops.

Well all that changed this week, when the fully realized Bumptop for Mac edition was released.

At first blush it’s immediately apparent Bumptop has put quite a bit of polish into its new release. It’s an absolutely gorgeous, well conceived user experience treatment of your standard desktop. It’s integration into workflow makes me believe that it was Apple itself that implemented this edition, or at least they’ll try to nab bits of it for later releases.

The basic version is free for download, and for a mere $29 you can upgrade for a more feature rich full version.

Negligence.

Well its been over 2 months since we’ve posted anything here, and there is really no excuse for our tardiness. We’ve been sidetracked by extensive hours and ongoing projects, and I have been negligent. My apologies.

So What’s New?

We had the opportunity to develop the website, branding and identity for ChangeCamp

change camp poster

You can read about The Impact of ChangeCamp over at Remarkk’s site.

ChangeCamp describes itself as, a free participatory web-enabled face-to-face event that brings together citizens, technologists, designers, academics, policy wonks, political players, change-makers and government employees to answer one question: How do we re-imagine government and citizenship in the age of participation?

I Tell Stories

We were lucky enough to be asked to work on Sameer Vasta’s full redesign for his infamous blog, I Tell Stories

I Tell Stories

Sameer had only a few thoughts, Simple, simple, simple and easily readable. To a designer, a creative brief like this is a gift, we hope he’s happy with the final result, personally we love it.

East End Nerds

Let’s face it, we’re all nerds, and lot’s of us here in Toronto live in the east end, so through the power of twitter we managed to finagle a nice little drink up in November, which we deemed “East End Nerds” There is a small flickr gallery here.

Nerds

BrundleCamp

Alistair ( Peapod Designer ) turned 40 on January 10th, 2009. Again through the power of the internet, his friends hosted a little bash for him at the Spice Route. It was deemed ( as so much in our little geek community ) as a camp… Brundlecamp. Many thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with this quadro-generian. some photos

brundlecamp

Favourite Fonts

We created a list of our favourite fonts… just because.

Fave fonts

There is so much more, but due to client NDA’s and assorted conflicts, we can only present the more personal things. we hope 2009 is as good for you as it already has been for us.

Azule Fuels Branding Project.

Azule Fuel

Azule Fuel came to Peapod Studios looking for a brand that was reminiscent of the past era of fuel companies, while having a dab of that modern day slickness.

Now, as proud members of the planet, Peapod Studios loves the fact we get to work with some of the new companies that are standing up to the status quo with some actual forward thinking. Azule Fuel is developing viable energy options smart enough to create self sufficient fuels for the completely sustainable communities of the future. As well as a future plan to developing biodiesel hubs, utilizing seed oil, livestock and poultry processors, renderers and waste cooking oil to create networks large enough for even the biggest national trucking companies.

Remarkk Consulting Redesign.

Designing for a friend is harder than presenting a new mockup to a fortune 500.

Remarkk

I usually try to avoid designing for people I am close to or work with, I find I can end up spending hours on end focusing on the tiniest little things. Remarkk was no exception. I went through five revisions before coming up with what you see here.

The challenge was to create an attractive site, that didn’t distract you, or drive you away from the content. As always the solution was to go as simple as possible, as it usually always ends up being.

So, I hope you like it, Remarkk

Metronauts Blog.

mocked up

Working alongside Remarkk Consulting Peapod Studios designed a blog specifically created for sparking lines of communications in relation to the GTA Transit mishmash.

METRONAUTS

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