Another great documentary about the design industry (in this case advertising). We’re loving the attention and exposure our profession has been getting lately with other documentaries such as Objectified and Helvetica.

Here in San Diego we don’t get to see many clouds. So when we recently had some “bad” weather I took the camera and headed for the beach to capture our shores from a different perspective.

La Jolla, California.

A retrospective on how we designed and built the Alonso Creative website. An intimate look at the ideas behind it, and the tools and technologies we used.

Animator David OReilly just directed U2’s latest music video for the song “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”.

Photos taken around the world.

© Jose Alonso. These images are copyrighted and CAN NOT be used without written authorization.

We are saddened to learn of the death of the pioneer architectural photographer Julius Shulman

We have started work on the Ceres website. When the project is completed we will be posting a series on the design process.

While in Ghana, President Obama has the chance to lead nations in building on the successes of recent efforts within Africa. Guest columnist Bono comments on the New York Times.

Photos taken around the world.

© Jose Alonso. These images are copyrighted and CAN NOT be used without written authorization.

The legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses, books and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.

Via Core77.

The Art of the Title Sequence has posted an interview with the creators of this beautiful piece of motion. A must read.

Photos taken around the world.

© Jose Alonso. These images are copyrighted and CAN NOT be used without written authorization.

Architectural photography from the summer of 2008 while attending the Dwell on Design conference in downtown LA.

As designers and branding specialists, we can learn a lot from this series. Branding is story telling: it is assembling messages and stories into a coherent tale with a great payback.

The Objectified documentary is coming to San Diego.

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