Lindsay Ballant

NYT: cancer screening

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:26:22 +0000

Illustration for The New York Times Op-Ed Letters page, weighing in on the risks and benefits of preventive screening tests for cancer.

Read the article here.

Art direction: Gary Fogelson

NVA: Randy J. Hunt

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:33:20 +0000

Profile of designer and social entrepreneur Randy J. Hunt, one of Print’s 2009 New Visual Artists.

Print, April 2009

Introduction

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An art director, designer, and writer, living in Brooklyn.

Currently my time is split between teaching at the School of Visual Arts and other projects under the moniker Public Service Bureau, a venture between myself and Ian Boyle.

Prior to this, I was associate art director of Print, a critically acclaimed magazine that covers visual culture and the creative industry.

Most recently, I was honored to be named one of the ADC’s Young Guns of 2009. My work has also been recognized by the AIGA, Creative Review, Communication Arts, the Society of Publication Designers, I.D. Magazine, and the Poynter Institute, among others.

Behind the Candidates

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:26:50 +0000

Behind the Candidates was a website created for the 2008 presidential election. It was conceived to answer a simple question: who will be advising our next president?

In an ideal world, the advisors of a candidate running for office warrant as much scrutiny as the candidate themselves–they are the ones shaping policy, they are the voice of authority a president will rely on to steer them in the right direction.

With this as our compass, Ian Boyle and I researched over 60 top advisors from the McCain and Obama campaigns and assembled an interactive dossier for each person–including several descriptive quotes (or direct quotes from them), their biographical information and past positions, and links to interviews or speeches. The advisors were organized by category–each advisor is arranged side-by-side with their counterpart and introduced with one compelling quote–one click further reveals the full profile with links to all original sources. Viewers can sift through hundreds of links to articles and video clips for an in-depth look at the makeup of each campaign, or simply scroll through for a quick composite of each advisor.

By election day we had visitors from nearly 100 different countries (and all 50 states). After the election, many of President Obama’s key advisors who went on to high-profile positions were originally profiled on our site.

behindthecandidates.com

Co-creator: Ian Boyle

Awards/Recognition: Communication Arts, Poynter Institute for Journalism, Art Director’s Club, Good Magazine, Creative Review, I.D. Magazine

Bush Bash

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:43:15 +0000

Bush Bash is a campaign that encouraged people across the nation to host their own parties on January 19th, 2009—George W. Bush’s last full day as Commander-in-Chief. In celebrating the departure of a man now ubiquitously known as “The Great Divider”, we rallied for the world’s largest party with bushbash09.com. The site encouraged people to use existing web tools (Facebook for attendees, Yelp to find a location, etc.) to plan and promote their own Bush Bash themed parties across the nation.

In addition, we offered party themes, downloadable posters, masks, and other party favors, and a Bush Nickname Generator to get everyone in the spirit. The site asked everyone to post their party photos on Flickr the day after, as the homepage was replaced with a collected photo archive of all the Bush Bashes throughout the nation.

bushbash09.com

Co-creators: Brian Lightbody, Arthur Purvis

Web design assistance: Mike Essl and Alexander Tochilovsky, studio ME/AT

Additional design/Illustration/Masks: Erika Lee

Special thanks to Peter Esveld and Goro Harumi for additional programming, and Matt Owens for his George W. Bush likeness which was used on the homepage and mask.

Prescription for Upheaval

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:51:45 +0000

Profile of indie rocker Ted Leo for Good magazine’s education issue.
Good, August 2008

Narrative Strands

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Profile of designer, developer, and artist Jonathan Harris, one of Print’s 2008 New Visual Artists.

Print, April 2008

The Why of It

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:47:59 +0000

Profile of branding and communications designer Michael Freimuth, one of Print’s 2008 New Visual Artists.

Print, April 2008

Double Play

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Profile of designer and experimental artist John Pobojewski, one of Print’s 2007 New Visual Artists.
Print, March/April 2007

Modern Classic

admin — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:35:23 +0000

Profile of book jacket designer Helen Yentus, one of Print’s 2007 New Visual Artists.

Print, March/April 2007