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Information
& Contact
new things
January 2008
Haven't updated in awhile because I took a fulltime job as an art director at a new company started by a friend: Hard Candy Shell (no real website yet)

March 2008
Just got done with a move, should be back up and doing things in a little bit. A few smaller projects will be coming shortly.

about thanks
The personal site of Jake Hobart, young graphic designer. A kid from the rough streets of San Diego and a recent graduate of the MA Communications Design program at Central Saint Martins.

He would like to let you know that he is the right kid for your job.

portfolio (pdf)
resume (pdf)

Remember, this is the longest site in the world, scrolling can be dangerous.
do keep in touch
you can write me at:
132 Clifton Place 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11238
U.S.A. (world superpower)

you can give me a call at:
646 578 1776

you can email me at:
jake@thankseverybody.com

Not so Recent Work
& Projects
Socially Responsive Design
project type: identity
Design Against Crime's new campaign to define Socially Responsive Design (as opposed to "responsible"). The campaign centers around a site where examples of projects that could be SRvD are posted and then discussed. As you navigate further into the site the definition of SRvD becomes more clear, as does the identity. It also draws from neon signs, as the site is putting the example projects "up in lights".

The website is going to be launched around christmas, check back for updates.
SRVD 1
SRVD 2
SRVD 3
SRVD 4
Potters' Guild of Frederick
project type: identity
The Potters' Guild of Frederick required an identity that could simply and cheaply be used across a variety of mediums. The mark can be used on postcards, posters, bags, aprons, t-shirts, and blimps. The simple strip adapts to almost any sort of situation that it would be needed in.
frederick 1
frederick 2
frederick 3
frederick 4
William Shirts
project type: fashion
After 2 years of reserach, the William fashion label introduces their line of neighborhood t-shirts. Trying to break free from the generic neighborhood shirt, these shirts are made with an actual piece of the community, the grass. They are lovingly stained by running and sliding in the grass over and over in the parks of neighborhoods across the world.

At the moment William's line includes parks from London and New York, hoping to expand to Tokyo, Paris, and Detroit in the near future.
will_shirt 1
will_shirt 2
will_shirt 3
nothing
William Lookbook
project type: book
The lookbook for William's new line of t-shirts. William needed to visually explain how the t-shirts were made. The lookbook takes you through the process of creating their unique line of hand stained shirts, as well as showing you examples of shirts from our current cities of operation London and New York.

The book borrows from the shirts in being stained itself by diagonal green bars overlayed at random throughout the book. The book is printed through a traditional 4-color process and then the bars are added as a fifth color, laying over whatever content happens to be underneath. Some pages receive no stain, others recieve multiple.
will_look 1
will_look 2
will_look 3
will_look 4
Olivia Mae
project type: identity
Olivia asked me to create something nice and warm, but classy for her handmade bikinis. The identity scheme bands across the media that it is placed on. It can be placed on business cards, ads, postcards, and posters.
olivia 1
olivia 2
nothing
nothing
Rain Project
project type: personal
Final project for my MA at Central Saint Martins. It is a project about the how we track weather, the rain in particular. For a 4 week period the rain was measured by the actions that make up my life.

The final presentation takes the form of a series of 12 books. Each book folds out to create a perfect circle. The books form concentric circles, the largest being 1.75 meters across.

You can learn all about it here.
rain 1
rain 2
rain 3
rain 4
Extra
& Misc
some facts
This is the longest site in the world. It is ten miles long. Chances are you have never run that far. I did in 2005 (Queens ½ Marathon (actually 13.1 miles)). Why is it that long? Because Thanks Everybody likes astronomy.
SRVD 1
The three levels of the identity. Showing how the mark builds up as the definition of SRvD builds up.
SRVD 2
The different levels of the identity can be combined for certain situations.
SRVD 3
The SRvD site, and examples of the header changing as you navigate further into the site.
SRVD 4
Other iterations of the identity, showing how versatile it can be.
frederick 1
The mark, and examples of how it stretches to accomodate other situations.
frederick 2
The business cards.
frederick 3
Poster for the fall show.
frederick 4
T-shirt and aprons
will_shirt 1
The Prospect Park edition.
will_shirt 2
A closeup of a stained shirt.
will_shirt 3
A still from the production process.
will_look 1
Cover from the lookbook.
will_look 4
Two books, showing how consecutive spreads connect throughout the book.
olivia 1
The mark created for the Olivia Mae identity. The strings of the bikini can be lengthened to fit across different types of media.
olivia 2
Business cards for Olivia Mae.
rain 1
All of the books in the series. 12 books in total. One book per data type per week.
rain 2
Sample spread showing the three data types and how the books fit inside each other for each week.
rain 3
The books when unfolded and displayed on the wall.
rain 4
A closeup of the books on the wall.
2,779 Carpice Wagons
lined end to end
Sick ass Caprice station wagon
The trusty old Chevrolet Caprice wagon measured 19 feet from head to tail.
Hicham running for 45:12
as fast as he can
Fastest miler in the world
Hicham El Guerrouj of Morroco is the current world record holder in the mile with a time of 3:43.13. This means it would take him 45 minutes 12 seconds to run the length of the site.
5,280 African Elephants
standing on each others shoulders
Trampler
The African Elephan is the largest land mammal in the world, with an average height around that of a basketball hoop.
*secret spot #1
Feejee Mermaid
PT Barnum's famous curiositie
*secret spot #2
Architeuthis
Mythical Giant Squid
*secret spot #3
Bishop-Fish
Wish Granter
10 Miles & Runnin'
100 Miles and Runnin
The very end, you are 10 miles from the beginning of the site.