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02 21 2006: small update this week: we are scientists’ new single “it’s a hit” is now available for UK fans from the site’s store. american fans, you’ll have to wait. sorry. the boys are blowing up in britain right now.—pk
02 02 2006: yet another gawker site. wow. two in one week. valleywag’s launching today. this one features typographic ideas similar to some of the custom type design we did for we are scientists a few months ago. speaking of whom, there’s a great new bat shirt up at their site now, and you’ll see some of our work for the band in and around urban outfitters soonish.—pk
01 30 2006: we’ve just relaunched a redesigned wonkette for gawker media. it’s the first time the site’s been done since i designed it in 2003. a much-needed overhaul, too.—pk
01 26 2006: we had a request last week for a type design portfolio. we’ve been getting more requests like this, so i’m making the portfolio public (PDF, 23.3 MB). this is mostly custom letterform design, and an interesting look into our past. there are a lot of things i’d forgotten about. enjoy!—pk
01 18 2006: we’re launching mediashift later today, PBS’ first weblog ever. it’s a media critique authored by mark glaser of the online journalism review. milan and i co-designed what may be my favorite logotype to date—see the radio tower in the A? milan’s touch of brilliance there—i added an interface, and su contributed typographics, construction, and content management.—pk
01 18 2006: you know, i completely forgot—what with the new year and all—to mention we redesigned botball.org for our friend kyle machulis at KIPR, who’ll be speaking at SxSW this year (and was voted one of this year’s ten sexiest geeks). it’s the first time we’ve developed a set of styles designed fully for any future content we won’t help manage. the entire process involved a full suite of templates, a content management system, a complete audit (and consultation on rewrite of) their written material, and an update of their identity system.—pk
01 10 2006: our client we are scientists released their first US album today. they’ll be supporting with a full US tour over the next few months. rawk!—pk
01 05 2006: ana announces today that she is leaving wonkette, because she has bigger fish to fry. we’ll be opening a redesign of the site sometime soon to reflect the change in management. and gender.—pk
01 01 2006: if you happen to be nightclubbing in the UK over the next few months, happen to see a video of crimson glass typography in motion and happen to enjoy it, please do think of us. we just completed our first piece of abstract video. many thanks to our friends at mode for the opportunity.—pk
12 21 2005: we are scientists was on letterman last night. and earlier in the month, there were W.A.S.-branded condoms in party bags in L.A. oh my.—pk