ISSN 1496-3221
August 10, 2005
If you can’t imagine ever writing 88 lines about 44 women, then try tapping out 4 lines about 30 alphanumeric characters. Enter Veer’s Inkjet Haiku contest and push your inner poet to work within the typographic constrains of high-speed direct mail printing.
March 7, 2005
The Veer creative team developed six fictional portraits to illustrate six personal truths. Here’s how we approached the challenge to Capture Personality. And speaking of truths, this month’s set of thematically matching desktop wallpaper is the hotpixelshit, kids.
May 21, 2004
One of the previously hinted at projects that has been absorbing a fairly good chunk of my waking hours was launched two weekends ago. The Veer web site was re-released based on a new development platform, running on new servers, and getting consolidated under one roof at a new co-location facility. I can’t claim ownership … More
October 24, 2003
Received this morning. An email announcing the our upcoming company Christmas holiday year-end party. Spot the typo. Quick note to say Veer’s Holiday Party will be on Thursday, November 27th. Details to follow. Should be good fun. Significant others included. Mark your colanders. I wonder if I should I bring a salad?
July 21, 2003
Miss me? If you did, you may also be wondering what the heck was up with the recent radio silence. Well kids, I’ve been sans connectivity whilst tootling around the Twin Cities, being slightly overwhelmed by the heavy-duty typographic content and charmed by the friendly folks at TypeCon 2003. I’ll post a few of my … More
June 3, 2003
This is obviously a week for monumental internet-related anniversaries. Not only did Herr Zeldman kick off his ninth year online, but another humble slice of the ether turns a precocious one year old today. The singularly wonderful veer.com was launched on June 3rd, 2002 amid the usual excited scramble of file transfers, code tweaks and … More
April 29, 2003
We’ve certainly been getting an earful about the latest Veer catalog since it started hitting mailboxes this week. And naturally, the feedback has been present at both the positive and the negative ends of the scale. One of the comments forwarded to me regarding the aforementioned catalog cover was as follows: “Is it just me, … More
April 11, 2003
The local shindig for agencies and other creative types to flaunt their design chops is the annual Ad Rodeo. The Veer team entered a few tasty gems into the awards event, just like we did when we were all still part of the EyeWire crew. We pulled off a couple of merit awards the last … More
October 27, 2002
I’m in the midst of updating the Veer site this quiet Sunday evening. Making sure that everything smells fresh and clean as our latest catalog hits the streets is something that I take pride in. And while I’m genuinely jazzed about some of the new product offerings we have popping up on the site this … More
June 4, 2002
Ah, that’s better… In case you’re one of the curious lot who’ve been wondering what the gang and I have been working on for the past few months, let me introduce Veer. Mind your step when entering the premises. A few of the floorboards may not be nailed down quite yet. Mad props, y’all.