After many years of debate on the subject, YouWorkForThem is excited to announce the addition of Stock Audio to our repertoire. It’s no secret that compelling motion and video content requires compelling audio. Original music scores, audio atmospheres that evoke a specific environment or volumetric space, and unique, functional UI sound effects are what bring visual content up to full power. As content production timelines progress, the audio component is often left to the last minute, or—too often—overlooked entirely, because a custom solution is usually perceived as being difficult or expensive. This perception is easily countered with Stock Audio solutions from YouworkForThem, and with prices starting at $15, your budget won’t even blink.

We are very excited to start the audio ball rolling with 9 collections of elements, 4 sets created by our longtime collaborators at Madsound, and 5 collections done in-house here at YWFT. These sets of audio were designed specifically for content creators. Whether you are the biggest producer since Robert Evans, deep into post on Avatar VI: Revenge of Zombie Sigourney, or the shyest kid at summer camp coding on your PSP in the cabin, there’s something here to make your project “pop a little™.”

If you need a quick set of UI sounds for your game menu, there are 100 instant classics in the “Bloop” collection and 8-bit glory aplenty in “Game.” If you’re making the trippiest iPad app since Brian Eno cut his hair, then check out “Moon” or “Underworld” for incredible volumetric atmospheres. Need the background music for your stylish web sitelet and the client is arriving in the morning? Don’t sweat it, grab the “Melody” collection and still make last call. If you have your animated logo ready to roll across a million in-car navscreens and aircraft entertainment systems, then check out “Motif” for custom-made, royalty-free themes made with casino-approved simplicity.

Your media has the motion, YouWorkForThem has the moves. Stock Audio available now.

Today we came across this amazing highlight reel of logo work, which has been posted into five different pages: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four & Part Five. Such a very nice roundup of imagery from Al Cooper’s book. (Via Aqua-Velvet)

I keep seeing these designs make their way around all the image bookmarking sites, so I figure its time to post the source as well. This post shows numerous designs of municipal logos for towns in Japan. Very interesting and clean work, I could live with almost any of these as my town logo.

It’s all bigger, hairier and sexier than anything us kids are doing these days. Thanks to Tom Crabtree for the collection.

Just a quick reminder: No matter how good you make it, Lance Wyman has and will always make it better. And here’s how.

Eat it up, thanks Zander!

Animator Nando Costa updated his portfolio with this bouncy animation for Let Us Kiss.

Biba remains one of the most evocative names in British design history; it pioneered a new style, mixing the contemporary with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the golden age of Hollywood, dressing itself in the richly luxuriant colours of a bygone time.

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Couple of months old. Still sick.

The grandmother of todays American Apparel campaign, the banned CK ads from the 90′s…

“The year 2008 marks the 10th Anniversary of the iMac, the computer that changed everything at Apple, hailing a new design era spearheaded by design genius Jonathan Ive. What most people don’t know is that there’s another man whose products are at the heart of Ive’s design philosophy, an influence that permeates every single product at Apple, from hardware to user-interface design. That man is Dieter Rams, and his old designs for Braun during the ’50s and ’60s hold all the clues not only for past and present Apple products, but their future as well.”

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Xerox has gone under the knife and gotten itself a facelift. Loving the type very much so. The sphere-thing, well do I even have to say what I think? | Read More at Xerox