Carrot Creative Blog

Carrot Creative was tapped to create a website and visual campaign in response to the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010 through Hope, Help & Relief Haiti.  Created by a conscious community of leaders in music, fashion, film, finance and art, Hope, Help & Relief Haiti was established to become an agent of change for the rebuild and renewal of the devastated nation.  Shaped from the collaborative efforts of Andre Harrell, Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation, The Mary J Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN) and Andre Balazs, Hope, Help & Relief Haiti sets out to galvanize a community in response to Haiti’s immediate need to rebuild.  Through a new initiative aimed at bringing “Tents Now, Home Tomorrow” to the people of Haiti, a kickoff fundraiser was held at The Standard on Monday, February 8th to get the ball rolling on the new program.

It’s no secret that Carrot loves Brooklyn, especially the booming Digital District here in DUMBO. The contrast of new media agencies and cutting-edge technology startups against historic, cobblestone streets running beneath landmark bridges is pretty darn inspirational. We’re loyal to our nabe and happy to give back, so when the opportunity came up do some pro-bono identity work for the Brooklyn Bridge Park effort, we got excited.

Chris Petescia contributed to this report

After decades of research, countless Erlenmeyer flasks, and several weeks of hapless finger-painting, we’re finally able to announce the launch of The Onion Microfiche. The first-ever iPhone app that delivers a world of Onion headlines directly to your Oxford shirt pocket.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re officially Hollywood big shots. Well, almost.

After much anticipation, Carrot Creative has completed our first film site, and what better way to lose our film site virginity than with the cinematic adaptation of Tucker Max’s New York Times bestseller, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell?

I had the pleasure of attending a NextNY event last Wednesday with Carrot Creative’s own Kristin and Maury in Time Square. The Topic - Does Design matter to Startups? The discussion was led by designers Crystal Beasley, Kevin Kearney, Nicole Tecco Reece, Dagny Prieto, and Stefan Lawrence. The meet-up was to help entrepreneurs better understand the role of a design team (often looked at as a wild, type-loving troupe of hippies) in the greater scheme of things while running a business.

So, will bringing on designers really matter, or does having your product or service “work” outweigh how it looks? Here are some insights from the discussion.

TR3 released their latest album “Radiance” in January, and we had the pleasure of assembling the artwork for the band. Tim Reynolds had a pretty clear concept in mind, featuring an abstract photo he took himself while on tour with DMB last summer. It was a ton of fun hanging out with Tim, Mick, Dan & Tour Manager Fluffy (and Marcus Eaton Trio) at a show this past Fall, as we started work on the project, and a pleasure to bring their vision to life. Thanks to Kitty Bateman for the recommendation. You can pickup TR3’s “Radiance” here, or read more about it here.

Also, check out >carrot creative in the liner notes, and look for Tim on tour with Dave Matthews Band in 2009! If you’re interested, take a peak at some “Radiance” concept art & wallpaper.

I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of the entire @CarrotCreative, for the positive feedback & numerous features of carrotcreative.com. We really had a blast putting together our site, and it was a great way to test out some ideas and technologies, creatively. We’ve been featured on numerous CSS sites (css WOW, cssimport, CSSclip, CSS Remix , to name a few) for inspiration to others. We’ve also been cited as an example for designing cityscapes (Lee Munroe) and wooden websites (FarStyle.com). We’ve even received feature for just general inspiration (The Best Designs), and even a nice nod to our name & brand (DesignO’Blog). Finally, we had some recognition for our use of jQuery (Build !nternet & another link I’ve misplaced), which powers the sliding navigation & the real icing (and sprinkles) on the experience of the site.

Smashing Magazine compiled a list of this years top web designers and offered an insightful glance into their design process and all the sites they found influential in 2008. We’re thrilled that our very own website was chosen by Alen Grakalic of CSSGlobe and Templatica fame as one of his favorite sites of the year.  

Check out the whole article for some year-end eye candy.

UPDATE We’ve been also featured as BuildInternet.com’s top site for jQuery navigation in 2008! Thanks for the heads-up Zach.