
This is my inaugural post on the Official Blog of OFB. So, I decided to start with an ice-breaker. Here is a list of products I personally endorse. By endorse, I don't mean that I'm getting paid to talk about them (though it would be nice to get a lifetime supply of Starkist Tuna). I mean that I personally will never purchase a different brand of each of these products because they either work exceptionally well all the time or have become so integral in the function of my day-to-day activities that convincing me to use another type of product will be a tough sell and might even piss me off a little. On to the list... As a designer: Sharpie Permanent Markers French Paper Scotch brand tape Field Notes notebooks MacBook Pro Seymour Chwast-brand humor As a human man: Kikkoman soy sauce Starkist Tuna Armour vienna sausages Tom Waits music Q-Tip cotton swabs Ivory soap MagLite Flashlights Speed Stick antiperspirant deodorant Twitter So, as you can see, it's a pretty short list. I bet your list is just as short. As I said, some of these are on the list because I think they work better than the other brands (Q-tip, MagLite, Scotch Tape), and others are on this list because they have become a part of my identity (Twitter, Sharpies, Tom Waits). For a brand to become a "name" brand, it has to do one of these two things for its customers. And in a world where every college sophomore has read No Logo, everyone is more "brand" conscious, which makes things slightly more complicated for young companies trying to make a name for themselves. Actually, it's really complicated. (See: Pabst Blue Ribbon). Young consumers are more aware, more cynical, and ir...
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As many of you may have noticed yesterday some of your favorite sites were either completely shut down or graphically representing their protest to SOPA and PIPA. These include some serious internet heavyweights such as Google, Reddit, Mozilla, Wired, Mashable, Wordpress, Flickr and even I Can Has Cheezburger (who kne...
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OFB has designed and donated a new logo for the Dallas Little League. That's baseball and softball for boys and girls ages 4 - 14. Onefastbuffalo, and our Warstic Bat Co, are proud to sponsor Dallas Little League by making stuff...what we do best. The Dallas Little League is a great organization that is grow...
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OFB Brand Launches } by OFB Press
We are excited to announce OFB's latest brand creation and ONEFASTCO business venture. Treadsmith Board Co. Treadsmith® is a new company and brand we created in late 2011. Snowboards (and soon Skis and apparel) online now at treadsmith.com. In other words we are doing more of what we often do for clients….design and launch brands. &nbs...
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Office News, OFB Products } by OFB Press
OFB's Warstic Wood Bat Co is heating up despite spending $0 for paid advertising to date. Recently Warstic Bat Co was featured by GQ Magazine in its BEST STUFF OF 2011 Article. Not a shabby recognition for a brand that was not even conceived until early 2011. And following that, at the Park & Bond pop-up store in NYC where we let TO try out a Warst...
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New Clients } by OFB Press
OFB is happy to announce the following new clients: Texas Bomanite, Firestone & Roberston Distillery, Western Transportation, The Retail Connection, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, The community of Lake Highlands (Dallas, TX), Herbert Goldberg Diamonds, BOOMBOX Mobile, Calamity Gym, John Walters (Brand name to be created), Karavel Shoe...
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AIGA presents Designtrepreneurs A panel taking three Dallas creatives who’ve stepped outside of their comfort zones to start their own non-design related business. Wednesday, September 28th 20011 7pm to 9pm Calampit Creative Center Tickets Available here As designers, we have the natural propensity to come up with ide...
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OFB Business School, This is Brand Positioning } by Christine Edgington (Partner)
How does a longstanding brand like Dominos change what you think about them after 50 years of business and over 5,000 stores???? First, I can say that while I truly dislike the vast majority of advertising, Dominos has done an incredible job in the recent past. With a string of ads and campaigns focused around raw honesty, customer response, high interactiv...
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@import url(http://onefastbuffalo.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css); Year 2 of the OFB Mobile Creative Worklife tour in the books. Burnside Street, Portland USA and back. 7,266 miles. 3 kids in tow. The goal was the same as last year, just longer and slower. Live in our trailer, see the beautiful pla...
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OFB Business School, These are Brand Rituals, This is Brand Positioning } by Christine Edgington (Partner)
Customers are not stupid. Making a rewards program, refund, return policies or any of these other rebate programs as difficult as possible to receive the benefit is pointless. Just think about it. Many times people make the customer jump through so many hoops just in the hope that many of them won't go through the whole process and they will have less overa...
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Interactive News, BrandSpotter } by Christine Edgington (Partner)
If you are not familiar with Spotify, you soon will be. I think I can say it best by Spotify::Pandora what Cell Phone::Pager. Spotify is an online music provider that connects your stationary and mobile devices to the giant online database of music available for online or offline listening on demand. This has been popular overseas but has quite recently com...
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BrandSpotter, Brands Doing Good } by Christine Edgington (Partner)
So here is the magic trick... We take a seemingly identical product and put it in a completely over saturated marketplace at a low price. Let's add to this by providing only a handful of options for people to choose from and oh yeah....you can't advertise. So how would this concept not only work, but get people to wait over 3 hours for a fast food burger? B...
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OFB Business School } by Ben Jenkins (OFB Founder)
Dear fellow creative professionals, Please price your DESIGN services based on value not by labor. Let's stop this madness. Frankly, I think most clients understand this concept if you will give them the opportunity. Many of us have trained the client to think more about labor rather than about value when it comes to pricing. So...
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OFB Products, OFB Sports } by OFB Press
We are excited to announce OFB's latest business venture. Warstic Wood Bat Co. We make, brand, and sell these bats. In other words we are doing for ourselves what we often do for clients....Launch brands. But latelfey we have started to take that further. Not only did we name the company and product, design the brand, and build the eCommerce store...we ...
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Interactive News } by OFB Press
OFB is honored to have our web design for Kona Grill featured in the 2011 American Web Design Awards by GDUSA. OFB was hired to update Kona Grill's online image...their website, blog, mobile site and iPhone app. Be sure to view the BEFORE image. In a nutshell this is what we do. We remake, reinvent, update, upgrade and change perception. View the full ...
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New Clients } by OFB Press
Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC has commissioned OneFastBuffalo to update its digital presence. That's fancy talk for redesign their corporate website and also some behind the scenes secret digital systems that help them market their many commercial properties. Stay tuned for Crescent's new digital face debuting later this summer! Crescent ...
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Office News } by Ben Jenkins (OFB Founder)
And you can see it right here of course http://www.onefastbuffalo.com. We really, really, really love this site. It just 100% represents who we are in 2011 and more importantly who we are after 12 years of doing what we do. It's a really good feeling to know who you are, what you're about, what you do well, and what you don't care to be. So please grab...
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OFB lifestyle } by Ben Jenkins (OFB Founder)
@import url(http://onefastbuffalo.com/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Load.ashx?type=style&file=SyntaxHighlighter.css); Not unlike many modern working stiffs, Designers have a big challenge when it comes to staying healthy & fit. This is because what we do for a living tends to dictate that we put in long stretches of time on the computer and are phys...
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Our Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) BBQ and PIQUANT Sauces are online and ready to ship! Great for Fathers day. I personally vouch for the quality of this sauce. Which means nothing cause I'm just a designer. But its real good. Buy BFG no 44 BBQ sauce here. Buy BFG no 44 Piquant sauce here
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With offices in Japan, USA, Germany, UK, Ireland, and Taiwan, Buffalo, Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of innovative network solutions for the home and business - from wireless networking and storage to memory and multimedia devices. Since 1975, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative solutions that have put the company at ...
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OFB is honored to have the packaging design for SansSoda featured in GDUSA. Manufacturers, retailers and marketers are challenged as never before to convey the message, promote the brand and close the deal. Think fragmented audiences, information overload, eroding loyalty, global competition, economic uncertainty. Package desig...
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New Clients } by OFB Press
OFB is excited to announce it's newest branding client, Village Burger Bar. This 4-year-old brand has a great product and is poised for growth. OFB is going to help them do it. We are already knee deep in burgers, sweet potato fries and paninis. VBB is owned and operated by some super nice people that we have enjoyed getting to know. St...
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Vintage Treasures } by Ben Jenkins (OFB Founder)
Had some fun this past weekend giving my vintage plycraft chair a brand makeover. Not that the old fabric wasn't cool but just wasn't quite my style. I have had this old southwest blanket for years and have always loved the stripes, stitch, and colors.
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Pics that inspire design, Happy, OFB "worklife", People who draw good } by Ben Jenkins (OFB Founder)
My 6 year old just confirmed it.
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Wanted to show everyone a sneak peak of the new Billy Gibbons Brand T-shirts and Dickies gear we are about to produce. We developed a limited edition set of BFG Custom T Shirts that tout hand-drawn illustrations of his fleet of custom hot rods. These first 2 are rough drafts. A treasure for any BFG fan or Hot Rod lover! We also have custom designed embr...
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OFB is excited to announce it's newest branding client, Baker Brothers American Deli. Founded in 1998. Baker Bros is a US based, upscale, fast-casual deli chain that serves award-winning salads, incredible oven-baked sandwiches served on specialty ciabatta breads, huge stuffed baked potatoes and gourmet pizzas. OFB is going to shine this bran...
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OFB is designing a new site for Ojos Locos Cantina, a concept opened by Front Burner Restaurants, LP who also owns Twin Peaks. Having fun with this one and doing our best to help this concept on its journey to becoming a national chain. Great people, great food, sports, and fun times. Here is a sneak peak at the concept.
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