House of Tears Design Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary this Month

In honor of our agency's 10 Year Anniversary this month, we are proud to announce that House of Tears Design is now HypeLife Brands.

With our agency's new name also comes a new direction.

Find out about our transformation, and meet the new us at www.hypelifebrands.com!

Cooking with fire // September 2010 news update from your favorite branding design studio!

Sorry to leave you all hanging, but boy oh boy have we been cooking with fire here the past few months...we just looked up from our work for our clients and it seems it is September now, so time for a long overdue news update! Here's the shortie scoop:

Our packaging design for the Clairvoyant Beauty line, developed alongside the rest of the branding, will be published in "The Big Book of Packaging", releasing Spring 2011 worldwide!

In other news, we are proud to announce the launch of the freshly branded Waiting for Nothing complete with a new logo, brand identity, website with tight Facebook integration, animated video bumper, and custom audio beds for WFN's video posts - everything developed to serve WFN's end goal: inspire its audience to get off their life laurels, wait for nothing, and pursue their dreams.

Lastly, our ten year anniversary is around the corner, and we'll be celebrating in style...more announcements as the time draws nigh.

By the way, have you had a chance to check out our limited edition Artful Goods shop? Our first limited edition print, and our first limited edition skate decks are available for you to hang on those barren walls of yours - have a look around at http://artfulgoods.houseoftearsdesign.com today!

Until next time...

House of Tears Design Client Work to be Published in an Upcoming Logo Design Book

We were recently notified that a logo we designed for one of our clients, Brian + Co., a real estate agency focused on high-end commercial real estate development in the northeast, will be published in an upcoming book. The book, entitled "Logolicious" and published by Harper-Collins, will showcase many well-designed logos and be on shelves worldwide September 2010!

House of Tears Design Wins Silver ADDY Award for Animated Holiday E-Card

House of Tears Design - a Kansas City based progressive design studio specializing in branding design for contemporary brands - was recently awarded a Silver ADDY Award by the Kansas City Advertising Club in the 2009 ADDY Awards Competition. House of Tears Design received the award in the Interactive Media category for their recent work with Phoenix International, a global logistics solutions provider based in Chicago with 1800+ employees worldwide. HOTD designed and developed Phoenix's 2009 holiday e-card, utilizing uniquely textured and hand illustrated elements in an animated piece delivering the globally conscious message of Phoenix's sustainability program, Phoenix Forward. The e-card also included a viral distribution component to allow viewers of the e-card to pass it forward to their associates, clients, friends and beyond.

House of Tears Design Wins Summit International Emerging Media Design Competition Award

We are happy to announce that we recently won an award in the Summit International Emerging Media Design Competition awards, which were just announced.

Our iPhone + iPod Touch app for The Model Congress, a band based out of Kansas city on the come-up, won the Leader Award recognition in the Mobile Apps category. The app was released in conjunction with the band's new release of their EP "I" to promote the new EP, as well as keep fans in touch with the band and provide exclusive app-only exclusives. You can download the app here for free and give it a spin: http://tinyurl.com/TheModConApp.

 

House of Tears Design Launches New Interactive Holiday E-Card for Phoenix International

We welcome yet another birth this month: a brand spanking new animated holiday e-card for Phoenix International, complete with a wonderful message. Take a look and be sure to pay it forward: www.phoenixintl.com/ecard.

House of Tears Design Launches New Branding and Website for I Dreamed I Saw

We're proud to announce the launch of new visual identity and new website for I Dreamed I Saw, a resource for DIY designers, artists, interior designers, obsessive nesters, and anyone in search of the most beautiful, strange and whimsical items available on the web. Take a look at the new website to see beauty, with a twist, manifested.