The Social Monster Project

A collection from collective minds --> Spring 2014 Maine College of Art SUBMIT!

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Hey friends. I recently noticed Twitter’s new “web profiles” and thought it was pretty interesting. It’s a totally new direction design-wise and, I just wondered what you all would think of it. I also thought it came just days too late to significantly help us with our Twitter self-evaluations! I always found it less than efficient to scroll through each tweet, searching for the most popular / least popular ones. Now, with the new profiles, Twitter actually physically enlarges your most popular tweets, and perhaps will help us define what kind of language / content our followers actually enjoy and respond to.

(Yes I know the class is over, but I thought it was cool!)

Best,

- Sarah

[thesocialmonsterproject]

LET'S GET A-COOKING

The importance of cooking:

1) Need food to survive

2) Brings people together

3) Don’t be lazy

4) Family & tradition

5) Being able to provide

6) You save money

7) everyone loves a great home cooked meal

….and always remember, Keep it simple!

--dm

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Here’s a little something for finals week.

--cea

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Mr. Grumpy Gills

I thought I’d share this video for my blog post this week mainly because it always puts a smile on my face. With the last days of school winding down and thesis taking over everyone’s lives, I thought this would be a great video to cheer everyone up!

JUST KEEP SWIMMIN’!!!!

-cm

[thesocialmonsterproject]

God I hope he’s trolling(probably was tbh)

~Js

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Currently obsessed with Pictoplasma’s work…You should all definitely check them out.

--fm

[thesocialmonsterproject]

--cbc

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Exasperated Polar Bear

--fm

[thesocialmonsterproject]

For my final post, I figured I'd share an image of my some of my final thesis pieces. As a refresher, I designed the brand identity to a lip product company called lip happy. Here are the boxes, products + labels that I've designed, and lastly a bag. In my show there will also be business cards, a process book, an advertisement, and a large painted window display.

--ch

[thesocialmonsterproject]

The content of this article is something I’ve been trying to use throughout my thesis. Keeping a “done list” has actually really helped me keep my accomplishments in check. Also, this 99U website is always full of really inspiring and helpful articles that have helped me through my practice. Always information packed! Check it out!

- Sarah McLean

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Brought to you from the tube of yous! I enjoy this channel very much and I highly recommend that people watch some of their many other movie parody videos. Em 

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Oh fangirls… nothing/no one can escape them… Em

[thesocialmonsterproject]

We went to New York with the photo department over the weekend and here is one of many shots I took while walkin around and people watching

-Ss

[thesocialmonsterproject]

ya I made this…dot dot dot

-ss

[thesocialmonsterproject]

With the Boston Marathon coming up, I thought this was a beautiful tribute commercial for the runners and the victims of last years marathon. BOSTON STRONG! - cm

[thesocialmonsterproject]

All this warm weather is leaving me thirsty.  Kiwi Blueberry Mojito Recipe

12oz Blueberries 10oz Kiwi 4oz Mint  1/4 cup Lime Juice  1/2 cup Sugar  1 cup Sugar to decorate glass rims 1 1/2 cup Sparkling Water 1 cup Ice  1 cup Rum …Enjoy for finals week coming up!

--rl

[thesocialmonsterproject]

Tomorrow is the last day to help NASA pick out a new style of spacesuit. Interesting to see new design approaches to the classic spacesuit.  Also, I think the roundness at the back of the suit is cute:

--erb