We’ve often been told that the ripe team seems a bit mysterious. After all, according to our About page, we’re just a few bio-less names and faces. While we’re in the process of updating all of that (really!), we figured we may as well start a new, weekly blog detailing what’s been going on in the studio. Just, you know, so you don’t think we’re design-cyborgs or something. So welcome to your first week at ripe!
And lucky you, your first week has been a busy one, what with websites launching, a couple of us attending release events, birthday cake and more. The previously mentioned La Palina website launched last week, and we’ve been burning the candle at both ends to get it filled out with content. On launch day it had only two sections – About La Palina and Blog. We added the third early this week (Our Cigars), and have continued working on getting the rest up and running as soon as possible.
Of course it doesn’t help to have the client distracting us with parties. On Thursday the 24th Senior Designer Ian and Creative Director Tomas wandered on over to Morton’s the Steakhouse on Connecticut Avenue for the DC release party. Inside we had the pleasure of rubbing shoulders with some of DC’s cigar-smoking A-listers. While neither Tomas nor Ian are really cigar smokers, the airflow (regulated by dozens of huge fans) ensured that if you weren’t a smoker you wouldn’t be caught in a cloud. We have to say, the whiffs we caught smelled damn good.
Creative Director Tomas and La Palina owner and refounder, if that’s a word, William Paley. Guess which one spends more time in front of the camera…
After the La Palina event, Tomas attended the Puro Cafe opening, which was catered by two clients of ours – 42° Catering, and Alembic Cocktail Catering, and promoted via the magical PR of a third, JML Marketing + Communications. As Tomas put it, “We love it when our clients get together, what a great combination.” Delicious food, tasty cocktails, good PR… a great combo indeed.
Last night was the first time we actually saw the new 42° truck, which is silly considering we designed both it and their logo.
And speaking of tastiness, our new intern Christina had her birthday over the weekend which gave us an excuse to buy a cake. We were meeting with Jenn (also known as the “JMLator”) from JML Marketing + Communications on the same day, and we’re beginning to think that she has some sort of treat related psychic power. Last time she was in the studio for a meeting, Ian had brought in a milk chocolate bacon bar. We’ll have to keep an eye on her…
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