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Design is never the finished product. It’s thousands of little decisions made consciously and subconsciously, cued by the world around us. Here we share our design, identify our approach, comment on the industry, and highlight thought-provoking ephemeral that requires our opinion.

A fun-themed photoshoot with our neighbors.

A night in Venice, California.

Fun

Thought Merchant's design principles animated with kinetic typography movements that mimic the principle.

Kinetic Typography

Fun

Animation

Every 20 years or so Jupiter and Saturn nestle next to each other in the night sky.

Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter

Fun

We had the opportunity to shoot the launch photos for Omura's Series X device.

Omura Series X Photos

Photo

Brandon Kleinman came to Thought Merchants through a mutual friend to help him break through his product's nebulous state.

Product Workshop @ California Design Studio

Process

Cannabis flower + Omura product imagery in the photo studio.

Omura Dark Nugget

Photo

If you throw treats in the air and time the shutter release just right - you can get some ear magic.

Ear Flip

Fun

A fun photoshoot with some old neighbors.

Palmer, Devan, and Chunk

Fun

Ah, I love taking photos of dogs. I love taking photos of my friends' dogs even more.

Frannie, Charlie and Graham

Fun

We took a week, worked with existing imagery the client shot previously and pulled together a cohesive professional image for their splash

The Loyalist splash page.

Brand

During the darkest days of the quarantine, we decided to bring a smile to everyone's face.

The sun shines here every day.

Fun

Portrait with toffee color background.

Shannon Hat Portrait

Fun

Moon captured on a Leica SL2 with APO-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 90-280mm.

Last Night's Moon

Fun

Graham the golden retriever portrait under neon LED lights.

Neon Graham

Fun

Fun photography experiment with cannabis buds and neon lights.

Spaceshit Nugget

Photo

My poster is a parody of the absurdity of Trump's remarks in the same way the film Apocalypse Now did in 1979.

Trump don't surf.

Fun

I designed a fun yet simple poster to engage and celebrate with the formidable line queuing outside (COVID protocol).

ZJs Closing Weekend Appreciation Poster

Fun

An escape to an isolated beach a few hours north of Los Angeles. The pandemic will be around for at least another year so get prepared, take

Jalama Beach Excursion

Fun

3-day adventure into the California desert with our pup Graham.

Palm Springs with Graham

Fun

Shannon brings her new X100T to the beach for a surf session.

Heavens in November

Fun

A brief look at our annual pilgrimage to Sonoma.

Sonoma Over Thanksgiving

Fun

Beautiful hiking outside Palm Springs.

Painted Canyons Hike

Fun

Some days you just need to fling yourself in the mud.

Muddy Dog

Fun

Everyone goes to a castle outside Berlin to incept the new version of their mobile application!

Hornet Version 4 Product Inception

Process

Memorable business cards for a web services company.

Crevalle Business Cards

Brand

The entire product team flies to South Africa to kick off the next quarter together.

Hornet Q4 Agile Inception in Cape Town

Process

A monumental art installation in an East LA warehouse.

14th Factory

Fun

Cute crazy little dog.

Norman the pomsky jumping around.

Fun

A grain-to-glass distillery sharpens their brand image.

2bar Spirits Get Refreshed

Brand

A very friendly Dalmatian comes into the studio.

Charlie the Dalmatian

Fun

A royal reception for the big golden.

Graham on Crimson

Fun

Creating a bold innovative brand, for a smart developer-focused marketing organization.

Reify Branding

Brand

Hornet team climbs the quintessential photo destination in Cape Town.

Hiking Lion's Head

Fun

An autumn trip to the quintessential Palm Springs resort.

Ace Hotel Palm Springs

Photo

A storytelling approach for celebrating a year in review.

Reify 2017: The story behind the source code.

Brand

Enjoying a trip to Paso Robles for Thanksgiving week.

Central Coast Look

Photo

Capturing the 2019 lunar eclipse with a Leica Q. 28mm can only do so much.

Super Blood Wolf Moon

Photo

EMPEX is trail blazing thought leadership in the Elixir developer community.

EMPEX LA 2019

Event

We rolled out the studio photography gear to have some fun during the holidays. Fake snow, Santa hats, and dynamic lighting! Enjoy.

Holiday Photo Studio Fun

Fun

Making the coolest pizza book.

The Pizza Book Photoshoot

Process

Red rocks and amazing views

Sedona Arizona

Fun

A email collection landing page collecting pre-orders.

Effective Code Review Landing Page Design

Brand

Digging up a fun side project from 7 years ago. Still fun.

Night Hawks Jersey

Brand

Balanced team is a meetup for agile and UX

Balanced Team Salon

Event

Designing a simple, visually bold, and innovative tool

Reify Tuneup Landing Page

Brand

Just look down to find inspiration.

Textures of California

Fun

Tesoro believes that women's bodies were meant to be different.

Butt Poster

Fun

The summer product line.

Summer of Jilly Product Photos

Photo

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