In mid January we were contacted by a freshman at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa looking for advice about getting into the creative business. That’s a freshman in high school mind you. Not college. As someone who didn’t even start college until he was 22, I found this highly impressive. To know at that…
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As we look onward to 2017, we wanted to take the opportunity to also look back on all we accomplished in 2016. We were blown away to see that, in 12 seemingly short months, we’ve changed considerably and are on the cusp of bigger and better things. Let’s take a look at what made 2016 a banner year for…
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What can I say, I love Halloween. Ever since I was a kid, starting in October and ending December 26th, you can usually find me in a good mood. It’s my favorite few months of the year. During my college years as a design student and working part-time at the Apple Store, it turned out I wasn’t…
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It’s college football season in Iowa, and what better way to kick off a weekend of games then by showing off your game face? While tackling some client work this morning, we stumbled onto a pet project we just had to complete. Having already created a series of retro Iowa college football helmets (Iowa, Iowa State,…
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Farmboy was tasked by the Des Moines Social Club to create branding, award statues, and more for the Greater Des Moines Cloris Leachman Excellence In Theatre Arts Awards, informally known as the Cloris Awards. We were asked to keep the branding “professional but fun” as the event recognizes the hard work of those in Iowa theatre arts, but…
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