2013 Webby Award Winner for Best Game (Tablet & All Other Devices) – ESPN Fantasy Football iPad App I am very happy to announce that the Fantasy Football iPad application that I designed won a prestigious Webby award. I worked hand in hand with our development team to take a pre-existing Fantasy Football UI that existed for
Creating a Mobile Game Plan to Working with Large Brands
2:45 – 3:45 Creating a Mobile Game Plan to Working with Large Brands In this talk Matt will talk about the challenge of working with large scale brands like ESPN (and some of Matt’s other clients). Matt’s had over 16 years of experience with large brand, Matt’s encountered potential issues you need overcome and consider
Here is an exploration into my part of the ESPNFC design logo process. Ultimately they went with another logo, but I feel that the time that went into researching and exploring the logos below was well spent. I also thought it might be fruitful for younger designers to see what a basic process of creating
Make sure to make plans to get to Atlanta, GA this October to catch me in my first ever appearance as a speaker discussing my thoughts on Mobile Design. The conference runs from October 19th-20th and I am scheduled to speak on Saturday the 20th. If you’re lucky I may just freeze up completely which
We are very proud to have the logo we designed for Kennedy Catholic to be imprinted on their brand new gym floor!
Earlier this year we went contacted by The College of Notre Dame of Maryland to help them transition to their new standing as a University. The name of the school changed to “Notre Dame of Maryland University”. In partnership with the new name the school was looking to make some adjustments to their athletic mark
Introducing the all new Louisiana College Wildcats logo for the 2011 season! The concept behind the logo was very simple; create an identity and brand for the athletic department to distinguish itself from all other programs in the American Southwest Conference. The logo was slowly introduced as part of the 2011 promotional materials for
NFL Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk and his partner Nicole Bradley created the 8NINE Agency to give athletes the proper guidance on how to lead their careers and establish their outside interests as well. The 8Nine Agency selected Walk Design to help them design and launch a website that allow them to house all of
Walk Design was selected by Jackrabbit Design to help create a logo for Jordan’s Furniture in Boston. The logo is called “The Big Check” and it is for a promotion with the Boston Bruins that if anyone buys furniture from their store throughout the season and the Bruins win the Stanley Cup again, they get
It was a really great milestone for Walk design today as Kennedy Catholic High School installed it’s new Field Turf field today with the logo we designed for them permanently fixed to the center of it. It is the first time one of our logos have been permanently attached to a building or a field
I was excited to learn this morning that 7 various logos that I have designed were chosen by a London based blog as an example os “American Themed Logos” “The popular American sports of Football, Baseball, Hockey, Basketball, etc all have a recognisable and unique approach to their graphic designs. Unlike your typical logo, the
“I do quite a bit of web surfing looking for inspiration for various projects. 2, maybe 3 years ago, I came across a site that blew me away. Walkdesign is the portfolio of sports designer, Matt Walker. Last year I finally bit the bullet and emailed Matt some simple praise he deserved. I received a
Walk Design is proud to announce the launch of New York Yankees’ centerfielder Curtis Granderson’s new website Grand Kids Foundation (http://grandkidsfoundation.org). The site will serve as the online home for the 2009 MLBPA Man of the Year and his charitable organization. The Grand Kids Foundation focuses on improving the educational experience for youth nationwide and
We went retro here at Walk Design for a fun character driven logo for Gunner Technology. In their own words, Gunner Technology “Manage Internet operations in web development, SEO and Social Media marketing to maximize ROI.” Recently our logos have become more Illustration driven, and it has been a breath of fresh air. In this
I must say it was an interesting experience to do a video interview. Lord knows I am not shy, so that wasn’t the problem, but to do an interview in front of your computer without knowing it was going to be a video interview was different to say the least. The first thing you realize
The Jake Peavy Foundation which is a charity created by Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy chose Walk Design for their new logo identity. The final concept has been accepted and approved. The idea was to do something simple and clean so that it could be appropriate for various charity uses but also have a
It was a big day at Walk Design when we launched the all new websites for CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees. The launch signaled a new age for us with a stronger emphasis on multi-channel communications. We are now utilizing social media and internal communications to speak to the fans wherever the fans
LogoPond.com which is widely know in the logo industry as being THE home of logo designers on the internet has selected Walk Design as it’s “Featured Showcase” designer. It is truly a honor to occupy this position. We have used Logo Pond for years as our inspiration for logos and it is one of our
In a nice surprise this week, Walk Design had 4 of the top 50 logos selected by WebExpedition18.com. It is a great honor to have these logos selected and this is the first time to our knowledge that we have ever appeared in a list like this. Check it out!
Welcome to the number one lacrosse camp website in the world. Working hand in hand with Mark Millon himself, we have built a custom website to fit the needs of the camp to allow for greater emphasis on video instruction as well as more interaction with the campers and future campers. Mark Millon is one of
We have launched our second iPhone app to date with ESPN Tournament Challenge! This application is a companion to our online Tournament game and makes making your tournament picks easy and fluid. Download the app now! After you download the app, join my group and see how you do! Join Group
What a great day yesterday was. Going to Scottsdale to be a part of Strikeouts for Troops annual spring training ceremony was something I wanted to be apart of for years but always had to settle for just posting the photos and admiring the brave souls that finaly get some well deserved recognition from afar.
We are very excited to welcome Millon Lacrosse Camps into the Walk design family as they have decided to select us as their new digital media partner. The project will consist of us creating a brand new marketing and online approach for the camp as they strive to continue their position as the #1 lacrosse
With Orlando Hudsons free agent signing with the Minnesota Twins for the 2010 season came an immediate need to change his website over from his previous Los Angeles Dodgers look and feel. This has been the third or forth time that we had a player that has switched teams and has needed a very quick
