From dead presidents to stylized urine, in a game known as “layer tennis” these two designers of legend play off one anothers work to inspire their own designed reply — or “volley.”
In the series below the designers present, along with their creations, a short description — a peek into their mindframe during the late nights in which this work took place.
Volley1
My first inclination, of course, is to use photos of dead presidents. I found this one of Lincoln. I respect him as a great leader and as a ‘hero,’ but he has one scary mug, so I burnt it off.
Volley2
I’ll tell you where our heros have gone‚ to the freakin moon‚ spreading democracy while you sleep tight at night wrapped in an American flag. A common misconception in American history is that Lincoln lead the unification, but in reality he was busy beating the cheese out of commie moon-men.
Volley3
It is a little known historical fact that Lincoln took us into space. It is even more closely guarded secret that the way to fuel a trip into the void of space is to use pure, unrefined Rock n’ Roll. My return in this match was the first space album ever made. The only problem is that: in space no one can hear you shred.
Volley4
Ever since Al Gore invented the Internet, the growing amount of work for future historians has increased exponentially. Whereas we currently only have to make educated guesses about the relative intelligence of our ancestors, we are now able to leave behind a massive trail of wrecked grammar and obvious observations.
Volley5
Do you change your mind about what to have for dinner and need to tell everyone? Do you think what you are watching on TV is lol’s? If yes, then don’t forget the hashtag!
Volley6
#ohmanwe’rescrewed #over140char #RT #wtf @THE_REAL_SHAQ lolbro u gonn maik kazzam 2????? holla at ur boy!!
entertained me for several minutes!
We live to entertain! Thanks for coming around. We both had a blast doing this.
That’s the best idea I’ve ever seen!
Was this all done in one night?
this whole project ended up being freaking amazing. volleys 5 and 6 literally made my pants wet and i think i blacked out for a minute.
godspeed, gentlemen…
#Iloveit
@Rich, we did around 1 per night. so it took about 3 nights to complete and then another day to gather assets (like write the comments and draw the faces), and then design & code the web page. Thanks for commenting!
@Max there are so many jokes right there…
@B thanks for the hashtag!
This is gorgeous! Love how the pieces evolved
History -> Space -> Twitter. The natural progression of design.
So good! Nice work gents.
quite brilliant, the both of yous.
Cyborg Jesus on a Velociraptor! This is awesome. I especially love the evolving typography, though you could have included more from each others’ layers.
Alas, I am smitten with the overflowing cool.