Category: Projects

Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of Homelessness is a manual to motivate action. The book features the real stories of homeless people and gives insight into what it’s really like to be homeless. Inspired by homeless advocate Mark Horvath and his work with the nonprofit InvisiblePeople.tv, the book also features reflections from more…

The first non-fiction work from our own Kevin D. Hendricks and published by Monkey Outta Nowhere: A work-at-home dad turns to Twitter to share updates about kids, causes and life. It’s a curated selection of bizarre quotes, funny stories and temper tantrums. Woven between potty-training woes and breakfast time songs is a family growing through…

Emergent Productions founder Brian Glassford approached us to help with copy for his new website in 2010. We worked closely with Brian to hone in on the concept for what the copy should say about Emergent Productions and their varied work in marketing, digital media and production.

In 2009 we wrote the copy for the TriLion Studios website. After nearly a decade in the industry the company was rebranding from an individual design studio named Solo Multimedia to a team of creatives. We took the TriLion name and came up with a tagline–A creative pack that has your back–and copy that tapped…

In 2009 Monkey Outta Nowhere began creating content for WebDesign.com, a web services company that helps small businesses and organizations maximize their potential on the web. We wrote a whitepaper and contributed to the blog, including a series on Facebook and Twitter.

In the summer of 2008 we helped Boxbot–and their fun robot mascot Clutch–tell their story. Boxbot specializes in packaging design for children’s products, hence the tagline we wrote: “Boxbot designs stuff kids like.” We also organized and wrote content for their web site, focusing on showing who they are and emphasizing their expertise. Remember, it’s…

Twin Cities radio station 98.5 FM KTIS needed to redesign their web site to bring focus and consistency. Taylor Design Works headed up the project and we focused specifically on the homepage, working together to determine the best way to highlight multiple types of content and create a sense of hierarchy.

In 2000 as an intern and again in 2005 as a freelancer, Monkey Outta Nowhere worked with the National Park Service to create a trail guide for the Twin Cities metro area. The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a unit of the National Park Service that focuses on 72 miles of the Mississippi…

In the summer of 2008 Monkey Outta Nowhere started writing content for iThemes, a creator of WordPress themes. WordPress is an open source blog software that makes it very easy to manage a web site and control the design through customizable themes. We wrote blog entries about how to use WordPress, prepared PDF tutorials and…