Joby Harris

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Joby Harris
Born (1975-02-21) 21 February 1975 (age 50)
Origin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s) Artist, Musician
Website http://www.jobyharris.com

Joby Harris (born February 21, 1975) is a designer and director in Los Angeles, California. He is also the lead singer and guitar player for the American post-hardcore band Crash Rickshaw. He is currently a visual strategist for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.[1]

Music

Harris performed in Crash Rickshaw on two albums to date.[2] A self-titled album on Seattle based record label Tooth & Nail Records in late 2001 and a second album entitled The Unknown Clarity independently released on iTunes in 2008.

Harris previously spent time performing with Pittsburgh local punk band Phatso[3] as well as Orange County, California bands Rainy Days, and The Moodswingers opening for such acts as At the Drive In, P.O.D., Project 86, and Zao.[4]

In late 2009, he wrote and co-performed an independently released fight song for professional NFL football team the Pittsburgh Steelers.[5]

Visual Art

As an artist, he has created designs, models or props for:

  • television: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Firefly, Angel, C.S.I., Malcolm In the Middle, Star Trek Enterprise;
  • motion pictures Solaris, Cat in the Hat, Bruce Almighty, Bad Boys 2, Constantine;
  • theme park: Disney's Tokyo Disney Sea in Tokyo, Japan; Universal Studios Hollywood;
  • publishing: Thomas Nelson Books, Zondervan, Jossey-Bass
  • music: Madonna, System of a Down, Mrs. Greenbird, Project 86

[6][7][8]

In December 2011, Joby became a finalist in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest. His commercial "Bird of Prey" airs on television in the United States and Canada.[9]

In January 2015, while working as a visual strategist for NASA's JPL, Harris illustrated three posters celebrating Exoplanets.[10] The vintage style travel posters featured Kepler-186f, HD 40307 g, and Kepler-16b. News of the posters gained quick international attention by way of Gizmodo,[11] The Verge,[12] CNN,[13] Time (magazine),[14] Newsweek,[15] io9,[16] Reddit [17] and Popular Mechanics.[18]

Discography

Albums

With Crash Rickshaw

External links

References

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  1. ↑ [1] "Evidence of working for JPL"
  2. ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/crash-rickshaw/id547283
  3. ↑ Phatso (punk band) Punk Band
  4. ↑ "Evidence of Past Bands"
  5. ↑ "Evidence of writing song"
  6. ↑ "Evidence of being an artist"
  7. ↑ " Evidence of being an artist"
  8. ↑ "Evidence of Directing"
  9. ↑ http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/tag/joby-harris/
  10. ↑ "Travel Posters"
  11. ↑ "Posters Gizmodo"
  12. ↑ "Posters The Verge"
  13. ↑ "Posters CNN"
  14. ↑ "Posters Time"
  15. ↑ "Posters Newsweek"
  16. ↑ "Posters io9"
  17. ↑ "Posters Reddit"
  18. ↑ "Posters Popular Mechanics"
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