Joby Harris

Joby Harris
Born	February 21, 1975
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

• The Unknown Clarity (2008)
• Crash Rickshaw (2001)

External links

• Official Website
• Joby Harris at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. "Evidence of working for JPL"
2. "Crash Rickshaw". iTunes. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
3. Phatso (punk band) Punk Band
4. "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
5. "Evidence of writing song"
6. "Joby Harris". IMDb. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
7. "404!". Retrieved May 2, 2016.
8. "Evidence of Directing"
9. "Joby Harris". Retrieved May 2, 2016.
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"