Why do I need a design process? You might be asking yourself why you need to define your design process. Having a process to solve a problem, and knowing how to show it is a big part of the industry. It adds value to the work you do! Imagine handing Read more…
How do you present an idea? How do you pitch to clients? How many options do you present to a client for them to make a decision? What happens when the clients don’t like the work? Want more? https://www.buildingabrandshow.com/ Binge-watch the whole series: http://bit.ly/BuildingABrandShow In episode 5 of Building a Read more…
Primary Sources A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art. Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects. Interviews, surveys, fieldwork, and Internet Read more…
FONT NERD ALERT: Do you know the difference between a font and a typeface? The main difference between these two terms is that a typeface (or type family) is the name of a specific collection of related fonts. In comparison, font refers to a particular weight, width, and style within that typeface. A little background: Way back in the Read more…
Using the pen tool to create professional-quality vector images is harder than most people think. Here is a fun way to master the task. Click the link above to play the game. It can be very frustrating but the videos below may be helpful… plus you can see that even Read more…
“Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography.” Beatrice Warde (1900-1969) Although American Beatrice Warde used the pen name ‘Paul Beaujon’ she was generally known as the ‘First Lady of Typography’. Read more…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a hero of mine, I have seen him speak twice in person and I follow him on social media and through the Children’s Health Defense. If you’re a republican or democrat stop talking about that. Stop identifying yourself. The enemy is Big Tech, Big Data, Read more…
I put together a little collection of the horns of TIME. It must be so fun to design the covers of these issues. Time magazine itself claims any resemblance to cats, bats or devil horns is purely coincidence. https://time.com/3742509/donald-trump-time-person-of-the-year-horns/
Essayist and critic William Deresiewicz explains how the digital age has devastated and demonetized the arts, the subject of his new book “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”Episode:Has the Internet Been Terrible to the Arts?
Today I found myself signing the First Things First 2020 Manifesto. As a designer, I’m taking a stand to take on climate action. Will you join me? Sign the manifesto, firstthingsfirst2020.org #firstthingsfirst2020 2020 EditionWe, the undersigned, are designers who have been raised in a world in which we put profit over people Read more…