Social media and online platforms for digital media abound…. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and so on. What other options are out there? One place I like to recommend to communication design students is béhance. It is owned by Adobe and is in my opinion the most professional portfolio platform out Read more…
Brand Basics – What’s in a name? The right name is timeless, tireless, easy to say and remember; it stands for something and facilitates brand extensions. Its sound has rhythm. It looks great in the text of an email and in the logo. A well-chosen name is an essential brand Read more…
This talk was recorded remotely on May 22, 2020 Antionette D. Carroll: Understanding Identity, Power, & Equity in Design Leadership Antionette D. Carroll shares her tragic personal story and inspiration for founding the Creative Reaction Lab and her mission to educate and challenge communities to address equality and equity. “We Read more…
Lisa Champ is a designer, typographer, illustrator and creative director living and working in NYC. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2011 and is a graduate of the Type@Cooper program. Not only did I have the pleasure of being Lisa’s professor at PrattMWP my husband was her high Read more…
100% of the money collected will go towards funding the activities of the COVID-Solidarity Response Fund for WHO. Some of my favorite creatives have shared a good variety of visual responses to the COVID-19 crisis. View this post on Instagram My cover for today’s @newyorkermag A post shared by Christoph Niemann (@abstractsunday) Read more…
This excerpt is written by Taylor Helfrich – read the full article from PrintingCenterUSA here. 1. What is CMYK? CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key (Black). If you do not save your product in CMYK, PrintingCenterUSA will automatically convert your design from RGB. RGB stands for Red, Green, Read more…
What is all the fuss about Design Thinking? Is it a common sense step by step guide incorporating practical design process or an outdated method of engagement to promote positive work culture employing new corporate jargon and supporting 3M —the maker of Post its? How do we fully engage organizations Read more…
Richard Saul Wurman is one of most interesting men I have ever spoken to. Yep – I called him up and he answered the phone! We spoke for a good long time… or should I say – I listened. A self proclaimed informational Architect—a term he invented himself, Wurman is Read more…
EASTON PRIBBLE VISITING ARTISTLECTURE SERIES Tuesday, February 18, 202010:30 am – 12 pm Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts InstituteSinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium Free and Open to the Public Armando Veve is an illustrator working in Philadelphia. His drawings have been recognized by American Illustration, Communication Arts, Spectrum, and awarded three Read more…
Briefly from Bassett & Partners on Vimeo. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knEwWepDCsk&w=560&h=315] What is a creative brief? In the best cases, a creative brief is a document created through initial meetings, interviews, readings and discussions between a client and designer before any work begins. Throughout the project, the creative brief continues to inform Read more…