I was headed to another store in the shopping center and noticed this store sign: Vacuum and Gifts?! Yeah, those are two things I always thought should go together, kinda like peanut butter and chocolate, er, wait, bad example… Since I didn’t go in (I was pressed for time), I’m curious if all of the … Read more What The…
I had the privilege of attending the first ever Creative Freelancer Conference, the creative brainchild of the folks at HOW and Marketing Mentor (Peleg & Ilise). How could I resist this write-up: “If you’re a freelance designer, photographer, writer or anyone else in the creative arts trying to make a living at it—or wanting to … Read more Creative Freelancer Conference 2008
This is a wonderful example of designing for the better good: Chueh Lee @ Samsung in China has developed an ingenious camera for the blind. I’m not sure if it will ever catch on, but I hope it does. This is why I became a designer, to help people, and I don’t get to do … Read more Designing for Good
“HOWiezine is a limited edition, handmade collaborative book project created by HOW forum members, also known as HOWies. There is a theme and participants create two pages based on their interpretation of that theme. Only participants are eligible to receive a copy of the HOWiezine, and when they’re gone, they’re gone.” (quoted from www.howiezine.com) As … Read more Behind the Zines: HZ-13, Phobias
Well, I’m off to the first-ever Creative Freelancer Conference put on by the fine folks at F+W Publications (who publish HOW magazine and also put on the fantastic HOW Design Conference each year). Not sure what to expect, but I am excited to see be one of the first designers to experience this conference, meetup … Read more Off to Chicago!
I love pretty much anything Art Deco. Something about the streamlined lines, the muted colors and the furture-forward aesthetic really just fascinate me. Whether it was created in the 30s and 40s or in the 2000s, Art Deco works still seem up-to-date and cool. Whoever designed the Aquadeco Water packaging really did it right. I … Read more Cool Packaging: Aquadeco Water
Thanks to my friends at HOW, I can enjoy and re-enjoy the Mummy 3 end titles whenever I wish! I personally really enjoyed the Mummy series of movies: they have just the right balance of humor, adventure, story and characterization. To me, I think this is what the Indiana Jones sequels should have been (with … Read more Cool Movie Titles
I’ve been buying the Uncle Ben’s instant microwave rice for years. It is a wonderful product for an ADD creative like me: tear the top of the package open, pop it into the microwave and 90 seconds later, you have steaming hot rice. For whatever reason, I ended up actually reading the back of the … Read more Confused Packaging
The folks over at R29 decided to host their own “logo Olympics” to see how 4 inexpensive online logo design sites would perform on a side-by-side comparison. It’s a long read, but well worth your time.
What the heck is up with advertising these days? I just saw a commercial for a local chain (Elder-Beerman) and the ad was for their “Virtually Everything on Sale” sale. What the? So they couldn’t put everything on sale? Did they not have enough employees to mark every item down? That commercial reminded me of … Read more It’s That Simple…Or Is it?
I recently had the privilege of traveling to Nashville (a mere 5 hour drive from me) to meetup with some friend from the HOW Design Forum and tour Hatch Show Print. Hatch is one of the oldest Letterpress shops in the US, and they still do things the old-fashioned way. No computers, no layout programs. … Read more Hatch Show Print
TBS debuting a new interstitial. As if the ads that pop up at the bottom of the screen aren’t annoying enough, they go and fully interrupt the show you’re watching! I hope this idea dies a quick death. Via Kottke.org.
Thanks for the folks at HOW for the heads up on Axel Peemoeller, who created these very cool perspective type wayfinding graphics.
I was surfing my RSS feeds the other day and came across this new magazine from the famous frog design studio. It’s called Design Mind and they have a great online version of the mag too. I’ve already checked out a few blog posts and online articles and they appear to be well-written and thought … Read more Design Mind for Design Minds
Being an in-house designer, I get a huge variety of design related tasks: everything from boring forms to photography to design, to a bit of Flash and everything in between. Some days, the job just rocks, though, and today was one of those days! I was tasked with developing food allergen icons for our redesigned … Read more I Love My Job!
For designers, typographers, or anyone else who loves/works with type, you will love this video…it’s a great use of fonts… See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Yes, I’m 34 and I’m still single. Sometimes it’s great: do what a want when I want, nobody to check with, nobody to wake me up from an impromptu nap. But really, it would be great to find that one special woman, the love of my life. I’m not the best at asking women out, … Read more Helping Singles to Not Be Single
I was out mowing my yard last week and I found a clump of leaves that had freed itself from my tree in the front yard. I was about to toss them into my yard waste bag, but I took a moment to look at the leaves first and discovered that they were beautifully textured, … Read more Cool Leaves