I’ve been working with a high school friend to develop a brand and website for his newest endeavor – to offer free online financial planning to lower-middle class people. He currently lives in Chicago as a financial planner. He had a good idea of what he was looking for. Colors, imagery and wording were some […]
Great Newspaper Ads pt. 2
*side note* I’ve been keeping track of my blog’s visitor statistics and my first post about newspaper ads is the most popular of any I’ve written, with an average of 15-20 views a day. It also is ranked high in search engines when searching for ‘how to make great advertisements.’ ** With that knowledge, I decided that I […]
Hillman Curtis hits the nail right on the head!
I just received the book MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis I skimmed through it and caught some insightful words: A common mistake of designers is thinking of themselves only as visual communicators. We’re fortunate to speak the visual language fluently, but we also need to translate literal and […]
Poster Design
Posters should have a definite style or brand yet carry that style out with minimal content. Here are few posters I’ve designed in the past. This was created in conjunction with a pamphlet that targeted the idea that finding WMD was a slam dunk case. And yes, the CIA director actually said that. I put statistics of the […]
What Makes a Logo Great?
I don’t know too much about logo design, since I focus most of my time with magazine design and web design, although I will try to list some things I’ve learned. Effective Logos… …are distinctive …are visible …are usable …are memorable …are universal …are durable …are timeless …do not sell, only identifies. …derives its meaning from […]
Awesome Design Blogs
Here are a few of the blogs I follow that give me inspiration, knowledge and cool design resources. Design View / Andy Rutledge This guy always has some great thoughts about web design and web standards. His personal portfolio is pretty amazing too! CSS Newbie Very cool website that has some useful resources for web […]
Obama and his great designers
That title isn’t meant to be sarcastic either. I love that the design of Obama’s latest podium front has made the news. Finally, political campaigns are setting a standard in the design world, instead of being the worst of the worst when it comes to design. Obama’s website is the best designed, most standards-compliant and […]
Music and Design
I began reading “The Elements of Typographic Style” today. I read something profound, and interesting to a me as both a musician and designer. “Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness.”
What’s Your Style?
I watched the second episode of the new series of HGTV’s Design Star. I like watching these sort of shows that redesign rooms in your house, because it’s fun to see the overlap that interior design has with graphic design. I caught the last few minutes of the season premiere and contestant Michael Stribling said […]
Latest Web Work
One of my new clients needed a logo, banner (6ft x 4ft)) and website. I’ve got a prelim. website done. This website led to another website project that I’ve not even started on. It’s for another drug prevention organization. Now if I could only balance this work with my internship.