Death of a Salesman/Creative
Photo courtesy of Start&Finish Again today, trolling through the vastness that is the interwebs I came across another article discussing crowdsourcing. This is easily one of the most concise, well written arguments against the practice this is another. Let’s think about this for a minute. Clients now search for examples of solutions to their problems...
Thank You Photoshop: Professional Etiquette
I came across this interesting little manifesto over here today. I would have to agree with this list of etiquette tips, though as of this moment, I do not follow these recommendation to the T. However, I do my best to have my files make sense, labelled clearly and always, always, always place vector files...
Ski Apache’s Mountain Truths
In the Fall of 2009 I was tasked with rebranding Ski Apache. I decided to give the campaign a campy feel combining simple textures and bold colors as well as a few of Mother Nature’s little helpers. The campaign was subsequently translated into the website and communicated across print, resort map, coffee holders, trail guide,...
H&M Intelectual Pirates on the High Seas!
So I was reading through Dexigner this morning while drinking some coffee and I was thinking about a post I made the other day talking about crowd sourcing design (Adobe was accused of doing this) and how it seems to be happening or at least is companies are being accused of doing it, more and...
OMG
Last year I designed an outdoor campaign for Roger’s Jewelry. The campaign earned “Best of Outdoor” at the AAF Reno 2010 ADDY Awards and went on to compete in the District 14 ADDYS. Since it launched May 2010, the campaign has been hugely successful. The Reno store gets daily comments from customers about the campaign,...
Inn of the Mountain Gods – Players Club
I have been working on projects for Inn of the Mountain Gods for almost two years. For the first year there was a major re-branding/design overhaul project which I served mostly as a Designer working on print concepts and outdoor concepts brochures rack cards door hangers and other pieces of collateral. The re-branding was finalized...
The Broken Record: Can We Set it Straight?
I don’t get to talk to other designers all the time, but when I do it seems that crowd sourcing design and free pitches is always a topic of discussion. I have met some designers that I hold in high esteem and they adamantly oppose crowd sourcing design sites such as 99 Designs but then...
That’s My Motto: Doing Illustrations Right
This set of illustrations is beautiful. Each state’s motto was illustrated by a different designer, utlizing the same colors but each communicated it a different way. Each state is so unique and thoughtful. I positively love these. It is inspiring as a designer to see something like this. 50 AND 50 IS A CURATED PROJECT...
Drawing Inspiration
I absolutely love this video produced by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery featuring caricaturist John Kascht. It is beautifully shot, and shows the process that John follows when producing one of his drawings from initial exploration to completed work. Not only is John a Master at drawing, he is also a master sculptor as evidenced...
