Monthly Archives: November 2010

Direct Mail Tips For Your Clients

Unfortunately, clients don’t see the point of white space, hence the existence of MakeMyLogoBiggerCream.com. Stop fighting them yourself and send them to this nice clear description of effective direct mail design by NorCal Presort.

Posted in Amusement, Repost From Cited Source, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession

Direct Mail Tips For Your Clients

Unfortunately, clients don’t see the point of white space, hence the existence of MakeMyLogoBiggerCream.com. Stop fighting them yourself and send them to this nice clear description of effective direct mail design by NorCal Presort.

Posted in Amusement, Repost From Cited Source, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession

Frank Chimero has an interesting design philosophy.

“7…. I don’t know what the hell is going on. Neither do you, and neither does any one else, really. We’re all lost and making things up as we go. We are making things before we know what they do and breaking stuff before we know what replaces it.

We’re all just here tinkering, speculating and listening to see if our shovels hit something hard while we’re digging. I suppose that’s what world- building is, though, so let’s get used to it. We need to learn to tolerate ambiguity.”

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Vocation & Profession

Graphic Recording

Lloyd Dangle in the US and Cognitive Media in the UK are doing some fantastic things to amplify spoken word presentations. Check them out here, here and here!

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Drawing, Mad Props, Visual Concepts

Selling Purpose

What is branding but aligning a company, product or cause with “higher moral or cultural purpose”? What is a civically minded designer to do? Are we mercenaries or activists or production monkeys? Does it matter?

Posted in Design Ethics, Actions & Impact, Repost From Cited Source