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A Before and After Case Study

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I was asked by a client to re-design a print ad laid out by someone else. The original layout (above, left) was cluttered and confused. The ad, for an author’s book signing events in upscale communities in Los Angeles County, was going to appear in a local cultural magazine. What was needed was a visual [...]

Leaves In My Gutter

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It’s an odd place to find beauty. Gutters are usually the conduits of unwanted odds and ends. They can become pretty nasty. But once in awhile a treasure is found there. In this case the treasure consists of colors and textures expressed through leaves, asphalt, concrete and mildew.

Color Trends: Orange Is the New Pink

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On the evening before during the meeting of a creative team I’m leading, one team member made the statement that orange is a hideous color and no one likes it, so therefore it would not be appropriate used in the particular identity program we were discussing. Having observed varieties of orange in common used, I [...]

Chart Wars: A Designer’s Critique of the Universal Health Care Charts

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Setting aside that fact that many think the Dems’ proposed national healthcare plan is a total nightmare, this chart is no sweet dream from a design standpoint.

Creative Differences: Illustration and Design

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By straddling two “worlds” in my design practice, I often think about one of them while engaging in the other. For instance, while working on a design project, I’ll be musing over the illustration in progress over there on my drafting table. And when I’m in my illustration mode, I’ll be considering the next step [...]

Put In A Different Context, Something Becomes Extraordinary

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1rZqw5bXb4] I first saw this clip by EepyBird in a post over on The Digital Sanctuary followed it to its source. I enjoyed it enough to want to share it here.  And I wanted to add the thought that everything we consider ordinary, such as a pad of sticky notes, had a unique origin. Whether [...]