Marks and shapes can be created accidentally or spontaneously as the result of process. An event or action results in shapes being…
It's easy to approach art and design studies with an emphasis on technique, tools, and methods, and the elements and principles. But…
While, as a freelancer, you absolutely must focus on your business and develop killer business skills, you also need to guard and…
Productivity is a popular and expansive topic, and it’s also big business. From apps and books on the subject to courses and…
There is a phrase: ex nihilo nihil fit. It roughly translates from the Latin as from nothing, nothing comes. Generally, this is a…
There are things we encounter that awake something in us and inspire us: an experience, a revelation, a new insight or piece…
There 's a book in my library titled, 101 Things to Learn in Art School by Kit White. It's full of truths…
It is said that when you come to the end of your rope, you should tie a knot and hang on. My…
We talk about creativity and innovation in terms of thinking outside the box. Thinking outside the box still needs to remain within the…
Design your time. Time is wasted when we do the wrong thing at the wrong time. It's easier to keep your time boundaries and your well-being intact if you plan ahead.
If we approach a design solution as an opportunity for self-expression, we'll miss the point and risk not solving the problem.
Where an artist can begin with a blank canvas and pursue a serendipitous route to an end result, a designer begins with a set of criterion and remains within set boundaries from concept through completion.
Creative thinking requires us to cease from thinking as we always have. This is neither automatic nor easy because we automatically default to doing that which requires the least amount of effort.
I am currently in the concept stages of a logo development project. I always begin in my sketchbook, doodling forms and symbols,…
Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful…
My friend, Mary, was in a community theatre production of The Mikado, and was asked to write her bio for the printed program. This being…
The computer is a tool. Use a pencil instead and you’re still a designer. Having a computer, even if it’s a Macintosh, does not make you a designer.