We’ve been taking a little break from blogging this summer to focus on family, hot weather and swimming pools. However, the child is now back in school and I’m back at my desk. Hooray for routines!
We have a few things up our sleeves for this second half of 2010. The biggest one is that I [...]

I’ve written about the importance of a well considered home office before (here and here). And I have to admit, since we moved to a new house last year, I haven’t followed my own rules! Our office has been the neglected room, the dumping ground. When we don’t know where to put something, we’ll say [...]

It was about a year ago when I realized that many of the concepts of graphic design are present in other design disciplines.
Yes, this high brow epiphany came to me during an episode of Project Runway, when Tim Gunn was pushing a budding designer to “resolve” his design and add “texture and layers.” I thought, [...]

Ever since I saw the movie Up in the Air, I’ve been thinking a lot about the opening credits. They had tons of great aerial photography mixed in with playful typography. I loved how most of the photos they used created really interesting geometric patterns. I’ve got to find a way to incorporate something like [...]

Hope everyone is having a nice holiday! With the new year right around the corner, I am feeling optimistic. Why, you may ask? Well, I have won my very first prize!
One the blogs I follow for inspiration is Jill McDonald’s. She is a surface designer that creates art and patterns for Pottery Barn Kids, The [...]

It’s a been a little while since I’ve posted! Work has been slow-ish, so I’ve been taking some time off to soak up the Christmas tree lights and hang out with my family. My typography class is also winding down, and we watched Helvetica, the movie for our last meeting this week. The more I [...]

When I did my post on my favorite (for now) sans-serif typeface, Gotham, I mentioned I would come back to show you my favorite serif, Mrs. Eaves. Now, if you are a designer reading this, bets are you’re more than familiar with this font; because it’s used so much, there is a lot of debate [...]

Disclaimer: this post is a little more nerd-centric than usual.
As designers, we all have our go-to typefaces that we use over and over (and over and over!). And while we don’t want to get stuck in a rut, this is actually a GOOD practice! In fact, I urge my typography students to build a collection [...]

Of course, everyone knows PowerPoint, the go-to presentation program. I think we’ve all seen the default bright-blue background with yellow text way too many times now. Really, who wants to sit through an hour of looking at this?

Well, PowerPoint CAN indeed be pretty!!
One of the services we provide is PowerPoint presentation design. We essentially create [...]

Summer time is here, which means my most demanding client is out of school and home for the season. So far, we are having a blast (the above picture was taken at the beach this past weekend), but it also means less time for work. So my postings will most likely be slow for the [...]