Pardon the mess.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I’m attributing that to taking a very early Summer hiatus. As it turns out, I’ve spent the last few months making the preparations to attend graduate school in the fall, and I’m happy to report that I’ve been accepted to Suffolk University’s MBA program. In [...]
Continue ReadingAdam Carolla on Change
“…But think about all the change that’s happened in your life. Is it ever bad? Change is growth. That’s how you measure growth. It’s the rings in your tree. Sure, it can be bad temporarily: You’re our of a job, you’re out of your apartment, you’re out of your relationship. But six months or a [...]
Continue ReadingImplementing a Grid with Web Design
“…what a grid does, is it creates structure. And it creates a coherence page after page. And that really makes users feel good when the see this consistency. And it makes your job [as a designer] easier because you’re not designing each page anew. You’re re-using elements. And it’s really important in web design, which is [...]
Continue ReadingPut Design in Your Company’s DNA
“Corporate Design Foundation, a non-profit education and research organization, was founded on the belief that design can make a major contribution both to an individual’s quality of life and to a corporation’s success, and that both individual and organizational interests can be served through the effective use of the design [...]
Continue ReadingAvoid In-House Burnout by Getting to Know Your Customers
Something that I’ve been thinking of a lot recently is the importance for in-house designers to not only know the product (or service) their company is selling, but who is purchasing those goods or services. A lot of times, in-house design is just that; creatives supporting the external operational functions of a company. Unfortunately, [...]
Continue ReadingLessons Learned: The Corporate Creative
I’m pleased to announce that I just finished The Corporate Creative: Tips and Tactics for Thriving as an In-House Designer by Andy Epstein. I had the pleasure of attending two of Andy’s seminars at the 2009 HOW Design Conference in Austin, and it’s worth reporting that Andy is responsible for my current quest for knowledge [...]
Continue ReadingCan you make it snazzier? Why design-by-committee doesn’t work.
Throughout my career, both as an in-house designer, and in running my own design business, I’ve seen businesses that seem to take great joy in the design-by-committee mentality… everyone wants to be part of the process, and there are never benefits to this. Think of it this way: if you hire an electrician, do you follow him around [...]
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