Your company story PLUS brand visuals. — Oh, easy, right? Well, yes and no. First, why is deck design important? Often, pitch decks are the first brand visual a potential investor or customer sees from your company. They might not have gone to your website, or your Instagram, or seen your product UI. The pitch deck is your visual brand. So, do you…

Geeeeet ready for a bunch of basketball puns! Friends-of-Duck-Brigade Agata and Anastasia are two smart, funny people who wanted to launch a basketball podcast for people who love basketball but don’t love the boring stuff — stats, numbers, stodgy old announcer guys. And Duck Brigade (Gabe and I) are two…

How to live and work with the love of your life without murdering each other. I work with my boyfriend That doesn’t quite convey it. I don’t just “work with” — we co-own a business. We work together all day every day; we hire people together; we manage challenging projects together; we make huge business, legal, financial decisions together. And he’s not just “my boyfriend” — he’s my partner of…

I love horror movies and I often watch them with Louie the Dog. But he’s always like, “Zombies? Who cares? Brains ARE delicious.” or “Poltergeists? Hohum, they’d probably tip over some snausages for me.” Eventually, Louie thought, “Hey, I should make horror movies for MY kind! …

You can be nervous and still kick some ass — I got off the phone recently after a pretty high-stakes negotiation call. I really wanted the job for our company and I was coming down off the adrenaline. I thought I kicked ass — I felt connected with the potential client and I also talked up our strategy and explained…

How I went from a soft and confused baby designer to a hardened and still sometimes confused adult designer. — Part 1: The Future (1999) 1999, Y2k, candy-colored Macs — I was in college baby! …

We’re a little obsessed with podcasts over here. I’ve long been a fan of the gorgeous, smart, and funny 99% Invisible. As a person who works in the design world, I’ve had dozens of chats about a recent 99PI show around coffees with colleagues. The Beginning So back in September 2015, when…