As I began my career, the computer was becoming more and more an integral part of a designer’s toolkit; but at that time, solid hand…
Most of us work in an office — nowadays, likely a home office. Most of us also use desk accessories: pens, stapler, paper…
As we shelter-in-place: maybe work at home, meet and socialize on Zoom, don our ‘business casual’ PJs, and place grocery orders online…
Ah, those long nights in the campus computer lab working endless hours on design projects. It was the early 90s, and graphic design…
Bored with work? Don’t feel like making yet another paper airplane? Download, print, and…
According to urbandictionary.com, chicken scratch is defined as:“Incredibly messy handwriting that is nearly impossible to read…
Yeah, I’m 46. So what? That doesn’t mean I’m extinct. That doesn’t mean I’m a Designosaur.
I’ve heard a lot jibber jabber lately about the aging out of designers my “vintage — especially in tech-heavy markets like the San Francisco Bay Area. I think that’s just crazy talk. Did…
Just a fair warning that this blog post happens to be a little sassier than previous posts…just so you know. Okay, here we go.
I have one major design-related pet peeve: the one trick pony. As an Art Director–and ofttimes client–I just don’t get a designer who comes to a…
I have many fond memories of driving down lonely desert highways, listening to the Doors, and seeing signs in the distance — rusted out roadside motel signs. “I MUST take a photo of that,” I’d think to myself every time I’d see one of these sunbaked beauties. Pulling off the…
I recently went to go see the Keith Haring exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and was struck as soon as I entered the exhibition by how impactful, colorful, and graphic his artwork is. To me, he was as much designer/illustrator as a fine artist. His show entitled “The Political…
I name my cats after artists.
We all know it’s difficult to balance a day job and other endeavors. Designers often put their clients and day jobs ahead of their own personal creative projects. We’re trained to be creative — on demand — right? Why is it that we have almost boundless conceptual energy for our paying work, but…
How often does a designer get the chance to rebrand their previous rebranding effort? About once every 10 years? Yeah, that’s about right. Why not refresh about once a decade just to keep things interesting — and my day job is definitely interesting.
