Real Design Collaboration
Have you ever been working with a designer, standing or sitting by them as they work on a document? They asked for your help, so you suggested they try one thing, move another thing, rotate something,...
View ArticleBeing a wizard
When I was a kid, every day had a subconscious undercurrent of excitement that I was going to discover something magic. I believed that there was magic waiting to be found in unused places, just beyond...
View ArticleStock logos and the demise of customization
This past summer, my wife and I discovered homemade ice cream. Sounds nice, right? No, it’s not nice. It’s flippin’ awesome. You don’t know until you’ve tried it. And, like the ice cream, there are...
View ArticleGraphic design: the ultimate sellout?
As a graphic designer, I have often felt that I am a sellout. In part because the things that I create are used solely for commercial purposes; in part because I am often forced to compromise design...
View ArticleFive reasons to post direct links on Twitter
Link shorteners are part of life. I don’t mind them, and I use them. But how many times have you clicked on a link in a tweet and, instead of taking you to the advertised page, you are taken to a page...
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Though Nexus One Tempted Me, I’m Keeping My Droid
The Motorola Droid has been a fairly contentious piece of equipment to date. Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no doubt that it’s done a lot to bring the Android operating system to the...
View ArticleA Word to Forget
As a graphic designer there is one word I hear more than any other. This word is so powerful that it can either end the life of a design or usher it into the limelight. Yet it is a word that is so...
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Design Direction for Strong Results
If you are in charge of designers for any reason, you are probably responsible for giving design direction. Whether you are an art director, a businessperson who has hired an independent designer, or...
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Cultivating Design for Greatest Yield
Direction has been given. The seeds have been sown. The project is in motion. You’re looking at the first round of proofs, and a lot of thoughts and feelings are rising within you. You know that you...
View ArticleAdd a Darkening Vignette to Any Photo in Photoshop
Vignettes in photography can be desirable or undesirable. If a lens causes vignetting, it’s generally considered a negative trait of the lens. But I like and intentional vignette in finished...
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