May 17, 2012
Commanding Design
We are conditioned to respond to the controlling missives we receive, and not inconsequentially, by the illustrative and typographic appearance of those missives.
Topics: Topics: Branding Identity, Color, Environmental Design, Interactive Design, Layouts, Pattern & Palette, Professional Development
May 16, 2012
Poster Of The Week
Designer: Jesse Tise Client: Self Size: 9 x 12 inches Printing Process: Digital / Silkscreen Number of Inks: 4-color process / Three One of the most exciting illustrators/artists I have come across is the enchanting mix of sophisticated whimsy in Jesse Tisse's work.
Topics: Topics: Color, Handmade, Profiles, Self-Promotion
May 15, 2012
What Matters
I tend to be a little cynical when there is a campaign with a public challenge.
Topics: Topics: Design Reference, Managing Design, Professional Development, Random
May 14, 2012
Color Consumption
Let's say you're on a deserted island (with Wi-Fi, of course) and you could pick just 10 colors to keep you and your Mac happy.
Topics: Topics: Color, Pattern & Palette
May 11, 2012
Sister Raye
In 2008 Chronicle Books published our first book—a collection of posters from our then 20-year history, Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art.
Topics: Topics: Design Reference, Managing Design, Professional Development
May 10, 2012
A Card for My Love
My high-school rhetoric teacher once told me, "Boy, you never write about love when you are in the middle of it.
Topics: Topics: Branding Identity, Handmade, Managing Design, Product Design, Professional Development, Self-Promotion
May 9, 2012
Poster Of The Week
Designer: Noah Woods Client: Chicago Tribune Size: 18 x 20 inches Printing Process: Offset Number of Inks: Four-Color Process One of the joys in my career has been having projects that allow for the opportunity to work with some of my favorite illustrators.
Topics: Topics: Color, Handmade, Pattern & Palette, Profiles, Self-Promotion, Type
May 8, 2012
Across the Pond
As a graphic design student during the 1980s I still remember one stand-out art history session that radically changed my then naive approach to design and typography.
Topics: Topics: Design Reference, Random

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