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Context is everything – especially in design.
Have you ever visited a new city on the recommendation of a friend who knows it very well – and come away wondering why they were so adamant that you would LOVE it…
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Visual Design & Shifting Titles
You have permission to be confused about shifting job titles in the design industry over time. In many cases, the title ‘graphic designer’ is often used interchangeably with the ‘visual designer’ title. There…
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Creative Direction as a Service
Let’s talk for a moment about Creative Direction as a service in the business world. In my experience, art direction and creative direction are imperative to establishing a consistent and strong brand voice.…
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Reframing Creative Block
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” – John Steinbeck Can we talk for a moment about creative block, mindfulness and the creative cycle? Even as I…
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COVID Characters: Part VI
“This pandemic is unprecedented for us, but we have experienced other hard things. This time gives us an opportunity to practice resilience and to show our kids what resilience looks like.” – Audrey…
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COVID Characters: Part V
“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller For cultural context: As of today, the ArcGIS map indicates that we’ve had 4,165,752 confirmed COVID cases globally…
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COVID Characters: Part IV
“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.” – William Morris In a little over a week, according to the ArcGIS map here, the COVID…
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COVID Characters: Part III
“Art is a line around your thoughts.” – Gustav Klimt I’ve been allowing myself to check the stats only once a day at this point, in an effort of sanity-preservation. As of today, according…
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COVID Characters: Part II
“An artist’s job is to see. And to go out in the world and see it firsthand, just as it is; to report with line and words what is seen. To be in…
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COVID Characters: Part I
Artists have used their craft as a means to create social commentary since, well…since forever. As of today, the world has suffered from approximately 1,698,416 cases of the coronavirus, aka COVID19. The range…
