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Who Killed My Creative Buzz?

December 18th, 2012 // // Topic: , , ,

The Creative Process What better expression of rebellion than to sit and wait for creativity to strike and subsequently, what better expression of robotic jive than to methodically labor through a process. It’s the age old battle of wanting to be free to create but knowing one’s role as designer is to solve all sorts [...]

Font Fashion: Trajan

March 29th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

We’ve reached the end of our month-long font fashion exploration. What better font to close us out than the epic Trajan? I feel that we should probably make a movie about it… but on second thought- that would probably be a bit too cliché.

Font Fashion: Comic Sans

March 27th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

Today we image what Comic Sans would look like if it were wearable.

Font Fashion: Papyrus

March 19th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

If you’re just tuning in this month we’ve written a series of posts entitled: if fonts were clothing. We’ve been exploring this idea through much laughter and grimacing. We’re proud to present this week’s font: Papyrus.

Font Fashion: Mrs. Eaves

March 14th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

As we continue our month long study of fonts and fashion… presenting the always classy Mrs. Eaves.

Font Fashion: Futura

March 12th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

This week we bring you the future: Futura. Is it how you always imagined it would be?

Font Fashion: ITC Machine

March 7th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

It’s that time again for our second post of Font Fashion week two: ITC Machine. Is there an end in sight? Who knows? This may be so fun we may never stop.

Font Fashion: Didot

March 5th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

Week two of Font Fashion month is here. This week’s first entry: Didot.

5 Reasons Spec Design Work is Not Considered

February 14th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

For some the term spec work is foreign slang that may lead to guessing its about sweaty people exercising their spec muscles. Actually it is designers exercising their sweaty mouse fingers — its short for “speculative” work — free work in hopes of getting paid for it. I understand the motivation for potential clients to [...]

three classes of tea

January 19th, 2012 // // Topic: , ,

Coffee is too bold. Hot chocolate is too sophomoric. No, tea is the the perfect drink. Drinking tea is charming, quaint, and comes from a longstanding tradition. Have you ever thought about why you drink certain kinds of tea in certain situations? I have, and believe it or not, it all stems from the logo [...]