I keep meaning to share some of the design projects I've worked on over the past few months, so here's the first installment. One of my clients is Breck from Fashion Without Guilt, who I "met" (what do you call it when you meet people through the googlenet?) when she contributed to Style Sample magazine. Fashion Without Guilt is a fun site (with a very attractive and familiar layout!) that focuses
I returned from the IFB Conference with a stack of business cards, which I thought was fantastic. If you have a blog, a website, or especially a business (no matter how small), you should have business cards. While they seem like a holdover from simpler times, there are a few reasons why handing a small square piece of paper to a potential client, contact, or friend is still an
Friendboy started a software development company earlier this year, and after only a few months of coaxing, he agreed to take five minutes to talk to me about a logo for his company. I don't know what his deal is. Half the fun of starting a business is branding. He named the company Toliman, after one of the three stars that make up Alpha Centauri. Yeah, he's a geek. He's also fairly traditional, having worked
I've been working my *^% off on the upcoming issue of Style Sample magazine only to have an uncooperative cover subject flake and not send photos. A great article was written (and it was difficult to get responses to the interview questions--I should have known then), four inside pages have been allotted, the issue comes out in a matter of days, and after repeated requests and multiple deadline extensions, I have no photos for
Sitting at Iris Book Cafe, I nibble at the ice cream with caramel topping I "accidentally" ordered. I meant to get tea, but well