Category: Graphic Design

Marketing Mojo: Common Signage Mistakes to Avoid
If you’ve ever started a new business, moved into a new office, or planned for a large event or trade show, you know that signage is sometimes the very last thing you think of in …

From the Design Desk: Pick your own Pantone?
Pantone announced their 2016 Color of the Year in December – and for the first time ever, they actually chose two colors together. Serenity and Rose Quartz – a pale, cool blue and a light …

From the Design Desk: A New Year, a New Logo?
Click through full full infographic For many people, a new year is a chance to reinvent themselves – getting in shape, changing habits or trying out a new look. We are constantly striving as individuals …

From the Design Desk: Graphic Design & the Movies – A Muggle’s Dream
As a huge movie buff, one of the aspects of film that I find fascinating is all the work that goes on behind the scenes to create a truly immersive experience for the viewers. Costuming, …

From the Design Desk: Poster Child
It was no secret that my art history professor and I shared a mutual enmity for one another that stemmed from my foolish decision as a freshman to attempt to take Renaissance to Modern Art …

From the Design Desk: Creative Inspiration – Coloring Books!
As a creative person who is also a big kid at heart, I can safely and proudly say that I have never stopped loving the simple joy of coloring with crayons or colored pencils. We …

From the Design Desk: The Preservation of Type
My design professor in college was an avid collector of old metal and wood type. We had an old-school hand-crank press on campus, and he had several drawers full of typefaces he’d purchased from printshops …

Color Theory Refresher – The Science of Color
What is your favorite color? Statistically, blue is the most common answer, and yellow is among the least – just one more way in which I am unique I suppose! There are all sorts of …

Marketing Mojo: The Business Of Business Cards
Everybody is familiar with the phrase, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”. While the sentiment is completely true when applied to our fellow man, the truth is that trips to Barnes and Noble would …

From the Design Desk: The History of Color
I realize I’m a few days late for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but there is no denying that the color green is everywhere this season. Now that spring is FINALLY officially here, we’re beginning to …