Nicholas As a designer, I do my best to make sure that the solutions I develop for my clients are appropriate and meaningful to their target audience in order to help them sell their wares or services. For the most part, I believe that it’s not evil, however when even a 3 year old makes judgements … Read more
I’d love it if you’d vote for my poster here, but please pick your fav, great work here all around. Like many people, I was shocked and saddened by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. I did my small part by donated a few bucks to a good organization. But in situations … Read more
I apparently haven’t been keeping up with the Pepsi throwbacks. I found a new version (from the 80s(?) at my local supermarket. And of course, I had to buy ’em! I still prefer the first throwback design. It’s clean simple, nostalgic, and just plain cool. Pepsi needs to ditch the current formula, go back to … Read more
Hey all, thanks for reading in 2009! I look forward to more blogging, twittering, and Facebooking in 2010. I’ve got quite a lot of work and play this month, so I’m going to skip the blogging until next year. Hope everyone has a great holiday season and a safe, fun new year!
Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving! I hope your day with family and friends is full of joy and happiness.
A seemingly easy round this time: fill 15 half-inch square blocks with Pantone colors and arrange them however you wish. 15 blocks of color is a lot of color! Especially since I was determined to use a different color for each block. I turned to my favorite theme: Art Deco. The very formal and gridded … Read more
Here’s the story: my dad served in the Navy in WWII. Over the years, he lost his 2 medals. Luckily, there are online stores that sell veterans replacement medals. I ordered the ones my dad had and thought nothing more of it. Until I realized that the company I bought from sold my name all … Read more
I spied this nice ad for the new Ford Taurus in National Geo recently. I was truly impressed with the new body style, so I decided to read the ad. Well, that was my bad. Should’ve just left well enough alone… 😛 The text at the top of the ad extols how the new Taurus … Read more
A buddy at work received a mailer from Time Warner Cable’s business service. I couldn’t help but notice their main image: Uh, say what? Using your EYEBALL logo as a bullseye? What genius came up with this one?! What are they trying to say here: using TWC will making you want to poke your eyes … Read more
I participated in the third round of The Doodle Swap Project. Again, the theme was open, and while that sounds great to have the freedom to do whatever I want, it is a bit intimidating. I thought about a couple of different directions before deciding to do an idea that had been bouncing around my … Read more
My friends and I went out to Red Robin the other day for dinner. We are all addicted to their tasty onion rings (oh, and their burgers too. 😛 Once seated, I spied their ultra-cool new drinks menu that is in the shape of a mug. Very clever, great job to the folks who designed … Read more
The people at Cheez-It crack me up. They have a nice Trek related t-shirt reward on their recent packaging. It’s a pretty cool lookin’ shirt: This is the part that cracks me up: Now, I know that the new Star Trek has a broader appeal; however, I’m fairly confident that most “regular” folks won’t be … Read more
National Geographic had an interesting article in a recent issue talking about how some urban centers are transforming their rooftops into green rooftops and the positive environmental impact this might have. You can read the article here. While reading this article, a thought occurred to me regarding farming and how I had also recently read … Read more
My buddy Keith from the HOW Design Forum makes hand screened prints for a good cause over at The Ink Initiative had a sale in early July on his limited edition, hand screened prints. The best part? The money from the sale of the prints goes to help out a great cause: “The concept is … Read more
Recently at the Visual Ambassdor they had a post entitled The Death of Print. Take a second to read the article (it’s short, I’ll wait….) Back? Oh good. I just can’t see how the death of print a) equals a devaluation of art nor b) equals the death of “real journalism” as the author states. … Read more
So at my day job, we do a weekly e-newsletter and we feature new products to our stores in it. A few weeks ago, we had a new product in our healthy stuff department. It sounded harmless enough: Lily of the Desert Aloe Vera Juice. It’s supposed to help digestion. Still doing good. I was … Read more
I just learned that my photo of the exterior of Hatch Show Print in Nashville has been selected for the Schmap guide to Nashville! 😀 About Schmap Schmap is a leading publisher of digital travel guides for 200 destinations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. More than 90 million Schmap Guides … Read more
