Nicholas A few of the HOW Design Forum members who were unable to attend this year’s HOW Design Conference in Austin decided to have a “kNOwHOW” conference. Nothing fancy, just a few designer friends getting together to share knowledge, friendship and food. Our host, Karma, along with her mom, and fellow HOWie Patti really went all … Read more
The first Doodle Swap between members of the HOW Design Forum (aka HOWies) was so much fun that I couldn’t pass on doing round 2! The trick was working about a few other projects that were all due at that same time. Fortunately, one project gave me the inspiration for my doodles for round 2 … Read more
Yes, I’ve been working hard on a few new Nap for That t-shirt designs: check ’em out (or even better, buy one) at my Zazzle store. Free shipping for a limited to anywhere on Earth via code: JUNESHIPFREE. Enjoy!
I’m pleased that I was able to participate in the Creative Postcard Club’s 50th round. Congrats to Travis on a fantastic milestone! For this round, I knew I wanted the theme of my stamp to be Art Deco. But the genre encompasses such a large variety of work, I wasn’t sure what to narrow it … Read more
Ok, not a design related topic this time around, but it’s my blog and well, I can do whatever the hell I want! 😛 Promise to get back to design next week! I have a theory. Not sure what exactly prompted this one, but it sorta popped into my head one day. Could it be … Read more
I participated in the second somewhat annual poster made by and for members of the HOW Design Forum. The theme this time around was “stamps”. Other than that, we were free to do whatever we wanted. I thought about different subjects and since postcards are typically used to send correspondence from people who live in … Read more
Late last year, members of the HOW Design forum were asked to contribute their thoughts about how the forum acted as a team for the book, Caffeine for the Creative Team. A couple of my quotes and photos that were submitted were used in the chapter on the HOW Forum. Congrats to my fellow HOWies … Read more
I just created a new line of shirts for everyone who loves naps! “Whatever tires you, there’s a nap for that.” Enjoy! http://tinyurl.com/qm7kjz
Last week was the fifth annual Dorothy Lane Market Pastry Show. This marks the second year that we’ve done a “book” for the show that features write-ups about the fine pastries, hors d’oeuvres, and beer and wine offered at the event. The book acts as an admission badge and event souvenir. For this year’s theme, … Read more
A friend of mine from the HOW Design Forum, Mary, came up with a brilliant idea to do a “doodle swap” on Artist Trading Cards. She described it as: “The Doodle Swap Project is an organized swap of original, trading-card-sized art between artists, designers and illustrators.” It sounded like fun so I signed up. I … Read more
New t-shirt design available from my Zazzle shop! If you thought Algebra was hard, then you’re probably a designer. We might have a job that’s more fun, but our math isn’t much easier, just different. Available in Men’s and Women’s sizes on my Zazzle shop. T-shirt reads:Can you place the Illy file into ID and … Read more
Well, my personal economy….shameless self promo: I just added 2 new shirts to my Zazzle store that poke fun at the economic situation. Stimulate the economy in style with these t-shirts! Both designs are available in men’s and women’s styles. If you like what ya see, you can buy ’em here.
This was a tough assignment for me. While I did actually vote for this theme, in general numbers make my eyes glaze over. So to find a meaningful number/numeral for me would prove to be the most challenging part of this assignment. So I thought about numbers and did a littel research and then I … Read more
So I was buying more paper for my inkjet printer on Amazon the other day and came across this oddity: USED paper? Seriously? The worst part was the price was almost as much as a new, unopened box! And my second “What the?!” of the week was this find on the Apple apps store: So … Read more
My entry in the Creative Postcard Club’s Round 42: Found Letters was used to illustrate an article about the Creative Postcard Club in issue #4 of the online magazine, Rancor’d Type! You can download issue #4 of the PDF here. The article starts on page 8 and my entry is on page 14. Be sure … Read more
….Devon is the winner of my Lucky 13 giveaway. Congrats! And thanks to everyone who played the game!
All entries are due at Midnight EST today, Friday, March 13! http://nsquaredesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/lucky-13-giveaway.html
I saw this Brandweek post talking about Pepsi’s new “all-natural” soda as well as their “throwback” formulas coming to stores April 20. The packaging is nice, simple, and clean for both designs. What really caught my attention was the Pepsi throwback design: While I’m a fan of the new “regular” Pepsi rebranding, I know that … Read more