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 kNOwHOW
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 Creative Postcard Club—R50 Stamps
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 HOWie Poster 2009 Edition
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 Hey That’s Me! n2 Quoted in Caffeine for the Creative Team
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 DLM Pastry Show Book 2009
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 New Zazzle Ts: Designer Math
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 Creative Postcard Club—R49 Numerals
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 Shameless Self Promo: Creative Post Card Entry Featured in Online Mag!
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 Pepsi Natural & Throwback Branding
Hello all, thanks to everyone who’s keeping up on this blog. Alas, February is going to be a busy month with my day job, freelance work, my first-ever art exhibit at a local retirement community, and time with friends and family, so posts will be spotty at best. I have become a twit, so if … Read more Programming Note
Some fun eyecandy for you today from Designer Daily: 15 Great Typography based objects/products. Great stuff here, LOVE that coffee table!
Whenever I travel, I enjoy looking through the guide books at the hotel to see what sites they recommend. On a recent trip to Buffalo, I was perusing the local guide book and came across this priceless ad: Looks like an interesting place for adults right? Well, that little brown round circle at the bottom … Read more Friday Fun: Chocolate Bar
Quincy Jones has called for President Obama to create a new cabinet level position: Secretary of the Arts (aka Chief Creative Dude, or Dudette). Show the President that you want this to happen: sign the petition here.
As seen on Logorange: Logo Design Trends for 2009. How there can be a guide to trends for a year that is barely a month old is beyond me, but I also don’t know how Pantone can forecast a “hot” color so far in advance either. It will be interesting to see which of these … Read more Logo Design Trends 2009
nsquaredesign (that’s me!) was featured in the 1/15/2009 Oddpodz enewsletter. (Sorry you might have to scroll down a bit, but if you are like me and you’re ADD will kick in before you reach my write up, you can always enjoy these screenshots instead. Here’s the header… …after a bit of scrolling, there’s me in … Read more nsquaredesign Featured in Oddpodz eNewsletter!
Or at least that’s what I’m led to believe by the program they handed out earlier this season: Let’s take a closer look: Yep, his feet are clearly at the wrong end of a bad Photoshop job! I guess we should just be glad that they didn’t add a lens flare somewhere…
Not all brand extensions are a good idea, Fast Company takes a look at both the good and the bad.