Interview: Children’s Book Illustrator Maurie Manning

With two little boys in my life I have, over the last several years, come to really appreciate the art of illustration and in particular   Read More »

Does a blogger need a business card?

Brian Yerkes is compiling a collection of business cards of bloggers on his site, and I thought I would throw mine into the pile. I   Read More »

Design Inspiration: the Anatomy of a Great Blog Ad

I just posted at the Blog Herald about how to design a great ad. I’d like to follow that up here with some further comments   Read More »

Design Inspiration: Moleskine Notebooks

Do you keep a notebook of ideas and sketches? Apparently filming the contents of one’s moleskine notebook has become quite the phenomenon, and I find   Read More »

Design Inspiration: Early 20th Century Posters

Of all periods of graphic design, my favorite has to be the early 20th century.  I love the use of color, and  the typography is just   Read More »

Design inspiration: 6 Outstanding Logo Sites

While in the sketching process for a logo design, after the first couple of ideas are on the page, I regularly get stuck. When that   Read More »