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 happen to have a business card because of my design business, and my blog is listed prominently because it’s sort of “Randa...

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 it fascinating to peek inside the creative mind of designers, illustrators and artists as I watch these videos....

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 beautiful.  Recently I’ve found a nice source of inspiration in that vein at InternationalPoster.com where there is a huge...

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 happens, I find the best way to get unstuck is to do some browsing through logo collections online. Here are some sites that always jump...