My Girlfriend asked me to help her make some award plaques to give to some of her outstanding staff. I sort of put it off until the last minute and was stumped on what to do until I remembered the cool app I found when I was bored at the airport. HelloFlower is a simple … Read More
One consistent truth in advertising is that people are most influenced to make purchases based on the recommendations of their friends and family. One fairly consistent truth about people is we almost always love a good parade. Put those two things together and you have one brilliant gorilla advertising effort by one of my all … Read More
I’ve given myself a new design challenge. It seems the Amish need a new non-symbol, non sign, that will keep them safe and within the Law (Kentucky), but not stand out too much or be too “showy.” The Amish are pretty picky about what they put on the back of their family swag wagon. and … Read More
I belong to the “User Experience” group on LinkedIn and recently someone posed the challenge; “Can you use ONE WORD to describe the biggest challenge in UX ?” Over a thousand people responded and there were a broad range of responses: “understanding,” “balance,” “diplomacy,” “speed,” “preconception,” “translation,” “devices,” “consistency,” “assumptions,” “accessibility,” yadda yadda yadda. The … Read More
A few years ago I was surfing for new artists when I came across the artwork of Seattle artist Robert Hardgrave. His paintings stopped me in my tracks. For me his art is somewhere between Gorky, and Francis Bacon but with a more stylized stroke that at first reminded me of Japanese sumi-e painting. I had … Read More