As the rest of us hunker down into the winter solstice—that cold, grey and shortest day of the year—the Pantone Color Institute just threw a splash of a party by announcing Living Coral as it’s 2019 Color of the Year. My Christmas cactus hits the tone perfectly (although this year it did Thanksgiving so we’ll have to […]
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Creative Thinking for The Blogging Bee
Last week Chris Kirsch and I were excited to kick off The Blogging Bee, a collaborative venture in teaching fiber-istas the fine art of blogging. Today I’m going to approach The Blogging Bee from an art director’s view. I want to share our creative thinking and explain just how it is campaigns such as ours come to be. Our Challenge One day months […]
Wednesday Webs: Happy New Year!
I found this sign last summer in front of a Madison fitness salon. Good ol’ Mark Twain always says it best. And what better time to pull out such a motivating quote than the midst of winter and the first workday of the year! So what are you doing to get ahead in 2013? How are […]
Wednesday Webs 7-6-11
At yesterday’s AIGA Morning Blend, which happens to be my monthly fix of creative interaction, we shared the handy apps that rock both our work and after-work worlds. Apps for freelance designers WhatTheFont lets you whip out your phone, snap a picture of type, and identify it in seconds! Tired of hauling around a Pantone swatchbook? myPantone […]
Color is Communication
Today was another meeting for my church’s fund appeal campaign. You’ll recall St. Mark’s Lutheran, Watertown, WI, is raising money for its school’s building addition and renovation. I’m one of three people serving on the communications committee (three being the perfect number for such a group). The appeal planning committee had previously decided to use […]