I have been burning the midnight oil in my bedroom / design studio recently, working on a project for a music sharing start-up. When I’m at a point of designers block, there are a few sites I turn to for trends, techniques, and overall genuine inspiration. Here are sites worth putting in your queue. Smashing [...]
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I just finished reading Orbiting the Giant Hairball. It’s a survival guide for creatives in a corporate environment. The book was recommended to me by friends and coworkers at NOLS. Maybe they think that I do a good job of skirting around the corporate culture or maybe they think I am on a trajectory to [...]
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Having tried to design for the Olympics myself (as a student project), I know the guidelines, rules, and comity hoops that need to be jumped through to get anything done. That is why all Olympic advertising, graphic design, and even down to the Olympic Logo itself essentially look dumbed-down and whitewashed. Don’t want to offend. Don’t want to cause controversy.
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When starting a new project, the best way to start the creativitiy flowing is by creating a mind map. I pitched the idea to the team and they decided to give it a try. I pitched the idea to them saying that I would say a word, and they tell me the first word that comes to their head, and then I showed them with an example. I said “Climber!” Brian said “Muscle!”
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Disclaimer: This is a large poster, it is difficult to understand my vision without seeing it in person. This poster was inspired by Marshall McLuhan‘s book, The Medium is the Message. The red type is every bad thing said about me in report cards from Kindergarden to 8th grade. All images used came from a [...]
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