Tips for printing on colored paper stock
Your printing budgets might still be shrinking in these uncertain economic times, so the answer for the enterprising designer is to do more with less. Use that production knowledge to give your piece...
View ArticleHow to communicate when working remotely
Several years ago, pundits said that soon “everyone” would be working from home or remotely. Supposedly, the traditional office was nearing extinction. Well, that hasn’t really happened, but there are...
View ArticleLie #1: Great ideas always die a slow death in the approval process.
(This is part of an ongoing series of posts, “50 Lies About Clients”, revealing the truth behind some of the sacred cows designers and marketers hold dear. ) Shepherd your ideas through the approval...
View ArticleZombie Brands Part 2: Five signs of a Zombie Brand
This is the second of two parts on Zombie Brand. If you haven’t, check out yesterday’s Part 1. While it’s impossible to hard-wire the possibility for resurrection into a brand or product, there are...
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Color My World: A Designer’s Guide To Pantone, Part 1
What is Pantone? If you’ve ever held color-printed piece in your hands, there’s a good chance you’ve been touched by Pantone. The self-described “authority on color”, Pantone has become an integral...
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Color My World: A Designer’s Guide To Pantone, Part 2
Note: In our last installment we walked through the release of Pantone’s Goe system, and the lessons learned from that product’s lackluster launch. Those insights fed directly into changes to the...
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Open Letter to CDOT: Steer Away From Crowdsourcing
UPDATE: We received a Twitter reply from @CDOTNews. See the end of the post for details. To: Gabe Klein, Commissioner of CDOT Chicago Department of Transportation 30 N. LaSalle Street Suite 1100...
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