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Jul
27th |  |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (1) |
I'm not saying they're good, bad or ugly, but these visual concepts just won't die.
Jun
21st |  |
Jeff Welsh | COMMENTS (0) |
"Most of us enjoy a good mystery. But when it comes to directions or safety, it can be frustrating or deadly if you don't understand the directions or warnings..."
May
27th | |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (2) |
"In our competitive job market, you need to project a distinctive, relevant personal brand that's high in quality and full of promise."
May
25th |  |
Amy Polansky | COMMENTS (0) |
Check out our St. Anthony Hospital Campaign which won accolades and attention from Healthcare Marketing magazine.
May
20th |  |
Jamie Walters | COMMENTS (0) |
Starbucks used to have a presence on 15th Ave, but closed the store last year. In its place, 15th Ave Coffee & Tea opened, giving us Capitol Hill residents yet another cute coffee shop. That's great, right? Well, here's the catch...
Apr
29th | |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (4) |
"If you dined out between April 18 and 29, it's likely you happened upon Seattle Restaurant Week, when more than 100 local restaurants served up three-course dinners for $25..."
Apr
7th | |
Jeff Welsh | COMMENTS (1) |
"My first impression was that this was a wonderful tribute to architecture and nature, with beautiful compositions and dramatic lighting...and then my world was turned upside down when I was told that this was all CGI."
Mar
25th | |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (0) |
Due to online communications, there has been a dramatic shift in how people consume information. Digital has replaced print as the primary medium for building brand image, begging the question, what has been the effect on the craft of graphic design.
Mar
18th |  |
Karen Axtell | COMMENTS (0) |
Who knew there are hundreds of anti-ketchup packet groups on Facebook?
Feb
4th | |
Karen Axtell | COMMENTS (0) |
"A healthy debate ensued from various perspectives, but one subject received unanimous agreement: "iPad," reminiscent of feminine hygiene products, is an awful name for Apple's new tablet."
Jan
15th | |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (0) |
"China is often cast in dark terms, with much of the focus on tainted products or take-over-the-world business practices. But I had the opportunity to see the brighter side by visiting the Portland Art Museum and viewing the "China Design Now" exhibit..."
Jan
5th | |
Karen Axtell | COMMENTS (0) |
"I'm fascinated by Maira Kalman's monthly illustrated blog called "And the Pursuit of Happiness" in the New York Times. While the theme is American democracy, she explores the way we eat and more..."
Nov
18th |  |
Jan Sheeley | COMMENTS (0) |
"At every moment Disney provides an experience: each touch point, each visual story and each sound beautifully exemplify the brand..."
Nov
3rd |  |
Mark Notermann | COMMENTS (0) |
Ask what I do for a living, I'm happy to answer, "Graphic Design."
Easy.
It gets a bit more challenging if you reply, "What exactly IS that?"
Oct
28th |  |
Sara Patillo | COMMENTS (0) |
"Recently I had the opportunity to work with Northwest Kidney Centers to create the visual identity for their new institution, the Kidney Research Institute...I was thrilled to become involved with an organization and a cause that hits so close to home."
Sep
17th |  |
Rebecca Songer Laughlin | COMMENTS (2) |
"In light of Bellevue's new place on the luxury retail map, "The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of Marketing to Build Luxury Brands" by JN Kapferer and V. Bastien makes for a fun, and thought-provoking read..."
Sep
17th | |
Marlice Gulacsik | COMMENTS (2) |
"For arm-chair designers there's a fun new tool in the box: Wordle. Paste in a bunch of text, submit the URL of any blog, RSS feed, or submit a del.icio.us user name to see their tags. Voila! The words are now an illustration of sorts..."
Aug
4th |  |
Kate Race | COMMENTS (1) |
60% of us supposedly do and I've got to think that 100% of designers do. It's got a name, pareidolia, a psychological term for the mind's obsession with finding patterns in essentially random objects, from clouds to cars... read more
Jul
6th | |
Sara Patillo | COMMENTS (0) |
"As our pace quickens, so do our expectations. Not only our expectations of others, but of ourselves. I find myself getting frustrated when anything takes more time than I think it should. This includes design..."
Jun
17th | |
Sara Patillo | COMMENTS (0) |
"Okay, I'll admit it--designers aren't necessarily saving any lives. We don't show up when your house is on fire, we don't go live in disparaged countries to help 'save brands' or 'rebuild broken links'..."
Jun
3rd | |
Mark Notermann | COMMENTS (2) |
"A boyhood friend once told me a story that somehow became lodged in my memory: His grandfather, a Russian Jew immigrating to the US by ship around the turn of the 20th century, was introduced to a banana for the first time..."
May
14th | |
Mark Notermann | COMMENTS (5) |
"It's why I became a graphic designer. I notice type everywhere. It's where the rubber meets the road in terms of a design "speaking" to its audience..."
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