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What I learned about brand commitment from that article about The Onion
You’ve no doubt seen Fast Co.Design’s (fantastic) article about The Onion’s art department. Three people, well-versed in Photoshop, churn out custom photo and illustration art for every article on the...
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You do what you do, we do what we do
Every once in a while, one of our clients comes along with an awesome story about how managed hosting has changed their business for the better. We adore those stories. And every once in awhile, it’s...
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Should you even have business cards?
Who out there has designed their own business cards? I mean, why wouldn’t you? It’s a small project with quick turnaround, and it allows for a decent amount of creativity within a relatively strict...
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Take your next step as a design authority
Okay, so you’ve spruced up your design blog with some thought-provoking industry articles. You’ve even done some public speaking as a design expert. Excellent! Way to add your voice of authority to the...
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How to not steal someone else’s design
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” This is a favorite quote of a designer I once knew. He would say it whenever someone would point out that his work looked similar to someone else’s. Some...
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Signs Your Agency Needs to Think Bigger
Phenomblue styles itself today as a brand experience agency. It looks like they do it all: create strategy, design, build sites, and basically conceptualize and produce the whole package of a...
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Think like David Kadavy and keep your blog alive for 10 years
.centerWrapper { text-align: center; } David Kadavy has been writing online for 10 years. His site’s anniversary is Friday, to be exact. In an internet full of exciting pivots, increasingly specific...
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So you want to design for nonprofits? Here’s how to actually make that work
“All of us have a desire to do good in the world. Kind of an ethical lifestyle. We care about stuff. We care about people, we love people. That’s the motivation behind this. And we just also happen to...
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Keep your agency small and still hit it out of the park
Your agency will tell you when it feels the need to grow. There are signs. But what do you do when you see those signs, and bigger doesn’t feel better? Here’s why the team at June Advertising chose to...
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The one where I say Stefan Sagmeister is wrong
I absolutely adored this video of Stefan Sagmeister: “You Are Not a Storyteller.” Mostly because of the way he says “bullshit.” I defy anyone to tell me it is not the most lyrical pronunciation of an...
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