Tag: design
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GLBT sentiment in 2000, an infographic
This infographic represents my look at the sentiments of gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans in 2000. There isn’t a lot of hard data about the lives of the GLBT community. While there is a lot of anecdotal information, wonderful storytelling of our history and even good documentaries about our lives, quantified open data is hard…
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An Overview of Start-up Marketing—Infographic
As I continue to build my start-up I have had great conversations with other entrepreneurs about what a start-up needs to market themselves. One lifelong entrepreneur told me he wished he could draw the process. This graphic is my view of what we need to create and manage as we build our businesses. Marketing for…
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Cult of Done Manifesto infographic
This infographic was designed based off of the Cult of Done Manifesto by Bre Pettis.
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Creative Truth: All Bets are Off
These days to get the most bang for your marketing dollars you need outstanding creative to build and grow your brand. If you think you can get by with lackluster, safe design and stale, expected language you can count on being lost in the channel. The bar is high for the creative articulation of your…
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Creative Truth: Embrace Problems
A core part of my design training was to understand and love problems. Problems demand design. Since there are always problems, there will always be a demand for designers because our purpose is to create solutions to problems, especially solutions that are beautiful and smart. I keep a notebook of problems. I got…
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Find Three Things
Early advice. Simple and effective. Difficult to follow for workaholics and curious types. Do it.
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Creative Truth: Simple by Design
Simplicity is so much more direct, clear and graspable. Perhaps that’s why it is such a successful approach to design. When I think of Shaker furniture and Agnes Martin and I see the beauty of simplicity. I know how difficult it can be to achieve, which is all the more reason to strive for it.…
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Creative Truth: Work
Good work always prevails. There are many things that make a creative person successful but the one truth that is irrevocable is that we are judged by our work. We make things. Our creative output, art, music, dance, poetry, is the result of our lifetime of experiences, our craft and skills, influences of the culture…
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Creative Truth 4: Place
I used to think this quote came from John Cage’s 10 Rules for Students and Teachers. However, I learned from Brain Pickings that they really came from Sister Corita Kent. I had this list of 10 Rules on the bulletin board above my desk for over five years and from it I learned some of…
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Creative Truth 2
We all learn the hard way that everyone is replaceable. Everything is transitory. Be present wherever you are, whenever that is. Make the moment count. Fragment of sculpture by Rodin.