One of my latest projects was a new logo and label design for a Kansas City tea company. It is a new product from the same company that sells Pasta Nanna’s so they wanted a similar look and the same color scheme.
There is an interesting article on Fast Company’s website on how Facebook finds the best Designers and also how they incorporate them into their work culture. It talks about how they use Designers more as thinkers and visual problem solvers, rather than pixel pushers.
Read about it here.
Oh, how I miss the days when I was forced to have Spring Break. One of the downfalls of being a working adult, we have to create our “break.” Good news is that while Spring is just starting to bloom, I am literally busy as a bee! Not a bad thing, but my poor blog and twitter have been sadly neglected (Sorry).
Hopefully you all take a much deserved “spring break”!
I have a confession. I’m a perfectionist, and I consider this to be a double edged sword. While it means I am detail-oriented and a hard worker, it also means I am self-critical and sometimes too detail-oriented.
Currently, I am working with a former boss of mine and reconnecting with my distant past in business writing. While I consider myself to be a good researcher and writer- and even better at editing- I am having to brush off the proverbial cobwebs, so to speak, and am finding myself impatient.
I am not a Gen Yer (Gen X, I think), so I am not a stranger to working hard and seeing the value in hard work aka “Time.” However, with our societal pressures of the online world lending itself to instant gratification, and my personal quirks (see above), I am finding it hard to squelch this unnaturally impatient response as I roll my sleeves up higher and put my nose closer to the grindstone.
With that being said, when I find myself awake at 3:30 A.M. tossing and turning, I think of these things:
Take a deep breath.
Relax.
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Remember, Moses was 80 when he saw that burning bush.
Here’s to all of the other perfectionists out there (even the ones in denial) to remember the same.
Hubspot is offering an Ebook “How to Use Pinterest for Business” and it is very interesting. Here is some sample information from this book.
“Any business that relies on driving a high-volume of website traffic to increase sales, should
consider joining Pinterest. In fact, early research indicates that Pinterest is more effective at
driving traffic compared to other social media sites, even Facebook.
Oh yeah, and the Ebook is free! Click here.
Lately these graphics have been all over Facebook. I found this one particularly appropriate (and humorous).
I just got a Canon Rebel T2 and here is my quintessential photographer shot.
Wondering what your designer’s thinking? Maybe one of these thoughts….
Courtesy of http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anneke-short#!/
I’m excited to find this (I love good advice). Click below to read Bruce’s manifesto and get great advice for designers!
http://www.brucemaudesign.com/4817/112450/work/incomplete-manifesto-for-growth.
