Tag: Design

When designers are talking about a PMS color, they are speaking about the Pantone Matching System. It’s quite a ubiquitous term in the industry to say, “oh i wanted a PMS 186 on that job.” But click here to check…

SANS SERIF FONTS I HATE: futura: oh so difficult to pull off right. But when it’s done right, it’s beautiful. When it’s done wrong, it’s a freakin horse. So I just avoid it at all times kabel: people try to…

What are some of your favorite fonts? GOOD SANS SERIF FONTS: Franklin Gothic: hip lookin, despite the fact that one of our clients demands we use it ALL the time on her stuff. (example Mark Bazer sheet) Avenir: nice round,…

This Book Will Change Your Life: 365 Daily Instructions for Hysterical Living by Benrik A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make by David Joachim Education of an E-Designer by Steven Heller The Evolution…

As you can see, spudart.org has a new look. I’m still making fine tuning changes here and there, so if you see any bugs or have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. There will be many new features to…

U.S. Mint to unveil new nickel designs. It’s interesting they chose to release two different designs. Perhaps to go with the phrase “rubbing two nickels together.” What does that phrase mean?

I heard that someone is doing a virtual 2003 World Series of the Boston Red Sox vs. the Chicago Cubs online. Where is it?

With this illustration of a %%278-7859_IMG_400.jpg]dunkin donuts cup on a dunkin donuts cup, which was designed first… the cup or the logo? (inspired by maroon shirt wearin Dave)

The look is picked up from the Insider Trading folder I did previously. Except this time, the twist is using the orange as the dominate color to differentiate the pieces a bit. Client: Tribune Media Services: News & Features department…

The Tribune Tower is putting up one of those big window night signs for the Chicago Cubs being in the National League Playoffs. The Tribune Company owns the Cubs, so it’s about time that they finally do this. I work…

KRT Campus provides top-notch news, sports and entertainment content to college newspapers. The copywriter and I came up with a bunch of funny ideas for this brochure to target the college audience, but the client wanted something that speaks to…

The high school reunion was fun. I’m glad I went. I wish i brought lisa with. Dave at work brought up a good point. It would have enabled her to see into a part of my past life. So when…

I’m going to a paper show tonight where there are all the paper companies, and they give out lots of samples and goodies. At work, I’ve been organizing our paper cabinet for the past six months, so this will be…

Here are some of the things I put into my profile for my 10-year high school reunion Occupation: Graphic Designer for Tribune Media Services Hobbies: Art, ceramics, extreme croquet, getting lost, graphic design, illustration, learning, Macintosh, Mr. T., photography, programming,…

I’m redesigning the spudart.org website, and I’d love to get feedback from my readers about possible designs. Here is Option B (the home page). About the redesign The redesign will incorporate alot of backend database features * Every item on…

The interactive press kit for the acoustic rock and soul band, Down the Line, will help them hit it big. Instead of waiting to send out their press kit via snail mail, they can email the press kit in a…

Spike TV logo is totally lame. It’s the freakin network for men, and they have this totally pansy-a55 logo. Here’s what some others have to say: “The Spike TV logo captures the sense of personality that will surround the first…

I officially found out today that I got three different graphic design projects into the Graphic Design:USA annual (will come out in december 2003). One is a banner ad series for the comic strip Lola. Another is a round postcard…

Mark Bazer writes a funny humor column. He liked the job that I did for his sell sheet, so he asked me to design his website. Client: Mark Bazer (After I worked on the site, the current live site has…

My brother is looking for a couch. There are no google results for “goofy couches”. However, this fire bubble couch would be fun. And ooo, the Incredible flying couch. I need a Couch Potato. Here’s an idea. The Incredible Couch…

Chicagoans, grab a Red Eye newspaper next week to see some Zap2it.com advertisements I designed and illustrated. They are full-page color ads with lots of purple.Here’s the schedule of when they will appear. Monday, July 21 (Get Inside TV.)Tuesday, July…

The friends’ blogs list on the right column has been updated. Here’s a little diddy about each. Serious Danger: Interesting, smart guy, Matthew Shultz. Had the honor of going to art school with him. Updated almost every day. New York.…

* Out there #56 (cool coloring and hip kids) * Automatic Kafka #9 (interesting page layouts, nice use of white space in layouts) * G.I.Joe vs. The Tranformers #1 (need i say more!?!!!!!) * Hawaiian Dick #1 (colored with watercolor,…

I’m doing illustrations for Tribune Media Services Zap2it.com advertisements that will appear in the Chicago Red Eye, LA Weekly, Village Voice, OC Weekly (Orange County) newspapers. Although, they haven’t been published yet, i’m posting about the drawings of here, because…

What can I say when I got the chance to design the sheet for the new syndicated Guinness World Records newspaper column? I had visions of the world’s heaviest twins sitting on their motorcycles, the dude with the longest fingernails,…

A sheet to promote the weekly html email newsletter sent out to newspapers editors. The Voices and Viewpoints newsletter contains allows editors to sample the top commentators every week. A challenge to include all this body copy, long headline, and…

The week of taking photos is finally over. I went totally berzerko taking photos… 2025 to be exact. I found out last night that if I sign up as a professional “stringer” that I can submit 50 photos, instead of…

I design better when I’m hungry. If i just ate something, I can’t design. But when I haven’t eaten anything in a while, I can design much better. Why is that?

These pieces appear in the 2003 Graphic USA Design Annual. Collaboration with Lola creators, Steve Dickenson and Todd Clark to create banner ads to appear in Editor & Publisher’s email newsletter for newspaper editors. Client: Tribune Media Services: News &…

Because of my passion for helping other artists, I started an organization that connects Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) art alumni and students. I created a web site for members to stay in contact, post their art and share resources. Over…

And you thought that squid caught off antartica was huge? Killer squid found living in Chicago RiverBy Matt Maldre, freelance reporter4/3/2003 Immediately after the news of the Colossal Squid found in the sub-Antarctic Ross Sea, an even larger squid was…