Tag: Design

Sell sheet for TMS salespeople to sell the Mark Bazer column to newspapers. Mark Bazer writes a fresh and funny humor column. This sheet talks about how newspapers have a generations-old tradition of thoughtful humorists. I designed this sheet to…

The new Alabama state quarter is out now. It’s a nice quarter honoring the blind pioneer Helen Keller. It’s the first circulating coin in the U.S. to contain Braille. But the “Spirit of Courage” banner over Helen Keller’s legs makes…

It would be fun if each city and state had an official font. Here’s some fonts named after places. Some make sense like San Marco and Parisian. But like Chicago and New York make no sense. Apparently the fonts of…

Client: Tribune Media Services

books pillow books * Great pillows! : 60 original projects : fabric p window shades books * Design and make fabric window shades * Window basics : easy & no-sew treatments * Curtains and blinds : professional skills made general…

I was reminded of an email I sent to microsoft in september of this year. I have yet to hear a response from Microsoft. Microsoft Outlook is missing a very important feature. In the drop-down menu to colorize body text…

This piece appears in the 2003 Graphic USA Design Annual. Joe Martin creates three comic strips: Mister Boffo, Cats with Hands, and Willy n’ Ethel. All of the past sales folders we have done for comic strip creators focuses on…

Metra trains should have one car designated for entertainment.* TV with movies or tv shows playing* Live entertainment* Board games, play a game of monopoly with a stranger* Discussion groups with certain themes* Vacation picture sharing* Book club Any other…

Cook County elections officials hope a new voter education campaign featuring a pair of cartoon characters √£ “Chad” and “Dimples” √£ will help local polling places avert the kind of chaos that occurred in parts of Florida after the last…

While purchasing the new Sobe Mr. Green drink at Walgreens, I commented to Lisa about how I liked the dinosaur on the label. The Walgreens cashier corrected me and said, “it’s a lizard. NOT a dinosaur.” So I replied, “it…

Here’s the quote that convinced me to get my sofa from IKEA: A good sofa is one you can’t resist. It beckons when you pass, inviting you to actually enjoy your own living room between dinner parties… Don’t buy a…

Visit the actual website at: http://www.tmsreprints.com Client: TMS Reprints

I just photographed a ton of remote controls at Best Buy. Why are all remotes designed so that the user has to point the end to the tv? I would think it would be more ergonimic to hold the remote…

In 2001 :* 160,000 working graphic designers* 18,000 students enrolled in BFA design courses* 3,500 graduating and entering the workforce * 750 enrolled at MFA level* 250 graduatingbased on a survey of all schools of art and design conducted by…

FluentMedia, the content solution from Tribune Company, delivers strategic information from the world’s premier news organizations directly to your intranet, extranet and public websites. This example is smaller than the real newsletter. View the full newsletter. Client: FluentMedia

If you were to draw a human brain, what color would you make it? It can be any color. Gray, Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Green.

Postcard to promote the redesigned KRT Direct website. Clean, simple, and fast. Client: Knight Ridder Tribune Fonts: Avenir and ITC Century (the fonts used in the KRT Direct logo I designed)Front: Back:

Lance Rutter Discusses Experience Design. On commarts site.Lance Rutter’s book recommendations at Aiga ChicagoThere’s also a couple posts my Lance on the AIGAExperienceDesign email group. It looks like an interesting email group.

I just went to an adobe conference. They were providing lunch and mentioned they were gonna get pizza. I thought, “oh gee, your standard flat pizza.” But my to my delight, they got some really good stuffed pizza. And no,…

Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement Peter Anton spotted this interesting tidbit in the Quark 5 Multiuser license agreement: “End User acknowledges that QLA UTILIZES A SECURED COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN END USE AND QUARK, VIA THE INTERNET or technology which may…

I did a bunch of portfolio reviews today with a bunch of design students. One thing i found was that students with experience in film did an excellent job of explaning things in their portfolio.

A logo for a tv book conference features the Sears Tower, Stone Container Building, Tribune Tower, and the Hancock.

This ad picks up the look from the Jumble Crosswords sheet done earlier in the year. Client: Tribune Media Services: News & Features department Fonts: Futura

PC Parents is a Tribune Media Services column. This is an advertisement in a trade journal.

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk

Does anyone have any good articles or links to color managment? Right now i’m doing mega-research on color management. I’m pulling together the most incredible, in-depth full coverage of links to articles about color management. I’m also trying to fix…

I’m thinking about going to the USCA croquet school for 3 days in Florida at the brand new USCA headquarters.Anyone interested in going? Let me know at: [email][email protected][/email] 1. 3 days of instruction (18 hours)2. Use of all necessary equipment3.…

While riding the bus this morning, I saw someone reading a book with an odd book cover. It made me think, if I was reading that book, I would put a cover over it. Then that reminded me of when…

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk

Client: Chicago Croquet Squirearchy of Gentlefolk